My friends never gave up on me as such, they would still talk to me in school but they gave up at trying to get me out of the house. But when I was diagnosed I started telling my closest freinds first to see how they reacted (if your closest friends didn't react well it probably not a good idea to tell the rest) another thing I do is rather than announcing it I tell people individually, that way you don't have to tell the people that are ...........
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