I guess I'm "lucky" that in my small town I'm known as a junkie so any abnormal behavior can just be ascribed to drug use (which here is more accepted than other mental illnesses) even though I'm clean now. Nobody except my old best friend knows I have schizoaffective disorder.

I have a few online friends and a few friends I met IP that I text/call every now and then that also have mental illnesses that understand completely that I can be honest with. When I lived in the city I went to a dual diagnosis IOP and it was nice to be able to open up.

I guess I'm lucky in that either I'm in a small town that everyone just expects erratic behavior from me from time to time or I was in a city large enough that I didn't surprise anyone.