I understand your predicament. I didn't tell anyone at work about my history with depression. But, turned out my depression was misdiagnosed and I actually had a mood disorder. So when I broke down at work cause I was edging towards being manic and was then off for a long time...I had some explaining to do. ****ing hard. I ended up being sent home for being such a mess whilst working with some close work colleagues. After a few months off I returned to the biggest hug from one of those colleagues, it boosted my confidence to return. Basically, whether you inform people of a possible struggle or whether you hide it, when or more positively 'if' you start to struggle at some point you will always have to explain what happened. You will always have to reassure people that you are actually ok, but you just trip up sometimes.
It's nothing to be ashamed of and nothing you should hide but if you mention it people will look for it. It's human nature.
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