I am British too and I feel like there is so much stigma with MH. There seems to be alot more support for depression these days but other diagnosis I'm not so sure about . I'm deffinately afraid to tell people I have bpd . There was a time when I tried to tell some people that I had it . Apart from my family , all the people that I told tried to convince me that I did not have a mental health disorder and that I should ignore the professionals . Why did they do that ? Is it because it was too shameful to accept that I do have one ?
I didn't tell my brother that I have bpd but I guess he found out from my mother . He sent one of my friends some messages on face book telling him to stay away from me because I am mad . Also my brother does not like me or talk to me .
Nowadays I don't tell any one about my bpd accept for places where it is safe to do that like on here . I have depression too. I do tell some people about it . Some don't know how to react . But doesn't feel like stigma . With the bpd I deffinately feel stigma .