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Originally Posted by sandersdillion948
Hi Hellion,
I have PTSD from numerous things, have you ever thought of going to school to be a therapist? I am 31yo and going to school to be a therapist because of everything I have gone through. We need to turn the experiences into a positive thing. I cannot help where I come from but I can take charge of my future as can you and direct where you're going.
My thoughts
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Not a therapist, before i dropped out though I was taking mostly psychology and sociology courses not quite sure what I wanted to do with it. But yeah I couldn't cope with a regular 4 year college living away from everyone...so I ended up trying community college part time and even that was too much.
Part of it is since I have PTSD from a shooting incident in highschool, sitting in a classroom(even though I know its a college classroom and I am not back sitting in class in my highschool) still makes me very anxious and hard to concentrate, being on campus makes me anxious since my mind relates it to 'school' walking by a school can make me uncomfortable even if its in the distance. I hate that sometimes I cannot support my 12 year old brother with cool things he does, he has been acting in plays but if its performed at his school I can't go because I know it will stress me out too much I saw one play he performed in but it was through another program and not performed in a school. But also the whole debt thing with no guarantee of finding a job in the field one studies.
I am actually on SSI and hoping to potentially volunteer at an animal shelter as I love animals and it could be a good experience. But it would have to be one that doesn't put down animals for any other reason then its suffering and dying and putting it out of its misery is the decent thing to do.