unsupprtive family members

I would like to hear how others cope w/ unsupportive family members. I wrote about it on my blog. Most of the advice I got from site on veganism. I really could not find anything about how mentally ill people cope w/ unsupportive family members. I'm interested in other's experiences as well as advice about what worked.
My husband is supportive, but my parents sometimes aren't. I don't want to cut my parents off because if I do I will regret it when they die.

well here goes I dont know if I am doing this right or not.. but I guess i wil find out.. I have bi-polar as does two of my children.. we dont really let people know about it especially family members becasue we are not acting bi-polar.. in order to be bi-polar to them we would have to be way to the left.. my sister said I dont know why your daughter has that, and I said well it runs in the family and she says you dont have it and I said yes I do and she says you dont act like it . and I say you should see me without my meds,.. and my daughter also .. My son loves the manias and does not take meds. I love to hate mine if that makes sense.. I like the highs but they scare me to death and the lows I really am creative in them but they are alwasy of a dark nature.. anyway that is me .. i too would like to see how others work with this .. sweetea

I've found that avoiding the conversation as much as possible helps. My mom has clung to the same psychiatric ideas she had thirty years ago - she thinks I can be "cured" by going to AA. If you have even one person who loves you and is supportive, then it's easier to let the others be more like innocent bystanders. Hope that helps.

My friends are actually more supportive than my family. I think they would just rather not think about it because they don't know what to do to fix it. One sister gets miffed because I am not bubbly around her like she thinks I am with my friends. In reality my friends let me be the way I happen to be at the moment without expecting me to talk or be entertaining when I can't be.
Maybe your parents can't deal with your disorder because it is too painful or maybe they even feel responsible. Who knows? I am not making excuses for them but I am sure it is not because they just don't care.

My family is redicoulous. They are always the victims. Only they can have problems and if you are bipolar its only because you're seeking attention and it should never be talked about and it has something to do with being a cancer and gay lol. That is how my extended family works... My family is ok about it theyjust enter like talking about it.... Holydays Suck!!! Lol.

when i ran into this problem i do what others have said. i minimize any discussion with family re my BPD. it's clear that some family members-my son in particular-blames everything on my bipolar. i finally told him it was not the bipolar necessarily. i take meds to stabalize the illness. so basically told him to zip it unless he reads more about it to become EDUCATED on the subject. the friends that know of it are incredibly supportive but i don't advertise it with many ppl cause the world in general thinks if u're bipolar u will go into mcdonalds and shoot ppl at random. there's so much misinformation in the public.
your parents may not be informed either or choose to not understand. go figure....