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Mental Health Support

Tobin S.

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5. Several of you here consider me to be brave for speaking about my illness

Reply to HereSince1628 (Original post)

Sun Dec 18, 2011, 03:06 PM

Dec 2011

on a public forum. There is one area where I'm not as brave and it has to do with my employment. I have not told anyone there about my illness and I don't know if I will in the future for fear of stigmatization and losing my job. I won't have health benefits until March of next year, so I'm certainly not going to say anything to anyone before then.

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Stigma is a big issue in our family. momto3 Dec 2011 #1

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Look at all the DUers that want to shove us back into institutions... Odin2005 Dec 2011 #2

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Several of you here consider me to be brave for speaking about my illness Tobin S. Dec 2011 #5

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I've had a CDL for 15 years Tobin S. Dec 2011 #7

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