How did your family react to your diagnosis?

I come from a family that doesn’t believe that mental illness is a thing.

They are more the “Mind over Matter” type people. It’s evident that a few of them have their own untreated issues.

Some like my mom have really tried to understand my condition but she is in my opinion a hypochondriac. She seems to find symptoms I have and then all of a sudden she has it too. Without displaying actual symptoms of bipolar.

I think she is actually quite scared of my bipolar but it’s almost like she turns the idea of having it herself into a bit of a novelty.

But with that she still doesn’t understand how to understand my manics and depression.

Other family members see it as completely fabricated or all in my head.

I’m interested in everyone else’s experiences.