19 Oct 2013, 1:59 pm
19 Oct 2013, 2:10 pm
19 Oct 2013, 2:36 pm
Sorry to hear of your loss. It can't be easy.
I don't see why AS debars you from a "caring" job. Can't comment on whether you feel the pay to be enough.
I do a bit of voluntary work on a UK emotional support help line. I have my own serious problems that I deal with poorly. I reckon I perform well on the phones partly because of my issues - they give me a greater understanding of the sort of sh*t that others might present with. I s'pose the trick is to be able to empathise fully whilst retaining a degree of emotional detachment, which is where training, experience, and on the job support is useful.
Perhaps in your current place of personal grief you might underperform in social work, but this time will pass and anyway - that's why "sick leave" was invented...
I'm well aware that there is a substantial degree of co-dependency in my work, but I don't reckon that debars me neither.
Best of luck to you.
19 Oct 2013, 3:01 pm
19 Oct 2013, 3:13 pm
19 Oct 2013, 3:16 pm
19 Oct 2013, 3:50 pm
19 Oct 2013, 4:01 pm
Sorry to hear about your bird.
I wanted to be a psychologist once and even studied psychology briefly. Then I realised that I am perhaps not the best person to help anyone, I have too much trouble understanding how they think (because they think so differently to me) and am constantly surprised by their reactions to the things I say and do so...
I'd make a terrible psychologist even I did get A grades on my course. I am fine with the theory..it's the working the with people part I fall short on.
I mean I can solve my own problems in certain ways (I solved my CFS type symptoms and achieved better results than my drs who were too obsessed with blaming anxiety and depression to see the real issue...it wasn't anxiety and depression causing them, it was something in my lifestyle as after many changes the feeling physically ill and stomach upsets, headaches, sleep issues, aches, pains, vertigo etc have gone away, however I am still prone to anxiety and depressed mood so they could not have been responsible or the symptoms would still be there.) but I am unable to make friends etc
Add to that taht I do not have any faith in the medical or psychiatric profession anymore...(see above as to why about my cfs). How many people are they leading astray and keeping sick by blaming anxiety and depression for symptoms that are NOT psychological in origin????? HMMMMM????????? HMMMMMM??????
STupid bloody shrinks.
ON saying that if you feel you want to be a social worker I don't see why you couldn't work with people with special needs for example. You may be able to understand them better than NTs
19 Oct 2013, 4:31 pm
I wanted to be a psychologist once and even studied psychology briefly. Then I realised that I am perhaps not the best person to help anyone, I have too much trouble understanding how they think (because they think so differently to me) and am constantly surprised by their reactions to the things I say and do so...
I'd make a terrible psychologist even I did get A grades on my course. I am fine with the theory..it's the working the with people part I fall short on.
I mean I can solve my own problems in certain ways (I solved my CFS type symptoms and achieved better results than my drs who were too obsessed with blaming anxiety and depression to see the real issue...it wasn't anxiety and depression causing them, it was something in my lifestyle as after many changes the feeling physically ill and stomach upsets, headaches, sleep issues, aches, pains, vertigo etc have gone away, however I am still prone to anxiety and depressed mood so they could not have been responsible or the symptoms would still be there.) but I am unable to make friends etc
Add to that taht I do not have any faith in the medical or psychiatric profession anymore...(see above as to why about my cfs). How many people are they leading astray and keeping sick by blaming anxiety and depression for symptoms that are NOT psychological in origin????? HMMMMM????????? HMMMMMM??????
STupid bloody shrinks.
ON saying that if you feel you want to be a social worker I don't see why you couldn't work with people with special needs for example. You may be able to understand them better than NTs
I don't like working with young children, special needs or not. But I do feel I could handle working with teens and young adults with special needs. I also love the elderly.
19 Oct 2013, 4:56 pm
19 Oct 2013, 8:25 pm
