I’m new to this subreddit but I am so glad I found it. I got diagnosed with BPD a few days ago and just got started on Abilify meds to help me out. I was really proud of myself for finally going to seek help but my parents are not happy. 

For the record, I’m 21 and live four hours away with my husband. But when I told them I was going to go see a psychiatrist they got very upset. “Those people are gonna our ideas in your head and make you think things happened when they didn’t.” (My BPD comes from childhood abuse that they will never admit to.)

They said a lot of hurtful things and I could feel the inner war between myself start to spiral out of control. When you guys told your family, were they supportive? If they weren’t, what did you do?