Im a student of Psychology and I REALLY loved it at first. I have to sit for an exam at the end of this month, and when ever I sit down to study, I keep thinking - maybe this is not the correct field for me!..and maybe I'll be better at nursing or Sociology!...How do I change this?...I have lost so many opportunities in life because of this sudden change of heart...So how do I know that psychology is the field for me?...Please advise
thanks
2007-01-09 00:46:52 · 6 answers · asked by Sapphire 1 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
how do you know whether to change or stay in the same field?
2007-01-09 00:58:48 · update #1
Maybe you like playing hooky? Maybe the pressure?Get some new hobbies go to new places .Sometimes if if people concentrate too much on one thing they become bored by it ,you need some kind of change .Earning a degree can take a long time maybe you are frustrated by this .What will happen when you graduate ? What will this represent to you?Would you rather be a perpetual student?Spend some time with people who are working in your chosen field and try to get a feel for what it is really like to do this work. If you don't like it then you have your answer.Is there something you've always dreamed of doing but you haven't dared try? Ask your teachers maybe they can help. Good luck.
2007-01-09 01:07:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"I have lost so many opportunities in life because of this sudden change of heart" Why did you avoid those? Maybe you were afraid. Maybe you thought you couldn't finish? Maybe you have cold feet at the last minute? Only you know the answers to what you think and feel. Don't be afraid or it will take you over in everything you want or try to do. Fear consumes people. Go ahead and meet those challenges. You can do it!!!
2007-01-09 00:57:38 · answer #2 · answered by Dovey 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would get through the exam first before agonising over your choice of course and career. Take a look at the wikipedia articles on procrastination and perfectionism, which can de-motivate you to study and revise for exams. Some perfectionists think 'I wonlt get perfect results, I'll be a failure, so why bother'.
Use wikipedia to cram for exams in double-quick time, looking up articles for each word or term used in psychology. Also ask on here for quick summaries of topics you don't understand or web-addresses of articles instead of spending hours reading 300 page books to get the same info.
Use some psychology on yourself and try to pretend your are super-keen on psychology as a career until the exam is out of the way. Put the most positive possible interpretation on things (amatuer cognitive therapy!).
After the exam, ask people on here or on pschology websites who have gone into it as a career and ask what the whole career path and lifetimes work is like. Will you get to do things you are good at and enjoy or get forced into supervising other people, or management or administration, etc.
Would working with unhappy people rub off on you and drag you down and would nursing or sociology be better? Are you in your early years at university, making switching easier. Even if you are in your later years, would it be good and could you afford to start a different course to do a job you would enjoy? You only have one life.
If its just money standing in your way of starting again, ask on here how to earn money during the course. For example, selling an online service via a website or eBay or a newsaper advert, such as math/english/music/spanish coaching for kids facing exams or trying to improve grades or something based on one of your hobbies or something you know how to do on a computer, such as digitially restoring old photos. See 'speciality services' section on eBay for ideas. See also 3rd link below about making money from an eBay business.
For anything you want to achieve, loads of people have done it before. Ask on here how to go about it and where to get technical help.
Once you know what your options are, talk to friends and family and university staff and people online about whether each option is feasible and what you really want. Would a particular job provide enough income to support a family, does it lock you into one job forever or give you flexibility in the type of work and where you work, where are the jobs in each profession (local or far from family and friends), etc.
2007-01-09 01:07:48 · answer #3 · answered by ricochet 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
you are living in your head.... When you need to just live.
it is okay to think and contemplate and wonder and all that...
But you still need to live.. and now you are second guessing yourself out of things because you are probably afraid... afriad of failing of being wrong.. whatever it is we are all afraid of something..
just let it go...
Is this not waht you want to do?... It is your life, no?
Then you make the decision!
2007-01-09 01:00:33 · answer #4 · answered by scott k 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it happens... but it's ONLY an exam... this too shall pass and you'll move on to the next ones and you'll have a career... it is normal to question your choice - it has happened to me as well, i have studied English-French philology and have struggled with similar doubts, but now it's fine, I am following my MA...
2007-01-09 00:55:42 · answer #5 · answered by Analyst 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
only you know what you are after
2007-01-09 00:54:16 · answer #6 · answered by duster 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