almost did something I'd have regretted with this exam

so real talk, I spent an embarrassing amount of time last week looking up whether I could pay someone to take my teas exam because I was that overwhelmed. juggling two jobs plus trying to memorize the phases of mitosis just broke something in my brain temporarily lol. I actually messaged one of those services asking questions, just out of curiosity, and the whole thing gave me such a weird gut feeling, like why do they need my full name and ID number before even telling me pricing. that alone made me back out fast
my sister who works in healthcare admin told me these programs run background checks and score pattern audits now, so people do get caught, and it can literally end your nursing career before it starts. hearing that was honestly the reality check I needed. so I deleted the messages, closed the tabs, and went back to my prep book like everyone else has to. not proud I even considered it but I think a lot of people get to that breaking point silently and just don't talk about it. anyone else been tempted by this kind of shortcut before catching yourself