yes, but it will complicate your medical paperwork. you'll have to get a letter from a doctor basically stating you are stable and have your symptoms under control. once you're in country, you will have to be really self-aware and proactive about your mental health. I have depression and anxiety and had a severe depressive episode in-country, a good friend of mine had a manic episode and almost was medically separated as a result, mostly because she had hidden the fact she was bi-polar when she applied.
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anonymous
August 21 2009, 16:30:25 UTC
They gave me a ton of shit when I was doing all that, so I have to assume they're going to do it to you too. I had to write a bunch of extra papers and stuff like that. It took me a while to realize that they weren't going to tell me no. I don't think they give very many outright no's. They were just trying to get me to take myself out of the running by dragging it out. Try and remember that whatever you have to put up with in the hiring process, it's only a tiny fraction of what you'll have to put up with in the peace corps. It can't be done by someone with a thin skin.
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