you should never have posted this, unfortunately, and you should definitely keep information regarding your mental health very private
Since I have no experience of having mental illnesses myself, I cannot disagree with you. And you're probably right - many people react with intolerance to anything that's different and hard to understand. However, that could be said for other quirks too (such as an unhealthy passion for programming...), and I would imagine most people on this community are well used to being treated as different. From entrepreneurs to technical gurus (or both at the same time), we have severed ourselves from "normal society" in a number of ways already.
Because of that, I would imagine that this kind of community is probably more tolerant of these sorts of differences than most others. One piece of evidence for that would be the useful advice posted here, and general lack of "Lolz you're nuts" or "Get off the drugs" type of comment (well, there's one or two..).
I'd like to also offer the anecdotal evidence that I know a number of people with mental disorders and those mental disorders don't get in the way of us being friends (in some cases very close friends). Not everyone ostracises people with mental disorders.
Since I have no experience of having mental illnesses myself, I cannot disagree with you. And you're probably right - many people react with intolerance to anything that's different and hard to understand. However, that could be said for other quirks too (such as an unhealthy passion for programming...), and I would imagine most people on this community are well used to being treated as different. From entrepreneurs to technical gurus (or both at the same time), we have severed ourselves from "normal society" in a number of ways already.
Because of that, I would imagine that this kind of community is probably more tolerant of these sorts of differences than most others. One piece of evidence for that would be the useful advice posted here, and general lack of "Lolz you're nuts" or "Get off the drugs" type of comment (well, there's one or two..).
I'd like to also offer the anecdotal evidence that I know a number of people with mental disorders and those mental disorders don't get in the way of us being friends (in some cases very close friends). Not everyone ostracises people with mental disorders.