Stigma

Today as I was walking to work I heard some guy announcing to another person that his probation officer was in Banff.  It got me to thinking about why we worry about telling people about depression or being gay, or at least why I worried about it, and why I still do with some people.  This person was obviously ok about telling someone he was on probation, he almost seemed proud of it.  If that was me, I'd probably be embarrassed about it.  What it really showed me is that there are all sorts of things out there that may have stigma attached to them.  I also makes me realize that maybe it doesn't matter so much.  What other people think is their stuff, not mine.