Mental illness Day 15

I called off work today.  I'm sick in a different kind of way, so I don't feel that I was being dishonest.

I don't know why more recently I've been mo easily offended by things.  Yesterday, it happened to be by a coworker.  Now, I know that there is pretty much no one at knows about my diagnosis. For the most part, it is because I don't want people to treat me differently.  I know they will, not entirely sure why, but I don't even want to leave it up to chance.

So Tuesday, I had a few run-ins with this said coworker.  Over the times I've interacted with him, nearly every time we talked, he had called me 'crazy' or 'nuts' numerous times.  For the most part, I just blow it off.  He had mentioned that I was the 'good crazy' and at he liked to be around me.

As we talked this last time, he called me the usual nuts and crazy.  It was the side comment at he made about me being mo calm over the last little bit that somewhat unnerved me.  On top of the other stresses of the day, I just didn't have the energy to deal with it today.

Does no one know why most people keep this a secret?  With people that don't have a clue and with me (fortunately) being able to function so well before formal diagnosis- it's scary.  Look how people judge me without even knowing the truth!  What did I do or say to merit such harsh words?  I'll admit that I was eccentric beforehand and it is true that I have calmed some, but it still hurts to be called crazy-especially when you don't even know the half of it...


*this is my 200th published post!!!*