I have to be honest, in some situations, it is best to say, "I have bipolar disorder 2, or fill in the blank" Once they know you have a disability, expecially government workers, they have to treat you with dignity because ITS AGAINST THE LAW TO DISCRIMINATE. So you don't have to disclose except when its to your advantage. No shame …..your like everybody else....just have higher sensitivity that most of the business world does not appreciate. xo

Jodi,
Please don't ever feel guilty about being on disability. You do what you can around the house and I'm sure you would have been out working hard if you were capable.
I went back to work when I shouldn't and made my health worse and my pockets empty!
It's going to take several months to get myself over making a wrong decision.
Carry on doing what you can and hold your head high. You never know what the future holds.
Sending love and kitty 🐱kisses and cuddles xx 😻💞🐾💞😸

Not at all, I worked and payed into social security so I earned my disability, just like insurance. It is what keeps me alive so I haven't got any bad or inferior feelings about it at all.

I used to feel guilty because of the harsh judgements from others and the years of shaming abuse by my mother when I asked for help.
Being on disability is often used to stigmatize us I learned.
Please be gentle with yourself.

No I don't feel guilty about collecting my disability insurance. I paid into it and put up with a lot of crap for 20 years working. When I finally figured things out, I got a lawyer and got my insurance. I was lucky. I realized if you are on life sustaining drugs, you could get it.
I still work, I have a daughter with a disability, a mother who is sick, and I work part time.
Yours is no disgrace. God Bless America and the New Deal. I can't imagine what the world would be like if Bernie Sanders gets elected president. He wants to extend the programs that Roosevelt started. Interesting stuff.