I think this is a very interesting topic. Yes, some people can react like that, which has made me very reticent to tell anybody except the friends or colleagues who I believe can handle it. Or have seen me at my worse and need to be stopped from gossiping. Only about 10 or so people know for sure, and I was hoping a weight would be lifted when I did tell them, and in a sense it is, but then comes the part they don't tell you about. The part where you don't feel better and you still have the disease and now one more person knows about it. So I feel that I should never confirm unless absolutely necessary. But sometimes, it is necessary. Otherwise, the anxiety may consume you, or at least, that's how I felt.

By the way, the anxiety I am referring to is having to put on a performance all the time. I find that very tiring,