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Originally Posted by mymorgy
thank you Mari
i ate too much yesterday too. i did another thing i guess i shouldn't have done. a former classmate called for a fiftieth reunion. we talked and i told her i was bipolar II. my friends said i shouldn't have mentioned it. I told Carly that i was telling her because i didn't want it to be a stigma...at the end of the conversation i told her she could repeat what i told her. I have this urge to tell people and since i am no longer looking for a job i do. part of it is to explain my former behavior.
bobby
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Dear Bobby,
Did you feel better telling your classmate about bipolar? 'Probably it made you feel relieved . . .
It is good you told her. Maybe by talking about it, you kind of own it more.
Lots and lots of people have people they are related to, live near, work with, and so on who have mental illness. People are not surprised. How they process the information is up to them. I hope that this person seemed to handle hearing about it.
Many of us working are not free to talk about MI. I have told one person I have anxiety and sleep problems. I had to tell my direct supervisor about my "sleep disorder." That's it. You are lucky that you now feel ok about talking about yourself.
M