Chelsea Marie Giovacchino
01-22-2013, 12:05 AM
So, I'm not going to retype my whole introduction of myself but if you'd like to read it, it can be found under the Introductions forum titled "Hello!" - the site won't let me post a link.
Being a college freshman, I'm trying to decide what major to pursue, and so comes the question. I've always been incredibly interested in psychology, and it's always been something that just came easily and naturally to me. My majors I'm most interested in are Secondary Education or Psychology, if I went into psychology I'd be interested in Clinical. My problem is that I worry if trying to constantly counsel people through their problems would aggravate my own. If I had a patient that I couldn't help or ended up committing suicide or something I would take it incredibly personally.
I was just wondering how other people felt about the idea of someone with anxiety being a Psychologist and still managing their own issues.
Thanks in advance, guys!
Being a college freshman, I'm trying to decide what major to pursue, and so comes the question. I've always been incredibly interested in psychology, and it's always been something that just came easily and naturally to me. My majors I'm most interested in are Secondary Education or Psychology, if I went into psychology I'd be interested in Clinical. My problem is that I worry if trying to constantly counsel people through their problems would aggravate my own. If I had a patient that I couldn't help or ended up committing suicide or something I would take it incredibly personally.
I was just wondering how other people felt about the idea of someone with anxiety being a Psychologist and still managing their own issues.
Thanks in advance, guys!