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I feel like I just lost a battle
I was really passionate about art before college but I wasn't confident in myself to take up something that might give an unstable job so I took up psychology and I'm planning to do that for a long time. My mom always mocked me that I won't do shit taking arts and I feel so ashamed she was right. She keeps trying to make me feel like anything other than a medical job is gonna get me on the streets. For example I said that psychology is good and I like doing it and she kept going on and on at how I won't be able to do anything other than counseling in schools and that only a clinical psychologist will earn real money. I don't agree with her of course but it still hurts because she's my own mother.
It’s disheartening to hear this. I do believe most parents hold up this outdated idea that you need a job with a high status to achieve a high salary out of worry and just wanting the best for their kid. But most medical professionals end up in hundreds of thousands in debt that lasts so much of their lifetime. Alongside regular medical malpracti...... reply
