5 Things You Hear When
You’re a Psych Major
By: Amiracle Williams-Anderson
With over thousands of people studying psychology around the world, we all
tend to hear some of the same things from everybody around us. Here our a
few things as a Psych major you’ve probably heard:
1. “Can you tell me what I’m thinking right
now?”
People often confuse psychology with telepathy for some reason, and we
constantly explain that’s not how that works…
2.“Stop analyzing me!!”
Once we learn certain terms, ideals and defense mechanisms, , it’s kind of hard
for us to not apply it to the people around us. Some consider this an unfair
advantage, I consider it a superpower.
3.“Psychology is like the easiest major.”
For some reason we also get told that our major is the easiest one you could
pick…. we Psych majors could probably laugh hysterically at this
misconception as we try to remember the weird names of theorist and which
study is theirs.
4. “Psychologist aren’t real doctors.”
This one…this one is just disrespectful. After all the tears, studying , writing,
and research it took to get your degrees somebody telling you this one is sure
to make your blood boil.
5. “You must really like dealing with crazy people.”
This weird idea that everyone with a Psychology major wants to be a
therapist or counselor is totally wrong. Psychology is sooo broad that
there’s no way that those could be the only options. With school
counseling, music therapy, industrial organization, teaching, etc. all
being career paths the only question we should get is what CAN’T you
do as a Psych major.
