How did you tell to people that you have/could have a disorder?

Beaflower, you've done a good job explaining your concerns in this thread. Would it help you to type out what you want to say to your parents in advance?

Yes, maybe...but I really really don't know if I'm able to tell them it And neither to write it down, to say the truth. Sometimes I think that it's not worth seeing a therapist, that I can go on in this way...but it's an excuse with myself, actually want to see someone, at least to know if I really have a disorder and I need therapy or not. It's only that it's difficult to tell it to my parents.
MAYBE I could tell it to my mum (but I'm not sure), but to my dad...I really can't imagine it. It would be stressful also if my mum tells him it for me.
So, I really not know what to do...there is nothing to way for now, I just should do it, but...it's so hard

Just to know: I found out that actually there are counselors in my university (not really inside the universuty, so maybe it would be difficult to go there...but at least they exist). But they are counselors...they are different from therapists, if I'm not wrong. Do you think that they would be ok? I don't know if I really want to go there, but if you can tell me your opinion about this it would be useful.
Thanks to everybody in advance for listening

Hello BeaFlower! I think that it is incredible that you want to share your feelings with your family. Unfortunately, I did not find myself in the same situation as you are. My family actually approached me saying that I needed help. My bipolar was so strong that everyone noticed that something as off.. even before I did. The hardest part for me was not telling others that I have bipolar disorder, but telling myself. Day by day, it has become much easier for me to except.
I wish you the best of luck telling your family!

My Grandma always tells me that when I am worried about expressing something to someone else to try writing them a letter. This way they are able to just read your thoughts as they were meant to be without the interpretation of body language and tone of voice. It also ensures that all your thoughts will be presented to the other person because nothing will be left out from feeling nervous. Her suggestion has helped me a lot in the past.

I did the first step! Today I told to my mum, remaining on the general, that sometimes I have the desire to talk to a psychologist. I didn't tell that it's about possible OCD, and neither that I really think that I should go soon. Just that maybe I'd like to go in future, and I asked if it would be ok for her. She said yes.
But now if I want to begin going I'll have to touch the topic again, more seriously. And to tell it also to my dad. But what scared me more was to introduce the topic. Don't know why I felt that today was the moment...but I did it.

I will avoid telling at all costs. The last two adults I told in my community now look at me like I'm an alien and I feel like I'm part of a witch hunt. I know they'd love for me to leave and go somewhere else. People are so narrow-minded. Couple yrs ago my brother told his entire family what my situation was and now my nephews/niece are afraid of me. I told my father that it was disrespectful and my brother should apologize and all my father said was "I think we should forgive people". My brother's father-in-law at xmas dinner several years ago asked me "Do they have anything for you to do down there?" (referring to the new area I moved to). I have had it with people. I've concluded that people can't stand the sight of me and therefore don't want me here so that means that they must want me dead.

I know what I told some people does not help dispel the stigma of MI, but I told them that I had brain damage from an accident. Now if I do something weird they just say "that's okay, he has brain damage".
Strange how acting weird is interpreted depending your physical condition.