The Typical- How personal is TOO personal?

[namaste08]

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Hi all. I've been thinking about the dreaded secondary "what's your biggest challenge" and I have been blessed with a mother who can pay my tuition, time to study, shelter, etc. My only real challenge has been learning how to appropriately interact with my father who has been a life long drug addict. While I recognize that addiction is his challenge and not my own- his paranoia, complete lack of ability to care for others, and other drug seeking behavior has certainly impacted me. I grew quite a bit in seeking help for him and myself- going to family support groups to learn how to separate the disease from my father, learning to provide support without controlling, blah blah. Anyways- too personal? Not looking for sympathy or anything from the adcoms (they have heard it all) I just don't think I grew as much from any other challenge. I guess I could also write about my work as a cna but I already did in my activities and it is not the challenge I most closely tie with how I will deal with future challenges as a PCP.

 

[Crayola227]

if you write it "right" this is fine to talk about