I didn’t even know this section was here 
I had a question, though…do you guys who are going to school or work divulge your diagnosis to your work or school, or have you not felt a need to?
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a little bit… to some who seem like they’d get it.
I told my new bosses I had a psychological break down a few years back. Before I mentioned I had health issues in the past that kept me from working.
On a personal level with friends I usually wind up telling folks… I’m not really ashamed or embarrassed by it…
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Theres no need
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I crashed completely 7 years ago and was admitted for 6 months. It was hard to keep it a secret. My employer needed to know I hadn’t quit my job.
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Not anymore, had a friend who turned it against me so I don’t tell anyone
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I don’t work. I attend music school. My music instructor knows I’m sza. He is bipolar. I live in an assisted living facility of 200 residents. Only one resident here knows of my diagnosis and she is a former minister of a church. She says that she is sworn to secrecy. I trust her. The executive director and the R.N. at this assisted living community where I live, both know of my diagnosis. They are the one’s who told me to keep it a secret here.
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Music school…nice! I wish I was talented in that area. I hope you stick with it.
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i lie my whole life trying to keep it a secret however its just so damn hard after a huge psychotic endevour to actually look at someone (luckily i got my own business without to much interaction). I spend a little to much time in my room. my top priority though. KEEP IT A SECRET im disgusted at myself for it…my beliefs are intense :((
But if they saw me go down. imagine!!!i would probably be crownd the anti christ. I dont want that:( i just want to live a normal life, get married have kids, argue about can we affordthinigs, makenew friends and fight over all those pathetic little things. #dreams
What i find interesting is how some people are proud of it and actually seek attention and a hobby from it. its normally the youngsters though. the trend to be crazy is flying high lately
Go well and have a pleasant day.
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I try to keep my MI secret to anyone that I’m not extremely close with. I think after I’m around someone enough time, it becomes apparent that I’m MI due to my behavior and severe mood swings.
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Dont u find it easy to fool people though?
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It depends on my mood I guess. I can go through long periods of being relatively stable and “normal” in which no one would guess that I’m MI. But eventually, I always relapse and start having abnormal behaviors, such as talking to myself in public or pacing nonstop. I’m bipolar and not sz btw.
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Both of my employers know about my MI; it became necessary to tell them when I so often was calling off, then my hospital stay. My coworkers at the college do not know about it (unless they can just tell), but a few of my coworkers at the pharmacy know. I’m open about my illness with some people, but with most I keep it to myself, since I consider it none of their business. I’m not ashamed of it or proud of it; it just is what it is.
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Did they tell you why? Sorry for the late response
Yeah, this is why I originally posed the question. I was missing a LOT of school due to my condition and was considering telling them because my vague “mental health” excuses were feeling a little weak.
I’m about to graduate now, though, and I’m afraid I’m going to have to ask myself the question all over again when I get a job. I’m not so afraid of finding a job…it’s the keeping a job I’m worried about, mostly due to absences.
Although…a lot of my attendance issues may have been caused by my anxiety disorder rather than my psychosis.
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You should never feel disgusted at yourself for situations you can’t control 
But yeah…I’m the same way with that feeling. Hope you’ve been feeling better about it!
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My new boss knows. She was a bit worried at first, now she tells me not to work so hard because I overdo it.
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Lol I have a tendency to run until I fall flat on my face, and then stay on the ground entirely too long…figuratively speaking. And sometimes literally, too :-X
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You’re my kind of SZ.
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i told my boss last week because i felt like i needed to leave work to go to the hospital. only a couple people in my family know
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if I have a job interview I don’t know I should tell them or not to explain my 7 year unemployment
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