Letters to the Editor
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What I love about Cary's writing
...is the poetry of it, the way Cary reaches deep into his heart and says things with such simplicity and rightness. "...taking your meds and seeing your doctors, praying, digging vegetables, swimming upstream in the river, walking alone through crowded streets..." I'm in awe of how he responds with depth and compassion to such perplexing issues.
LW, there is one other thing you might try -- letting people know, as you did beautifully in this letter, that you yourself are aware of your condition, are troubled by it, and want to be a better human being. You might say to people, when the moment is right, "I have a disorder. It's a biochemical imbalance in my brain. It troubles me and makes me act strangely, but I work to manage it every day and don't wish to harm anyone." The Virginia Tech killer showed none of that self-awareness, and that's what makes him different from you. Psychopaths are terrifying because they either don't know or don't care that they're ill. Showing people that you both know and care about your condition puts you in a totally different realm.
If you said that to a person, I bet it would let them see you with new eyes and help them understand that you are human just like they are.