I dont know which career to become: Psychologist or Family Doctor!?

Question

Which should I become and why, just give me your one sided statement and try to encourage me to choose one.

I mean persuade me which one you think I should join. I will look at the benefits and from there decide, but I really like both.

Would you all damned stop side stepping my question please.

Answer 1

A career is something that you choose because you love it not because you ought to have it.

But if you ask my opinion, I would prefer to be a family physician. Although being a psychologist is a very fulfilling profession, nevertheless a family physician can touch human souls better and broader.

I am an emotional person and can not bear any mental anguish longer than any normal person. To me to be a psychologist is like walking into a torture chamber. I can't imagine myself asking, poking, and analyzing the emotional and mental problems of my patients and be able to leave them all in my clinic when I get home. I might carry them all around me and presumably affect my judgement and perspectives. While being a physician, I just have to heal the physical pain and the spiritual maybe but not so much with the emotional and mental aspects.

I hope for the best for you...

Salaam!

Answer 2

Being a psychologist means you will be helping people out with their problems. Your primary function will be counselling. This can take its toll on some people because there's only so much of hearing about other people's problems and giving them advice that they can handle. For others, it's a great career and is what fulfills them.

Being a family doctor means dealing with both the healthy and the ill, with just listening to hearts but also having a look at the stuff that many would find rather icky.

I don't have a side. Both are noble careers, designed to be of service to someone else. I would encourage you to do the one where you could still see yourself doing it in 20-40 years, one where you feel you could bring the most to other people's lives. Only you can provide that answer.

Answer 3

Well, I remember wanting to be a movie star or celebrity of some sort when I was younger. Once I was in oh, second or third grade, I realized that it wasn't something I'd be able to accomplish so I decided I wanted to be scientist. That dream was farfetched and I went through the rest of my childhood not knowing what I wanted to be. It wasn't until middle school that my parents made it clear that they wanted me to pursue biology in college and become a doctor. I always believed I'd live up to this expectation but during my senior year of high school, everything changed. A couple of my stories were published in the local magazine and I was dubbed as an amazing writer. I decided to change my major to English, only to realize too late that pursuing English wouldn't get me anywhere too far in life. Now, I'm currently undeclared in the College of Letters & Sciences at Berkeley. I might switch over to biological sciences, but for the meantime, I'm just gonna stick with English and political science.

Answer 4

A good family doctor IS a psychologist and many other occupations rolled into one. A doctor is not nearly as limited as a psychologist in what they can do. Also, they make quite a bit more money. They diagnose illnesses and prescribe medicine. Things a psychologist can't do. They perform surgery and repair broken bones.

If you want the best of both worlds, become a psychiatrist. A psychiatrist is a medical doctor who specializes in behavioral medicine. They prescribe meds and counsel their patients also.

Answer 5

You'll decide on your own....I'll just leave you with this thought:

There is no money in becoming a psycholgist. Maybe a psychiatrist because then you'd still be an actual medical doctor and be able to make money. Kinda like getting the best of both jobs that you listed.

Answer 6

initially, both require the same course of study, so why don't you pursue that course work and as you get further into the specialty classes, one or the other will be more appealing to you. While both deal with patients, one is primarily mental, the other physical, so how do you feel about blood and guts and death vs. insanity, mental illness, etc.?

Answer 7

Definitely Psychologist.

No, Family Doctor.

Doctor because in the long run it'll be more interesting because of the inevitable advances in medicine.

Answer 8

You don't become a career, you join that career force.

Answer 9

Family Doctor. Because you had to ask.

Answer 10

LOL! Why would I encourage you? You've gotta want it! Not me!