Sorry you've had to put up with that kind of prejudice, Broken. I think one of the other posters response of . . . "I don't discuss that but thanks for your concern." is a great way to shut down the person's prying without him/her getting all defensive.

I did want to add that your description of Axis I vs. Axis II was a little bit misleading. Here's a great description of the difference:

Axis I includes the following: Disorders evident form infancy/childhood/adolescence. (ADHD, eating disorders, tourette's) , Organic Mental Disorders ( Dementia arising from Alzheomer's,basically anyhting that has a physical medical cause ie a brain tumor), Psychoactive Substance Use Disorders ( drug dependence), Psychosis (schizophrenia,) Mood Disoders ( depression, bi-polars disorder) Anxiety/ Neuroses ( panic disorder, phobias, OCD, PTSD,) Somatorform Disoders, Dissociative Disorders (DID, psychogenic fugue), Sexual Disorders (exhibitionism, fetishism, etc) Sleep Disorders

Axis II refers to the following : Personality Disorders ( paranoid, avoidant, obsessice compulsive, passive agressive, histrionic, borderline (BPD) Also includes Developmental Delays (mental retardation, autism, language ans speech disorders, etc)