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Originally Posted by Secretum
Roadie, I didn't mean to put down other fields.  I just think that having crazy goals is something that many people with bipolar have in common. Some people want to be rock stars; I want to be a psychiatrist. I'm definitely not any more talented than anyone else. Other fields are not objectively better or worse than psychiatry, but they are mediocre in the sense that they are not what I want to do. Does that make sense? |
I'm bipolar too, Secretum. I've always wanted to be a musician, in spite of being unable to carry a tune. I've taken musical lessons but still display only mediocre talent. After 15 years of trying, and with everyone pleading with me to stop, I gave up any hope of being a musician.
If you are "definitely not any more talented than anyone else," & your primary qualification for becoming a psychiatrist is wanting to be one, what makes you think that you will ever help anyone? I'm sorry, but if you see this as a typical, unrealistic bipolar "crazy goal," how does this logical end up with you as a fully responsible, functioning, and contributing member of the psychiatric profession?
Is there a disconnect here? Do you have a psychiatrist who has worked with you for a few years who is encouraging you to pursue this?