Pale in comparison but getting into a PhD degree with a full scholarship. I suffered abuse for 17 years of my life and could have gone down another path but decided I wanted to make something of myself and did an undergraduate in social science/psychology. Was accepted into a clinical masters program (only 8 out 64 accepted) and did 3/4 of that but found myself struggling with the therapy work. Was basically told to go and sort myself out because you can't treat someone with anxiety when you are suffering anxiety/depression yourself. Felt like I was on a path to nowhere and nearly took my own life. Luckily I survived. Decided to pull myself out of the black hole and applied to do a PhD. I got in and a year on I am doing well