I was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder 2 and Anxiety Disorder earlier this year. The only people that know are my closest best friends, my girlfriend, and 1 sister.

But I haven't told my parents. My dad is a doctor and my mother works with a laboratory diagnostic business.

I haven't told them because of the views they have on mental health struggles. They are very... Outdated? And in my opinion, insensitive. Just a few examples :

- When there is news of a suicide by a teen on the news, their reactions are usually "What's with kids these days? They're overreacting and too sensitive. Our generation understood the no pain and no gain mindset and we didn't have these problems"

- When they found one of my medications my dad immediately knew what it was, and initially I thought they were supportive because they started helping me with the medications. However, one of my siblings told me that when talking to each other they found my need to get medicated bewildering. They questioned why I needed to get medicated and that my life is good, what could make me need meds?

I'm afraid that if I tell them, they'll sit me down and try to convince me I'm just overreacting and it's all in my head. Which is already an internal struggle I'm having (Do I really have bipolar disorder? Did I trick my doctor to thinking I have bipolar disorder? Maybe I'm just a phony. )

Did anyone else go through something similar? How did you "come out" to your family about being bipolar?