It's not those terms that get on my goat... bemusement perhaps and if anything I just nod and smile.

It's the hostility that you can get from people that don't understand and decide to stick in the knife as for whatever reason they think you're making it up.

In the UK, there is definitely a mentality amongst some of 'put up and shut up'... which is something I actually do to the best of my ability (in real life interactions that is), but at work for example, the news slipped that I had depression (was signed off of work)... and one particular nasty arse hole has been making snide comments at me left right and centre.

Came to a head about 4 weeks back when I was having a really bad day and my tolerance was low... so I exploded, told him to keep his hateful opinions to himself and what else he could do (use your imagination). Caught him totally off guard as I'm quite passive most of the time... and he went crying to my boss. My boss who knows what's going on just shrugged and said he wouldn't do anything... and essentially told him to 'put up and shut up'... which made me smile.

We haven't talked or interacted since then.