When joining the Coast Guard......... will and how much could this hurt me ?

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Basically, I'll just be open with you all willing to help me on this.

My only request, please do NOT tell me to talk about it with my recruiter. The sheer purpose of me doing this on Yahoo is to get a before hand answer from a few people.

Thank you.

Basically... my stats.. and plans, etc...

17, male, american, preparing to enter the CG with a GED and some references, very intelligent, stopping highschool at 10th grade (not the most intelligent decision, but a must now.), very computer literate, athletic, a great swimmer, among a few other things.

my past ?

multiple hospitilizations and 1 residential for a year due to behavior problems at home with mom etc.

i grewup in a pretty crappy place (even know it could have been worse), hurt myself once or twice... was horrible at home, on medications for years.. antidepressants, meds to help me sleep, and ones for ADHD and ADD, even some for Bipolar.

Now ? Doing much better, haven't been in that system for about a year as well as no
no meds atm*

Hmm.. I'm a very trustworthy and trusted person in my city.

NO criminal background except one disorderly conduct charge that was expunged when I was like 16.

Did I mention a therapist who had me for about 4 years who to this day says I don't have Bipolar and probably don't have ADHD and that my problems lie within my family and environment(s) ?

my personal opinion ? I think I'd do great in the CG, it's what i always wanted and want most still to this day.

does the CG have a dont ask dont tell unspoken policy type of thing for this, or will all of this AGAIN depend on my recruiter ?

should i even tell my recruiter about this ? why or why not ?

how much of a chance do YOU personally think i have of getting in ?

please feel free to ask further questions...

thank you so much.
302'd about 8 times.

all full stays.

most for problems with mom, breaking things, once for threatening a therapist, not following directions, being "incorrigible"..... etc.

I also got kicked out of like 2 schools.

Btw, I am not proud of any of this.. and it was very hard to be honest about this openly, so please, only fair and legit responses only... thanks.

also, if any of you feel discussing this further in PM would help more, please let me know.
Alright, I'll consider the forum thing. Smart btw.

SO, you're suggesting I don't tell them about my medical past?... how often do they look into that ?
Alright, and thank you *very* much for taking the time to reply, Jordan.

I'll consider and most likely put your suggestion into one of my most prioritized of them all.