Does anyone have a cover story as for how their life turned out the way it did? For me, the answer is mental illness. I am relatively young and of course I know how to be professional when needed and steer things towards "positive" things, but today I was questioned about life choices and all I could say was "I have a history of mental health and was going to stop existing by nineteen, so how can I say, for example, that I chose my college wisely, and now that I have plans for the future, how can I say anything else than "I'm still at this college, which doesn't have the strongest program for my field because I am just starting to heal and I didn't have enough energy (and good grades) to transfer (in fact I almost dropped out) and now it's too late?"

Pretty much my whole (short and so far inconsequential) life has been determined by my mental health issues and what led to them.

I wasn't prepared for the questions and in this situation I had to answer so I pretty much told the truth and let's face it, the truth is triggering.

How do you deal with these questions? Do you tell the truth?

Sorry I hope this question isn't insensitive. I can be pretty stupid sometimes.