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Nov 01, 2020, 12:36 PM
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Member Since: Jul 2019
Location: Downtown Vibes, California
Posts: 15,701
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How wonderful that you can paint and live a less stressful life.
I used to share my diagnosis with people I was close to. I have come to profoundly regret having done so. I've found myself judged for having a mental illness and not "controlling it." It seems that almost everybody has an idea of whether I should (or should not) take medication.
Mental illness is still so misunderstood and feared. Most people seem to believe that those with MI can control it if we just try to - even if they claim to think otherwise. The ignorance most people have about what MI is floors me. I've been told to pray to cope with symptoms, to stop taking meds, not to trust big pharma, to take long walks, not to eat sugar, and so on. All actions that are supposed to magically cure my bipolar disorder.
The support I do receive is from others who have a MI and from mental health professionals. And from my cats 
I cannot think of a single time when I have received support from anyone else, only them sharing their own agenda.
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