It completely depends on what part you're in, Brown Owl, and even in a fairly open, liberal part, there will be people who react negatively.

The most common negative reactions I hear are people being called "nut case" and "crazy" and being gossiped about so if you tell one person you're in therapy, you can assume most everyone you know will soon know.

Then there are the people who will tell you that if you pray harder or read the Bible more that you wouldn't need therapy.

Oh, and the parents who are insulted if their adult child goes to therapy because they take it as a slight on their parenting skills.

And then there are lots of people who will say "Oh, it's great that you're getting help" because they feel it's socially unacceptable to say otherwise but then go away and say all kinds of negative things.

So what's the general attitude in Scotland?