doing the CP with a mental illness

[jenniy122]

Anyone do it? Know anyone that's done it? I've read countless blogs and posts about the CP but nothing ever covers this specific issue.

 

[ladypage]

I think it's doable, depending on your illness and the severity of it. My roommate from the CP and I both have depression issues, I also have obsessive compulsive disorder. We both finished it. You can PM if you want to talk specifically.

 

[MandaBelle]

I have depression/GAD/OCD and I completed the Fall 2011 Program. I'm also going back for Spring Advantage. If you want to talk, feel free to PM me.

 

[khancock]

60,000 people work at Walt Disney World.

There is a very good chance that a % of that population suffers from some sort of mental illness.

Whatever you may suffer from should not be a barrier to applying. Go for it and see what happens.

 

[xhananh]

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[lidepi]

I think it depends on how you look at it xhananh. It might work as a sort of immersion therapy by which you'd be able to possibly deal a bit better with it as you become more accustomed to loud environments. Also a big factor might be what role you are placed in as well. As I think attractions or QSFB might be a little much based on how you described yourself, something like custodial might fit pretty well because you have latitude to move around and away from loud locations (more or less).

 

[theworldneedscolor]

Do they have an equivalent of a student health center for the CPs? I'd like to have somewhere to go if my depression got bad, or I was relapsing (eating disorder) without being charged a fortune.