I have a profound suspicion of popular Psychology.
You see headlines that say "Successful Business people share many mental traits with Psychopaths",& crap like that!
Is Kerry Stokes going to kidnap people & cut them up with a chainsaw?---------I dont think so!
When I was a kid,I had Bronchial Asthma,& the current theory in vogue amongst medicos was that it was "a Psychological disorder".
---Mummy took your Teddy bear away!!
Of course,popular fiction lapped up this idea,& had a field day with the "weakling" character with Asthma,holding back the bold heroes,before expiring in a suitably messy manner.
Times changed,& it was realised that Asthma had real,physical causes,& emotional distress among patients was the result,not the cause.
Now it has gone full circle,with Asthma regarded as a "Life threatening" ailment with the implied:-
"You've got Asthma--Oh God,don't die here!" The story now is :"You never grow out of Asthma"---Sorry,but I did grow out of it!--Ok,a few wheezes & stuff ,prone to 'flu,but full blown Asthma-No!
It can kill you,no doubt,but so can lots of stuff.
All this leads up to the fact that I was very timid about mentioning Asthma when I first started work,& it definitely influenced my social life.
If everything you read tells you that you are a weakling with a Disease which is "All in the mind",it does have an adverse affect on you.
By the way,you left the "Haven't got a clue" option out of the Poll.