Kudos to you @zen-art for being such a brave soul!
I'm a Psychology graduate thus I know the stigma on people with mental disorders, and where I'm from, people with mental D/O are prejudiced or are hiding, thus they don't get proper treatment or help. Posts like these help raise awareness - that it's okay to ask for help. It must have been tough on you, but I can also see from your post that you're tougher than whatever you went through.

Having a mental disorder doesn't make someone less of a person. A person is not his/her disorder thus he/she is to be respected equally.
Much respect to you!

~ angel