Ain't nobody praying for me

2-feign-reluctance · August 2017

Thoughts_Arrive said:

I've decided to study to be a psychologist (which I really wanted to do over teaching but the very high entry requirements scare me).

Dude. Your post worried me. Your calling attention to yourself making threads like this. Your mental health stuff is well documented in these forums. Thanks for being brave enough to share them with others, but seriously don't call attention like that. If your struggling say so. Like this, "hey guys, I'm upset about school not working out, this Kendrick Lamar song is really speaking to me lately."

Thirty Bills Unpaid · August 2017

Thank gawd the high school teacher thing never worked out for you!

Look at a trade you might be good at. Pursue it. Be an academic on your own time. Academics do not get paid.

Annafalk · August 2017

Put up a goal for yourself and be determined to get to that goal. Work hard and don't hesitate to ask for help if needed.

brianlux · August 2017

2-feign-reluctance said:

Thoughts_Arrive said:

I've decided to study to be a psychologist (which I really wanted to do over teaching but the very high entry requirements scare me).

Dude. Your post worried me. Your calling attention to yourself making threads like this. Your mental health stuff is well documented in these forums. Thanks for being brave enough to share them with others, but seriously don't call attention like that. If your struggling say so. Like this, "hey guys, I'm upset about school not working out, this Kendrick Lamar song is really speaking to me lately."

Some good advice here, e-feign, but at the same time I can understand how hard it can be sometimes to just come right out and say, "Hey guys, I've get issues!" (and most of us do- we're in good company). It was cool that you thanked Thoughts for being brave!

I can't judge how another person seeks help because I myself in the past have done so in far more dysfunctional ways than what Thoughts wrote. Sometimes (maybe a LOT of the time) it's very difficult to just come right out and say, "Hey guys, I'm upset about..." (what ever it is).

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My own take on your first post, Thoughts', was that as soon as I read it I heard a really heavy blues song:

"Ain't nobody praying for me,
Ain't nobody"

The story behind that is just a story- not necessarily important to us personally, but definitely important to you! Like we used to say in Human Services, "With the person you trying to help, don't get caught up in the story, focus on the feelings". Those few lines held a load of feeling there and I knew the story would come out, but initially I was thinking, first things first- time to give our buddy a little empathy, a pat on they back, a few words of concern. Then we'll get down to the nitty gritty.

Hang in there, bud. You have friends here!

Thoughts_Arrive · August 2017

2-feign-reluctance said:

Thoughts_Arrive said:

I've decided to study to be a psychologist (which I really wanted to do over teaching but the very high entry requirements scare me).

Dude. Your post worried me. Your calling attention to yourself making threads like this. Your mental health stuff is well documented in these forums. Thanks for being brave enough to share them with others, but seriously don't call attention like that. If your struggling say so. Like this, "hey guys, I'm upset about school not working out, this Kendrick Lamar song is really speaking to me lately."

Sorry man. :-(

Thoughts_Arrive · August 2017

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

Thank gawd the high school teacher thing never worked out for you!

Look at a trade you might be good at. Pursue it. Be an academic on your own time. Academics do not get paid.

Why do you say thank gawd teaching didn't work out?

I looked at a trade a few years ago to become an electrician, didn't like it and it just wasn't for me (same as teaching).

Thoughts_Arrive · August 2017

Annafalk said:

Put up a goal for yourself and be determined to get to that goal. Work hard and don't hesitate to ask for help if needed.

My goal is to get into honours then from there into masters so I can have the option to gain registration as a clinical psychologist or stick with academia and research. But the entry requirements are so high it scares me. Very very competitive.

Thoughts_Arrive · August 2017

brianlux said:

2-feign-reluctance said:

Thoughts_Arrive said:

I've decided to study to be a psychologist (which I really wanted to do over teaching but the very high entry requirements scare me).

Dude. Your post worried me. Your calling attention to yourself making threads like this. Your mental health stuff is well documented in these forums. Thanks for being brave enough to share them with others, but seriously don't call attention like that. If your struggling say so. Like this, "hey guys, I'm upset about school not working out, this Kendrick Lamar song is really speaking to me lately."

Some good advice here, e-feign, but at the same time I can understand how hard it can be sometimes to just come right out and say, "Hey guys, I've get issues!" (and most of us do- we're in good company). It was cool that you thanked Thoughts for being brave!

I can't judge how another person seeks help because I myself in the past have done so in far more dysfunctional ways than what Thoughts wrote. Sometimes (maybe a LOT of the time) it's very difficult to just come right out and say, "Hey guys, I'm upset about..." (what ever it is).

