[Goals2017]

So I’m at a point where I have no idea where to go in life. I’m unemployed with a degree in psychology but I don’t know how to gain proper experience in the field to go anywhere. I kinda wanna switch fields but I have no idea how to do that. Does anyone have a degree that they don’t use? If so what are you doing now?

[piggy momma]

I’m in the process of also doing a useless degree in psych. Ideally I’d like to do my Masters after, but I’m not confident my marks will be good enough. I do have a back-up career tho - I groom dogs and also work for an airline.

In my area a lot of the jobs directed towards people with an undergrad degree in psych are jobs working with developmentally delayed adults for minimum wage. Unfortunately I have no interest in working in that area. I’ll never get a job in the field with a BA that pays as much as I make now, so it will definitely be a useless degree for sure.

[SorryShaped]

I have an associate's with over 180 credit hours. I'm on disability so I'm not able to work. Yep, wasted life here. That's depressing

[USMCBIPOLAR7]

I worked in psychiatric hospitals as a tech, associate phych worker until I got my degree in psychology. Then I worked as a case manager, behavior specialist, chemical dependency counselor etc.. there is work in the mental health field but I would get a masters in social work if you are going that route possibly while you get experience in the field

[Jennyanydots]

I have a masters in Art and I work in health insurance....

[Faltering]

I have an educational specialist degree and I'm a school psychologist. I don't know how much longer I can last in my career, unfortunately.

[pirilin]

I'm still wondering where am I going. What would I be. At 68.
So far, has been where the wind blows. Never stopping to think. Always acting.
And where there is more money.

It's a hard life, but someone has to live it.

Cheers.

I have no qualifications at all- not even from school

what I usually do is sit here and wonder.. what the hell am I going to do with the next 30/40 years of my life?

being ttold I can't work is actually a pretty big thing- that said even if I could I'd have no idea what i'd do (something that doesn't need qualifications, and something that doesn't involve people) which leaves my choices pretty limited

Possible trigger:

suicide is ever so tempting when I think about this

that their's so much I could be doing with my life- and I have so much time to fill, yet their's nothing I really want to do- and my only interest (amusement parks), isn't going to really help me much.

someone suggested that over christmas one of the things that people do is help the homeless

I mean why would I want to do that.

I feel sorry for the homeless, and it would be nice for all homeless people to have homes and everything they need, that said it's not something that interests me- and I wouldn't want to throw myself in to something I don't get any enjoyment from. actually I'd find it quite emotional I think, seeing people with nothing or very little

I think a psychology background could be helpful in various fields not specifically related to psych counseling, research, or the like. Ideas that come to my mind are sales, marketing (and writing, design, analysis), various non-profit jobs, jobs relating to child/adult/elderly development, other consumer-focused positions, and likely more. If I applied for one of these jobs with a psychology background I'd call that background a real unique strength.

I don't know what direction I'll be going in in the future either. My degree was in East Asian languages and are studies. I did utilize that knowledge in my past job in sales and marketing.

[MickeyCheeky]

I'm so sorry you're struggling. I can relate. I'm also studying in a field that I don't really like, and I don't know what to do about it... switch fields? Continue? It's so hard... I'm sorry you have to deal with this as well, I know how you feel.