A college friend of mine had taken depression medication due to his parents divorce while he was a teenager. This significantly impacted his career. When he was putting in for security clearances, he was initially denied. That was just the tip of the iceberg. After a long and painful process, he was finally cleared and was able to do his job.

But this hasn't gone away. When he left the chair force, while filling out an application, he answered yes to a series of questions asking if he had ever lost or had been denied a security clearance. Again he found himself on the defense, trying to explain something that happened while he was a kid.