Would this be an acceptable way of disclosing childhood abuse in essay?

My mother has untreated bipolar disorder, and when I was younger I grew an interest in technology and math as a way to dissociate. Whether it was during manic episodes or times I was neglected I looked to analytical activities to distract me. My father dealt with the everyday pain of living with my bipolar mother, but he managed this by venting to me in car rides (my mom never drove me places because she doesn’t really take on the responsibility of being my parent). I always wanted to help my dad feel better so I’d suggest for him to see a therapist (ideally the solution would first be to help my mom with her disorders). Initially, I wanted to do electrical engineering and computer science, but over the past few years I’ve also realized I’m very interested in studying the mind/brain (part of the reason being my parents but that’s not the sole reason). Basically, I found the discipline for me, which is computational psychiatry/neuroscience. I’m class of 2022 and over the summer I’m researching in a lab that uses circuits and engineering to attempt to treat mental illness.

Above is just some info on my situation and what I’d try and tie together in my essay. I’m concerned it’ll sound like I’m looking for pity, so I don’t know if I should just find some random topic about my life and write about that instead. Please let me know your thoughts.

This could be a very interesting topic. I wouldn’t go into neglect etc (your counselor can add that to your report if needed). Try to tie it with the choice of schools. I would make a rough draft and get some opinions on it. So I would just mention this runs in your family then get into your interests and why. What your learning doing research and how you want to expand that at college. Don’t be too technical.

Also do a another version of something else… Get some opinions and go from there

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