so I recently (three months ago) started a new job. I’m still on probation, and it’s part of my job that we have monthly coaching meetings with my manager to discuss any issues. I’ve already had a slight run in with the regional manager (I thought he was being discriminatory in only telling me to cover my tattoos and no one else, he commented on my “attitude problem”). My manager has noted that sometimes I get offended at things he says, sometimes the things I say are misconstrued by other staff, and now I’m incredibly self-conscious about the way I’m perceived at work. 

Would it be helpful to clue him in to my borderline diagnosis? He’s a really chill guy and we get along okay, he’s close in age to me, and I don’t think he holds any bias against mental health. I’ve previously mentioned anxiety around phone calls, and he told me to please let him know about any other issues like that so he knows how to address them moving forward to help me. I did also have a mini breakdown once in his office and confessed I’d been off my medication for a month and he lightheartedly scolded me and told me to get back on my meds. 

I’m so wary of telling people about my diagnosis because of the awful stigmas attached to it, if anyone has any advice they could impart that would be greatly appreciated &lt;3