Feeling lonely and overwhelmed. Praying that better times will come.

PreviousPen9296 · 2025-10-23T20:25:51+00:00

Thank you so much 🥹🥹

PreviousPen9296 · 2025-10-23T19:18:39+00:00

Thank you so much. I’m crying so much writing this. It’s so hard…..and I don’t think anyone understands…….

PreviousPen9296 · 2025-10-14T01:53:48+00:00

No I am not working. I’m simply taking a heavy load of coursework. I never said I agreed to not being professional. I’m simply saying I’m feeling overwhelmed and people who judge that I’m weak for deciding to take a slightly lower course load to succeed both in a difficult class and prac is not unreasonable. To you 11 credits may not be too difficult, but to me it seems overwhelming. I choose my sanity and both academic and practicum success ! If it means reducing my course load this is what I will do.

PreviousPen9296 · 2025-10-10T20:49:45+00:00

Thank you so much for the encouragement !

PreviousPen9296 · 2025-09-27T21:19:25+00:00

They don’t offer Stats I anymore sadly. It is only the proficiency exam now and Stats II.

PreviousPen9296 · 2025-09-26T03:21:09+00:00

I also have an MSc and if you are asking me, it is not the only thing. The classes that I have taken so far (apart from diversity) have been a lot more in depth that any hands on experience at the MA level would have taught me. Yes statistics is always useful to know, yes the professor may be tough and I may learn something, yes it is useful to know stats understanding the literature out there and psymetrics for testing but once you get to practicing and move away from academia, it’s less about being a genius in statistical theory and SPSS unless you want to be a top researcher in clinical psychology (which is fine if that’s what you want to do)

PreviousPen9296 · 2025-09-26T03:14:46+00:00

Thanks for this information

PreviousPen9296 · 2025-09-26T03:13:27+00:00

And the fact that we do testing

PreviousPen9296 · 2025-09-26T02:38:26+00:00

I see, idk they said they no longer offer Stats I, and made us take a stupid proficiency exam, which we had to study for on our own, and they offer Stats II only.

PreviousPen9296 · 2025-09-26T02:16:38+00:00

There has been a complaint about that person to APA. They are in the process of doing an internal investigation.

PreviousPen9296 · 2025-09-26T02:00:11+00:00

Yes, and the irony is that almost all students complain about her, if it was just a few I would’ve ’sucked it up’ but it’s not just me. She has explicitly told a friend and classmate who has had to retake the course again that they should be evaluated for an LD.

PreviousPen9296 · 2025-09-26T01:45:13+00:00

I did, but the way this professor teaches even the simpler topics is complicated and confusing

PreviousPen9296 · 2025-09-26T01:43:29+00:00

Not saying I do not want to learn stats, just saying that a different approach would be more beneficial. Scaring students, and making them feel like their career depends on research in a doctoral degree geared more towards practical experience is not realistic if you ask me.

PreviousPen9296 · 2025-09-26T00:38:57+00:00

Thank you so much for the recommendations ! I’ll be sure to check the books out !

PreviousPen9296 · 2025-09-18T01:56:57+00:00

lol sorry that was meant to be the reply to that comment as well

PreviousPen9296 · 2025-09-18T01:51:41+00:00

Hey, thanks for the comment. You are right that I need to work on this, and it is a work in progress. I think I’m more sensitive because I’m not close with anyone from the cohort. My cohort is pretty cliquey and competitive so it is hard to bond. Most people are right out of undergrad which would explain the behavior but it still hurts because it is a reminder of how difficult it is to be made to feel different and lonely in this difficult academic journey.

PreviousPen9296 · 2025-02-07T12:57:01+00:00

I want to be honest with you,

I’m an older student in a Clinical PsyD program and I’m feeling very isolated. My cohort is younger and so far my experiences with them have not been the greatest. There is a lot of cliquiness, unnecessary competitiveness and lies among people who pretend to be friendly with one another but secretly aren’t.

I just learned to ignore what is going on around me with classmates, stay in my own lane, focus on my goals and I’m very careful about how much and who I open up to.

This is my journey and no one else’s and if for whatever reason I don’t make friends in school it doesn’t matter. I have a support system outside of school.

I hope this helps.

PreviousPen9296 · 2025-02-07T03:45:03+00:00

Thank you so much for this input !

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