I think I get what you are saying, @Appleblossom, about mentioning your brother and sister. At a much milder level, I feel awkward about meeting working people and am terrified of that question, 'what do you do?', meaning what's my job. It's always just too hard to explain and I have no grace in that situation and usually just blurt out stuff about chronic health problems, not rarely do I mention bipolar without really wanting to reveal that but feeling somehow obliged. I know I shouldn't feel obliged and there are better ways to handle it, but often it just turns out the same way anyway. 
In other ways, I feel okay with other people sometimes, but it very much depends on the situation. Not very keen on large numbers of people anymore.
@greenpea, I think it's because, on other mental health sites, medication has become almost the only issue discussed between people. Here there is a much better community in many ways because there isn't that endless chatter about meds. I can see it both ways, I guess, but would support a single area on the forum where that was discussed. If you were interested in finding out about meds that have less weight gain, I'd suggest googling for that and then maybe talking to your psychiatrist about it. That's pretty much what I did, except I just presented my fears about my continuing weight gain to my psychiatrist, and he agreed we should do something about it if possible. But I haven't lost any weight yet so whether it really works remains to be seen. You can have all the chocolate at our get togethers, GP. I'll have the strawberry treats. 
@Mazarita@Appleblossom@outlander@Shaz51@PeppiPatty@eth and all who pass by wishing you all a wonderful Thursday lots of love the pea
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SANE values diversity. We are committed to providing a safe, culturally appropriate, and inclusive service for all people, regardless of their ethnicity, faith, disability, sexuality, or gender identity.