Why I Chose Clinical Psychology

What do you want to be when you grow up? This is the number one question everyone asks. As a child, knew I wanted to become a baker, and far as I could remember that is what I wanted to be. However, as I grew older I began realize that being a baker was similar to becoming an actress or a singer. Though, this what I began to comprehend was that people were really messed up in the head, not physically but psychologically. This is where the concept of psychology came into place, and just like every other subject in the world, clinical psychology and spoke to me. I knew from that day on what I wanted to be.
People think you need a physical symptom in order to have something clinically wrong with you. Though, when it comes to clinical psychology, most of the signs are hidden are in the mind. Most of the disorders in this field, deal with the mind and how it tricks its self into doing the wrong things, this would mostly associate with schizophrenia, psychosis, obsessive compulsive disorder, or bipolar disorders. All these illnesses have one major thing in common, which is that hey all start in the mind and the brain itself, dealing with all the chemical …show more content…
Not only was I going to major in it, but I also want to get my PhD in the field, so that I could become a psychiatrist. I could like to be able to research people’s brains and help them get better. I want to open up my own practice either in Texas or Washington state and also run my own research on the people who come in asking for my help. Another thing I’d like to do is that I want to make a big change in psychology. I am not sure how, but I do know that I want to make a difference. I have many goals in my life; some will take years, and I may fail many times in order to reach my goal, but I don’t care. I am determined to achieve my goal. I intend to prove to everyone that I am able to accomplish my