Should I mention suicide in my statement of interest?

I definitely would not mention it.

Thank you for your service and please get help if you need it! There is no shame in getting therapy.

Suicide isn't a "disadvantage". Depression would be a disadvantage. PTSD would be a disadvantage. Poverty would be a disadvantage. Lack of quality education would be a disadvantage. Fetal alcohol syndrome would be a disadvantage.

It's led not lead. Overseas not oversea. I believe I have overcome it, not "I believed I had overcame it." Will it be damaging to my application, not "may this be damaging".

While mental illness is addressed more and more in government roles, it's still a major major issue, especially if you wish to have a clearance.

If you want to mention mental health, then you'll need to really get into how your psychiatrist helped and is still helping you.

If you self-cured, then you don't get anywhere near the topic. You cannot self-cure PTSD or depression. You can bury it, you can change your circumstances and avoid it, but you cannot cure it. It's a bandaid over an internal hemorrhage. It's a patch on old threadbare jeans.

The long running truism in classified government work is that you can have 50 affairs, as long as you admit them under your polygraph, but the second to talk to someone about your feelings, no more clearance. Again, it's changing a little, but the powers that be still tend to be conservative older folks who will think that mental illness will always be a risk. And if you self-treated, you *are* a risk.

Thank you for your time in the Marines, serving our country. And I wish you success in your applying.

Good Luck

don;t mention it.

They can get your service record if they want it.

Really bad idea. Find another topic altogether.

Dont do it.

No! That's just wrong.