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Been reading websites for psychology students for about an hour now. These people are serious. They know what they are doing and why. Im just floating around the edges of a program that interests me. It seems to me now that I may want to reconsider this school thing before I get involved to deeply. My chosen field of study doesnt yeild any viable job options with out at least going as high as a MA. I am not sure if im cut out for grad school. I guess I shouldnt be saying that when Im only a sophmore(fuck Im a Junior now), but just the idea of a thesis or major paper of any kind scares the shit out of me. Sure, taking entry level and even midlevel psych classes is wonderful, but pretty soon they are going to start asking me to do something other than just answer a few multiple choice questions. I mean can you really see me writing an intelligent in-depth paper of any kind. Most papers I write are on about a 10th grade level. Even if i make into and out of a decent grad program there will still the the spectre of getting a real "job". I dont want to be just another mediocre psychologist treating divorced soccer moms with outdated talk therapy. Hell, I dont know what I want to do. I take that back. I know what I want to do, but it sounds retarded. I want to help mentally ill patients regain control of their lives while still maintaining a sense of individuality. I dont want to be another shrink that gets his psychiatrist partner to prescribe tons of pills to make someone "feel better". Medicine treats. You have to get to the root cause to really cure anything. However, most poeple just dont seem to have the time for that any longer. Im not really sure if anyone ever has.