[Anxiousvalkyrie]

Thus far I have told very few people about my diagnosis. Other than my husband the only two family members I have told are my mother and my twin sister. I have not, however, told them about my suicide attempt, which is what led to the diagnosis.

My mom (who is a therapist) was supportive and said it explained to her a lot of the difficult times we've had in our relationship in the past. But she is kind of treating me like a child now instead of an adult. Like now she feels like she has to be delicate with me. Did anyone else experience this?

My sister was completely shocked. She hasn't spoken to me since I told her and she's usually texting me all the time. It's very strange.

I'm kind of wishing I hadn't told them yet. It's seriously stressing me out.

What kind of reactions have you guys experienced when telling people? I still have other people I feel I need to tell because it explains some of my bizarre behavior.

[Miss Laura]

Hey! I'm really sorry telling your family hasn't really been great for you.

My parents did treat me like a kid to begin with but it's changed over the years. I'm also a Twin and she has been great from the start. It does get annoying at times being asked all the time how I am but I'm lucky I have her :-)

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[Anxiousvalkyrie]

I'm glad you have a supportive family!

My sister and I have a very interesting relationship. I love her very much, but she can be hard for me to handle. She's very competitive with me. She hates for me to get attention for anything, so I usually stay quiet about really personal matters And she shouts hers on any platform that will get her attention. I noticed since I told her about my diagnosis that she's been on all forms of social media shouting about how she has lupus and it's horrible (she doesn't really have lupus, she was tested for it because her joints were aching about a year ago and started telling people she had it)

So I'm kind of regretting telling her. I certainly don't want attention, especially for something like this, but her behavior really bothers me. It's causing me a great deal of stress and panic.

[GoldenSnitch]

I'm sorry that you didn't get the best reactions. I think that a lot o people just don't know how they should respond to this news.

My mom is basically pretending that my diagnosis doesn't exist and there's no way I could be BP. So I don't talk to her about things anymore.

I had a friend who I told and she never ever asked me how I'm doing or anything and I've just stopped talking to her because I don't need people like that in my life.

My husband has been somewhat supportive but he doesn't know what to do and doesn't listen to me when I tell him what I need.

I guess overall, it hasn't gone well for me telling people. But that's on them, not me.

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from my family- total shutout- to the point they fail to accept i'm part of the same family

from others..

well, sometimes (a lot of the time), i get the- oh yes, me too!. that's annoying... because you ask them questions and they just don't have answers, and it doesn ot take long to figure out they only said that to keep me on their side or something

i've had people ask me " how can i become bipolar too?", and people ask me if i'm in a secret club.

i've people tell me i'm possessed by demons

the best response was from my X friend laura... she tried to help- and di a good job of knowing what i was feeling, when i was feeling it, and what to do about it.

i've had a few other good responses, but a lot of the time "normal" people just don't wanna know

(((Hugs)))

the people who matter accept me. The ones who don't, who cares.

Originally Posted by ElsaMars

(((Hugs)))

the people who matter accept me. The ones who don't, who cares.

good way to look at it

[gina_re]

They're all very supportive, but it's not exactly a topic of conversation either.