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Okay, so I have looked at a few things (different threads on quite a few websites) and have found varying answers to my question. Will a history of anxiety and depression hinder my chances of being hired after school or, worse yet, disqualify me altogether?
In all honesty my history with it was not nearly as bad as people seem to think. They hear the words depression and anxiety and raise a red flag. I was in high school when this happened. I had a home environment that was very mentally unhealthy because of a father who, let's face it, just didn't care. So my mom took me to the doctor. The combination of everything I had going on at home and school and work was getting to me and I had no one to talk to about it. so I bottled it up. Never a good idea. I would let the littlest things get to me. I was prescribed medication and told to go see a therapist which I did. A little while afterwards when I was graduated from high school and learned to deal with things differently, I stopped seeing my therapist and asked my doctor to take me off the meds. And here I am, almost two years later with absolutely no problems. Like it never even happened.
It has been a big pain as I am currently trying to pursue a job in the Navy as a hospital corpsman. And this is my backup if they decide they don't want me. Almost the same thing, just in the civilian sector. My worries lie with it being just as big of a problem outside of the military.
In all honesty my history with it was not nearly as bad as people seem to think. They hear the words depression and anxiety and raise a red flag. I was in high school when this happened. I had a home environment that was very mentally unhealthy because of a father who, let's face it, just didn't care. So my mom took me to the doctor. The combination of everything I had going on at home and school and work was getting to me and I had no one to talk to about it. so I bottled it up. Never a good idea. I would let the littlest things get to me. I was prescribed medication and told to go see a therapist which I did. A little while afterwards when I was graduated from high school and learned to deal with things differently, I stopped seeing my therapist and asked my doctor to take me off the meds. And here I am, almost two years later with absolutely no problems. Like it never even happened.
It has been a big pain as I am currently trying to pursue a job in the Navy as a hospital corpsman. And this is my backup if they decide they don't want me. Almost the same thing, just in the civilian sector. My worries lie with it being just as big of a problem outside of the military.
