After Disclosure: Family Relationships
Disclosing one’s bipolar disorder to family members can be very difficult, because we never really know how people will react, and once we have disclosed, there is really no way to take it back. My own experience with disclosure has been a largely positive one, but not everyone has such positive experiences. For this article, I wanted to talk about some of the possible positive and negative reactions that we can get, and how to deal with them. When Disclosure Goes Right There can be a number of positive results from disclosing bipolar disorder to one’s family members. After all, being bipolar,... »