I realized at some point I was hiding my son's issues because I thought it reflected very poorly on me.
Pride is one of the big 7 for a reason.
Once I got past it, it was a huge weight off my shoulders, and like LMN said, it does seem to make others want to share their own family stories.
I don't offer it up and I don't go into great detail. Since most people close to me know, I can tell them how great his recovery is going. I usually get to talk about my codie issues and what I've done to work on them.
Questioning is easy to deal with and gossip can't be controlled.
It really doesn't matter what "they" think. "They" have their own skeletons.