Social Anxiety Support

djr86 · 09-05-2009, 10:08 AM

I have SA, obviously, and it affects every aspect of my life. Because of my struggles with depression and SA, I feel I have a great amount of empathy for others struggling. I am think of a major in psychology, as in counseling others. I just wonder how realistic this is since I do have SA, but psychology seems to be so interesting and a passion of mine.
I would like others opinions. Any other people in the same situation? I'd love to hear about it.

deeds14 · 09-05-2009, 05:47 PM

I got my Bachelors in Social Work (which is similar to psychology) and am getting my Masters in it now. It's definitely a good field for us because we are able to really understand what our clients may be going through. I can tell you that these kind of classes do tend to have a lot of group work and presentations. I just make sure I'm medicated beforehand.

And since you're male, you will have mostly female classmates, which can definitely be a plus for you and will also make you stick out in a good way when applying for jobs in the field.

09-05-2009, 10:08 AM	#1 (permalink)
djr86 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Southern Maryland Gender: Male Posts: 89	What do you think of this Major? I have SA, obviously, and it affects every aspect of my life. Because of my struggles with depression and SA, I feel I have a great amount of empathy for others struggling. I am think of a major in psychology, as in counseling others. I just wonder how realistic this is since I do have SA, but psychology seems to be so interesting and a passion of mine. I would like others opinions. Any other people in the same situation? I'd love to hear about it. __________________ When all is said and done, there's usually more said than done. Learn to like your self, because you're one person you can't get away from.

09-05-2009, 05:47 PM	#2 (permalink)
deeds14 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Gender: Female Posts: 256	I got my Bachelors in Social Work (which is similar to psychology) and am getting my Masters in it now. It's definitely a good field for us because we are able to really understand what our clients may be going through. I can tell you that these kind of classes do tend to have a lot of group work and presentations. I just make sure I'm medicated beforehand. And since you're male, you will have mostly female classmates, which can definitely be a plus for you and will also make you stick out in a good way when applying for jobs in the field.