-------------------------

My own take on your first post, Thoughts', was that as soon as I read it I heard a really heavy blues song:

"Ain't nobody praying for me,
Ain't nobody"

The story behind that is just a story- not necessarily important to us personally, but definitely important to you! Like we used to say in Human Services, "With the person you trying to help, don't get caught up in the story, focus on the feelings". Those few lines held a load of feeling there and I knew the story would come out, but initially I was thinking, first things first- time to give our buddy a little empathy, a pat on they back, a few words of concern. Then we'll get down to the nitty gritty.

Hang in there, bud. You have friends here!

Thanks Brian.
I am feeling better, took my psychologist's advice and took time away from study to de-stress.

rollings · August 2017

Thoughts_Arrive said:

2-feign-reluctance said:

Thoughts_Arrive said:

I've decided to study to be a psychologist (which I really wanted to do over teaching but the very high entry requirements scare me).

Dude. Your post worried me. Your calling attention to yourself making threads like this. Your mental health stuff is well documented in these forums. Thanks for being brave enough to share them with others, but seriously don't call attention like that. If your struggling say so. Like this, "hey guys, I'm upset about school not working out, this Kendrick Lamar song is really speaking to me lately."

Sorry man. :-(

don't be sorry. I like your approach better than that person's "suggestion". yours is cooler :murica:

Annafalk · August 2017

Thoughts_Arrive said:

Annafalk said:

Put up a goal for yourself and be determined to get to that goal. Work hard and don't hesitate to ask for help if needed.

My goal is to get into honours then from there into masters so I can have the option to gain registration as a clinical psychologist or stick with academia and research. But the entry requirements are so high it scares me. Very very competitive.

I really hope you'll reach your goal, you can do it!

Thirty Bills Unpaid · August 2017

Thoughts_Arrive said:

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

Thank gawd the high school teacher thing never worked out for you!

Look at a trade you might be good at. Pursue it. Be an academic on your own time. Academics do not get paid.

Why do you say thank gawd teaching didn't work out?

I looked at a trade a few years ago to become an electrician, didn't like it and it just wasn't for me (same as teaching).

The profession has been hit hard in the last two decades. The support for teachers from most stakeholders (employer, administration, public, parents) is extremely low.

It is not something I would recommend to anyone unless they simply couldn't help themselves.

HughFreakingDillon · August 2017

rollings said:

Thoughts_Arrive said:

2-feign-reluctance said:

Thoughts_Arrive said:

I've decided to study to be a psychologist (which I really wanted to do over teaching but the very high entry requirements scare me).

Dude. Your post worried me. Your calling attention to yourself making threads like this. Your mental health stuff is well documented in these forums. Thanks for being brave enough to share them with others, but seriously don't call attention like that. If your struggling say so. Like this, "hey guys, I'm upset about school not working out, this Kendrick Lamar song is really speaking to me lately."

Sorry man. :-(

don't be sorry. I like your approach better than that person's "suggestion". yours is cooler :murica:

2 feign is right. as someone who suffers as well, he has taken time out of his day to check on me when I've posted an attention-seeking thread. I have only done that when I've been near my lowest. He's a therapist. He knows.

HughFreakingDillon · August 2017

but I will say, Thoughts, don't be sorry. there's nothing to be sorry about. I just get where Chris is coming from; knowing about you what we do, a thread like this can be concerning.

HughFreakingDillon · August 2017

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

Thoughts_Arrive said:

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

Thank gawd the high school teacher thing never worked out for you!

Look at a trade you might be good at. Pursue it. Be an academic on your own time. Academics do not get paid.

Why do you say thank gawd teaching didn't work out?

I looked at a trade a few years ago to become an electrician, didn't like it and it just wasn't for me (same as teaching).

The profession has been hit hard in the last two decades. The support for teachers from most stakeholders (employer, administration, public, parents) is extremely low.

It is not something I would recommend to anyone unless they simply couldn't help themselves.

all of my friends who are teachers (middle school, elementary) make probably double what I do. and they deserve every penny.

dankind · August 2017

HughFreakingDillon said:

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

Thoughts_Arrive said:

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

Thank gawd the high school teacher thing never worked out for you!

Look at a trade you might be good at. Pursue it. Be an academic on your own time. Academics do not get paid.

Why do you say thank gawd teaching didn't work out?

I looked at a trade a few years ago to become an electrician, didn't like it and it just wasn't for me (same as teaching).

The profession has been hit hard in the last two decades. The support for teachers from most stakeholders (employer, administration, public, parents) is extremely low.

It is not something I would recommend to anyone unless they simply couldn't help themselves.

all of my friends who are teachers (middle school, elementary) make probably double what I do. and they deserve every penny.

Imagine that: a nation that pays its educators a living wage.

