Hi and welcome to the forums!

Right now there are very few people in my life I'm close to and they all know about my diagnosis and have seen the bp in action. I've had a very similar experience to Soupe du Jour. I've had a lot of unexplained absences and eventually the truth just has to come out. I get a lot of support from a few people, but most just don't know enough about mental health/the illness itself to really understand it's not something I choose.