For the same and similar reasons why you might want to hide your condition from your co-workers, you might also want to hide it from your family. If you do not live at home, then that is not a problem, however if you do, then you may have complications. Either way, it is important that someone close to you know that you are a) in therapy and b) taking medications. This should be someone who is likely to be called by your family if something happens to you so the information can make it to the doctors treating you.

If you live at home and want to keep your parents from knowing what is going on, the first step is to have your health care professionals call your cell phone. Standard intake forms will ask you what your home phone number is, and then ask if it is okay to call there and is it okay to leave a message there. Even then, they will try to be discreet, but messages can be understood for what they are.

Since you will have therapy every week at the same time, you should come up with a plausible story for why you are returning at that time. You can say that you are at work, but if they call you, you will not be at your desk to answer. If there is a receptionist, they might tell your family that you left already. You might want to say that you are going to the gym, or you could say that you go to a bar with friends. However, you should be careful that they don