There is no link to this blog because I can't find anything useful to this conversation. All of us have had to consider carefully who to trust enough to talk about our illness. I have encouraged you to come out of the closet. But, that doesn't mean for just anyone.
Your life is still private. You have a right to your privacy and it should be carefully guarded. It would be self destructive to go around announcing to everyone you are bipolar. You already know how deeply you will be misunderstood, even judged.
Even though I am a firm believer in telling the truth all the time, I will tell little white lies sometimes. There's no reason to tell anyone their tie is ugly. There is no reason to intentionally hurt someone. Neither is it necessary to hurt yourself.
I am on disability, but when someone asks me what I do when being introduced, I tell them I'm retired. I am retired. I'm retired from every job I struggled to hold onto throughout the course of my illness. I'm retired from associating with just anybody. I'm retired from the pain and misery my life used to be. Of course, I say nothing about what I used to do. It's totally irrelevant now.
If you have "glory days" keep them to yourself. Everyone is only as good as what they did last year. Success must be achieved every day of your life on what ever level is available to you.
So, when you are considering sharing anything about your life with anyone, think carefully before you do it. Trust your own judgement. You will rarely be wrong.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
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