Lets see, where to begin? first of all, Hi, I am Laura. I am almost 21 years old, almost 200 pounds, and almost always preocupied about something or another. Three members of my family have Cronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome. This has put a lot of stress on my family life since they are too sick to go to school or work. CFIDS affects everyone diffrently, and to diffrent extreams, and it drives my mother nuts trying to take care of all three of them and keep in order what they can and can't eat, what they can and can't do, ect. There is no bread winner for our family since my Dad is one of the people sick and as I said, my mom is taking care of everyone. As if that isn't hard enough, my mom has ADHD and depression. My baby brother, the only person in my family other than me who isn't sick (other than my mom I mean) and he is stressed to the max, he is acting out at home and had less patience than a tarasque.
So, that is my home life, pleasant isn't it? Fortunatly for me I am in college, and live on campus, so I am not directly affected so much as I might be otherwise. This is a big relief to me, I can tell you that!
College is good so far. I started out as an English education major, but changed to Psychology. I love Psychology! I plan to be a therapist when I do finally graduate from college. But that is a long way off yet, I only take 3-4 classes a semester. I figure better to do well in three classes than to do crappy in five. I don't really care if I graduate in four years wich is the "normal" time it takes to get your bachelors degree. I love college and am in no hurry to leave it. Although the other day it occured to me that all my friends will be graduating before me... oh well, I can deal with that, it happens you know?
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I'm also majoring in Psychology, and I love it. And don't worry about finishing later... I'm 24 and I'm getting my bachelor's degree this semester. So it's okay.
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Psychology is wonderful! I loved taking those classes and learning how the mind and body (mine too!) worked - it's fascinating and makes you see the world very differently. Therapist sounds like a good career path, too.
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