if you have mental problems are you tarnished in society

i have had long term mental problems unfortunately and there's times i feel tarnished...like my good name is blackened......what do you think of this? if you have mental issues too, do you feel tarnished? or is this something i'm probably imagining?

my elderly parents think i do well in spite of the mental struggles i have, i think i do too, but at times i feel a bit paranoid.