I want to tell my colleague obviously but I am afraid that they will look at me differently. I worked with this person before and i gave htem my contact details. they asked me for dinner once but I just didn’t respond. I later changed my phone number. They asked for my contact details again this time and I gave it to them but truth is I don’t do friendships. I don’t want to stay in touch with them. if i tell them my diagnosis i am afraid they will look at me differently but at least it will explain why i’m so odd why i’ve been ignoring their calls from before. to be honest i feel very suspicious of this person maybe i am being paranoid… i am sure they just wants to be friends. but my mother was like he doesn’t sound right and she is putting these thoughts in my head.
I’d say… if you don’t feel at all comfortable telling your colleagues about your DX then don’t do it.
Only you can know if it’s right for telling.
I always advise caution… but sadly… when I try to be cautious… I end up blurting it out there…
But the thing that is different with me… I’m just planning tress and vegetables… re-cutting hiking trails… and mulching city gardens… I’m not working in an office with other people and office gossip.
I wish I had a better idea for you… but scope it out a bit maybe… you just got there… lets others see the amazing person you are…
then it might be easier to tell others if you tell them at all.
I’ve had a few doctors who thought i was faking my illness. They prescribed the medication and then a few weeks later asked me how i was feeling and i would tell them. “I’m still seeing and hearing things” i would tell them. One said, “well you shouldn’t be fanapt is a miracle drug” another one told i need to walk more, it’s pent up energy not mania from the illness or the medicine causing problems.
I’ve read studies on this…they often do
It pertains to what is written and what is allowed to be read on files of our medical records.