HughFreakingDillon · August 2017

dankind said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

Thoughts_Arrive said:

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

Thank gawd the high school teacher thing never worked out for you!

Look at a trade you might be good at. Pursue it. Be an academic on your own time. Academics do not get paid.

Why do you say thank gawd teaching didn't work out?

I looked at a trade a few years ago to become an electrician, didn't like it and it just wasn't for me (same as teaching).

The profession has been hit hard in the last two decades. The support for teachers from most stakeholders (employer, administration, public, parents) is extremely low.

It is not something I would recommend to anyone unless they simply couldn't help themselves.

all of my friends who are teachers (middle school, elementary) make probably double what I do. and they deserve every penny.

Imagine that: a nation that pays its educators a living wage.

there are huge flaws in how our teachers are treated, but yeah, they seem to be paid well. not sure what Thirty is referring to.

PJ_Soul · August 2017

rollings said:

Thoughts_Arrive said:

2-feign-reluctance said:

Thoughts_Arrive said:

I've decided to study to be a psychologist (which I really wanted to do over teaching but the very high entry requirements scare me).

Dude. Your post worried me. Your calling attention to yourself making threads like this. Your mental health stuff is well documented in these forums. Thanks for being brave enough to share them with others, but seriously don't call attention like that. If your struggling say so. Like this, "hey guys, I'm upset about school not working out, this Kendrick Lamar song is really speaking to me lately."

Sorry man. :-(

don't be sorry. I like your approach better than that person's "suggestion". yours is cooler :murica:

Given the OP's history, I agree with 2-feign. It was cryptic and worrying for those of us who know that history, not cool. Sorry OP, don't want to trash your post or anything, but posts like that come off as a cry for help, not as a cool song reference. Just saying that so that you know how caring people might react to things here.

Thoughts_Arrive · August 2017

Annafalk said:

Thoughts_Arrive said:

Annafalk said:

Put up a goal for yourself and be determined to get to that goal. Work hard and don't hesitate to ask for help if needed.

My goal is to get into honours then from there into masters so I can have the option to gain registration as a clinical psychologist or stick with academia and research. But the entry requirements are so high it scares me. Very very competitive.

I really hope you'll reach your goal, you can do it!

Thanks Anna.
Despite having excellent grades thus far in the psychology units I have completed I still fear not progressing to honours and masters.
I am seeing a psychologist to work on this fear.

Thoughts_Arrive · August 2017

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

Thoughts_Arrive said:

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

Thank gawd the high school teacher thing never worked out for you!

Look at a trade you might be good at. Pursue it. Be an academic on your own time. Academics do not get paid.

Why do you say thank gawd teaching didn't work out?

I looked at a trade a few years ago to become an electrician, didn't like it and it just wasn't for me (same as teaching).

The profession has been hit hard in the last two decades. The support for teachers from most stakeholders (employer, administration, public, parents) is extremely low.

It is not something I would recommend to anyone unless they simply couldn't help themselves.

Yeah, it's tough here in Australia too.
Teachers are overworked, underpaid, underappreciated.
The government here does not give enough funding.
Plus parents treat teachers like punching bags, fail to place importance on education, fail to school their kids at home.
I am vulnerable to stress so I don't think it would be wise for me to get into.
Then there is the focus on data and comparing better than other schools which shift the focus away from the student and to the teachers who force curriculum onto students to drive up school performance (a behaviourist rather than humanist approach to education).
There were other elements I experienced on my practicum that made me think this is not for me, I wouldn't have the passion teaching some subjects to 7th and 8th graders.
In sum, it just didn't feel right to me, my heart said no.
I'd rather run my own private practice working with patients than 25 students per class and school administrators.

Thoughts_Arrive · August 2017

PJ_Soul said:

rollings said:

Thoughts_Arrive said:

2-feign-reluctance said:

Thoughts_Arrive said:

I've decided to study to be a psychologist (which I really wanted to do over teaching but the very high entry requirements scare me).

Dude. Your post worried me. Your calling attention to yourself making threads like this. Your mental health stuff is well documented in these forums. Thanks for being brave enough to share them with others, but seriously don't call attention like that. If your struggling say so. Like this, "hey guys, I'm upset about school not working out, this Kendrick Lamar song is really speaking to me lately."

Sorry man. :-(

don't be sorry. I like your approach better than that person's "suggestion". yours is cooler :murica:

Given the OP's history, I agree with 2-feign. It was cryptic and worrying for those of us who know that history, not cool. Sorry OP, don't want to trash your post or anything, but posts like that come off as a cry for help, not as a cool song reference. Just saying that so that you know how caring people might react to things here.

My online behaviour stinks when I am low.
I regret it.

Ain't nobody praying for me

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