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Some other people who have done similar things:

BBC video about psychologist Rufus May who was diagnosed with schizophrenia and his work with a medical student who was hearing voices: https://vimeo.com/147827258

TED talk by psychologist Eleanor Longden who hears voices: https://youtu.be/syjEN3peCJw

Pacific Standard Magazine article about Professor Nev Jones who has also experienced psychosis. Helpful in revealing struggles students with mental health challenges can experience in academia: https://psmag.com/magazine/the-touch-of-madness-mental-health-schizophrenia

Ahmed Hankir writing about his experience with mental illness while working to become a psychiatrist: https://medium.com/inspire-the-mind/the-wounded-healer-harnessing-the-power-of-the-performing-arts-to-reduce-mental-health-related-cb519eb397cf

Psychologist Pat Deegan talking about carrying the diagnosis of schizophrenia: https://youtu.be/jhK-7DkWaKE

Mark Vonnegut a pediatrician, has written two books about his experience with psychosis. Here is one of them: 
https://www.amazon.com/Just-Someone-Without-Mental-Illness/dp/0385343809

Stephen Hinshaw put together an anthology with mental health professionals writing about their personal or family experiences with mental illness: https://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Silence-Professionals-Disclose-Experiences/dp/0195320263

A number of people in my psychiatric nurse practitioner program had experienced mental health problems, and at least one faculty member shared about her experience with psychosis and depression. Take care of yourself and go for it!