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Another year off is another year wasted

  • 20-07-2012 08:44AM
    #1
    Lorrs33
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 690 ✭✭✭


    I have a BSc in Psychology and for years I had my heart set on doing counselling psychology or psychotherapy. However, yesterday I had my interview for an MA in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy and I was basically told no, I would have to do their Higher Diploma first, so why bring me in?? I can't afford to do both and I'm reluctant to return to that college.

    Last year I was accepted to study my MA in Journalism, but while it was my dream, I couldn't justify it and turned it down. Now, of course, I regret it. As you can see, my aspirations are varied.

    Now that I've been rejected for Psychotherapy, I'm starting to reconsider whether or not I really want to do it. It's quite a shock to the system because I had been aiming for it since I started Psychology. Now I just don't think it's for me, and not just because I was rejected, I've been considering it for a while but was too afraid to admit it. I'd love now to try and see if it's not too late to take up my place in Journalism in September because I did have aims for it when I applied.

    Although part of me feels like I should wait until next year and give myself time to decide what it is I really want. As you can see, I'm all over the place so you'd probably recommend that I wait. I suffer badly with anxiety and all my friends I graduated with have either done, doing or are about to start a masters in September. I feel left behind but I'm trying to remind myself that I'm only 24 and I should try and live a bit before I commit to a postgraduate.

    The thing is I've been out of college for two years and I don't feel like I've done anything significant at all. I've been on a couple of holidays, that's about it. Should I really waste another year working and doing not much else?

    Apologies for rambling, but I would really like some advice.


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  • #2
    Sleepy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,488 ✭✭✭✭Sleepy


    Not much left in terms of careers in journalism tbh.


  • #3
    LegacyUser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166,012 ✭✭✭✭LegacyUser


    I agree with the above, take your time, sometimes you need to think for a while rather than just launch into the doing.

    You won't be wasting a year as long as you keep alert, take things in, maybe sample a new work environment through volunteering. All of these things will continue to shape the person that you are on the way to becoming. Learning doesn't end after college.

    And life after graduation is not as seamless and effort-free as some people think. It's hard. Acknowledge that and accept it, and don't let anxiety get to you. Like the poster above, I didn't arrive to what I now believe to be my rightful career until I was in my thirties. You have loads of time, don't be afraid to make a mistake and most importantly don't be afraid to admit your mistakes and start again if need be.


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