I'm still skeptical. When I was 19, I was taking 20+ hours of course credits, and TAing at the same time. My only sibling took his own life. I didn't take time off. I didn't ask for extensions or other special arrangements.
I dealt with it and used my willpower to continue with my studies as if it hadn't have happened. I see now that I could have prostituted myself and my circumstances to bilk a free climb of Everest.
Gary...step away from the computer. Seriously.
A terrible situation is not the same as a medical disorder.
Sorry about your brother.
I'll forgive her for climbing Kosciusko rather than the Carstensz Pyramid. If I remember correctly, when I was 20 I finally got my drivers license and got fired from my job making pizzas.
lil puss: since I took the picture, I would seem to put me in a position of knowing. However, we can debate that if you would like. Here is another picture of the mystery crack