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sircherie

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  1. Couldn't one argue this is discriminatory? If a program decides that they can't admit students for a physical disability, that's clearly ableist. Mental health difficulties are just as valid.
  2. You can also create a cover story to change the characters of who it was who struggled with the mental health problem, thereby maintaining the truth in being inspired but anonymizing yourself/whoever you talk about. For example, instead of saying it was you who struggled with anxiety and went to therapy, perhaps phrase it as a family friend, or something you saw while volunteering. I would also make any mention of personal experience with mental health extremely brief -- e.g. no more than one sentence, and keep it within a paragraph. Although the safest bet is to not mention it, I think maintaining some truth about your own background and what brought you to the field makes sense. Spin it as a way you gained insight about psychology (or some other positive takeaway). Your statement should be focused entirely on how much you bring to the table, so do not linger on it. I am personally deeply disappointed by the prevalence of mental health stigma by mental health professionals, the very people who should know better than to weaponize or look down upon open disclosure of one's past mental health struggles. Ideally nobody should be punished for being open about their mental health journey, but alas, we only live in 2022.
  3. Hey, I had an interview but wasn't invited to the open house.
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