i’m trying to write a personal statement to get into uni and i ask my dad for help. biggest fucking mistake ever. i was finding it hard to come up with the bullshit you’re meant to write on these things, like what i’m proud of, what interests me and all that crap. my dad ends up shouting at me telling me to write what i like, what’s interesting about me, BUT I DON’T LIKE ANYTHING. FUCK. ended up just walking away cause how the fuck can you expect someone with clinical depression to have a river of interesting facts about them and things they like flowing out of their mouth. NEWS FLASH the only thing we like is drowning ourselves in alcohol and and cutting it out of us
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I am also writing my application essay at the moment.
If you need any help on picking a topic, we can figure it out together in the comments. I know how tough it is, feel better soon
I recall when I was depressed, you get a sort of tunnel vision where you care about nothing except what you’re suffering through.
Perhaps you should try to take time off from school, defer your entry for a year. Maybe relax or work in that time.
As for those questions, it’s fairly easy, I’m sure there are things that interest you like science, games, whatever it is, just mention it. If you have no interests then give answers that you think they’d want to hear.
Depression wrecked the first 2 years of university for me…most cause of my scummy father who forced me to go when I wanted to take a year off and rest since I was burnt out from studying so hard in high school to get good grades.
But once I got better, I started doing well and completed my degree. Handle the depression first or you might have difficulty with studying also as I did.