Mental Health Support

Most people don't know that, but that's the reality as it is with all mental illnesses.

It sounds to me as if you've been treated badly by your family over the years. I wouldn't feel bad morally for lying to them. As Pipi and I have said, you are not obligated to tell anyone the truth about your illness. I do when it's important to me that someone know about my illness, like my wife or when I go to the doctor. Otherwise, nobody really needs to know.