time to move on...
Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 2:37 am
I am a junior in college and I am a psychology and political science major. My parents do not approve of my career choice and they have told me time and time again that it's going to lead me no where and I am setting myself up for failure. This hurts me and there have been many times where I rethink my choice.
Part of the psychology program at my school is that students who are doing really well can apply for internships. I applied for one and I did not tell my parents because I knew they would talk me out of it. I just found out that I got an internship at a psychiatric hospital which I am pretty excited about. I decided to tell my parents about it because I wanted to show them that I can do something with my degree, instead of them being happy for me that yelled at me and told me that while I am away at school this semester I should find somewhere else to live because they do not want me back in the house. They feel that me spending my days at a psychiatric hospital will cause me to develop problems and I will bring bad energy back home. My dad told me that a person who has their own mental problems cannot work in one. He has also said that I am not smart enough.
Thankfully I have a boyfriend and his family who are willing to take me in. For the past year they have helped me through so much and I cannot thank them enough. It hurts to know that my own parents don't support me at all....they want nothing to do with me. I realized that families come in many forms...sometimes it's not your own blood. They believe that I can do it and they said that no matter what they will help me since I don't have anyone else.
Thankful I don't need my parents for much, besides a roof over my head and food. Everything else I pay for myself, at school I got scholarships so when I graduate I won't have to pay that much back, and I have a job so i can cover my own expenses.
I am going to go into this semester with my mind set to work hard, get good grades so later on in the future i can show my parents that I can be successful. This is what I want to do and it makes me happy. They are going to regret not supporting me. Maybe moving out is for the best, I can get some peace in my life and rediscover myself. I can start to heal from all the pain. It hurts when I think that I only have 3 people in my life who are supporting me but 3 is much better than 1.
Part of the psychology program at my school is that students who are doing really well can apply for internships. I applied for one and I did not tell my parents because I knew they would talk me out of it. I just found out that I got an internship at a psychiatric hospital which I am pretty excited about. I decided to tell my parents about it because I wanted to show them that I can do something with my degree, instead of them being happy for me that yelled at me and told me that while I am away at school this semester I should find somewhere else to live because they do not want me back in the house. They feel that me spending my days at a psychiatric hospital will cause me to develop problems and I will bring bad energy back home. My dad told me that a person who has their own mental problems cannot work in one. He has also said that I am not smart enough.
Thankfully I have a boyfriend and his family who are willing to take me in. For the past year they have helped me through so much and I cannot thank them enough. It hurts to know that my own parents don't support me at all....they want nothing to do with me. I realized that families come in many forms...sometimes it's not your own blood. They believe that I can do it and they said that no matter what they will help me since I don't have anyone else.
Thankful I don't need my parents for much, besides a roof over my head and food. Everything else I pay for myself, at school I got scholarships so when I graduate I won't have to pay that much back, and I have a job so i can cover my own expenses.
I am going to go into this semester with my mind set to work hard, get good grades so later on in the future i can show my parents that I can be successful. This is what I want to do and it makes me happy. They are going to regret not supporting me. Maybe moving out is for the best, I can get some peace in my life and rediscover myself. I can start to heal from all the pain. It hurts when I think that I only have 3 people in my life who are supporting me but 3 is much better than 1.