How can I decrease stressed caused by worrying about my future?

The best way, I found, is to make it your goal in life to prove those people wrong. Every time they say you can’t make it or that the risks are too great, simply reply “watch me, and learn”.

Find somewhere to intern. It will give you experience and the confidence to know you can do the job. And if you do a great job as an intern, your resume will be at the top of the list when they have a job opening.

@WestRiverrat Yes, I was planning on looking into internships and relevant work during my junior and senior years of college. However, I do have a question about that. I plan on being a full time student during the day and working part time at night. Are there any jobs related to HR that may be hiring part time employees at night? And as for internships, I know summer internships are always an option and I can work at the same time, but how else would I fit an internship into my schedule?

Also, how prevalent are internships? I live in South Carolina and I’m not too sure how many relevant internships will be available to me.

First, welcome to Fluther. We have many people here that I know can provide you valuable insight, so just hold tight as they roll in.

I cannot provide you with career insight into your field, as I am not in it, but might be able to shed a bit of insight from having four members of the family in the field of psychology. Two have taken the path to obtain their doctorate in the field, one has landed in an HR job, and one is just finiishing up her undergraduate degree. For each, it’s been a matter of pursuing the area that interests them the most and getting the degree that requires it.

In my humble opinion, it’s all about finding the job that makes you the happiest. It seems that you’ve already found some direction by changing majors. A friend of mine went through law school, passed the bar, and then gave it all up in order to start over for a medical degree, in which she will graduate shortly. (Her parents weren’t happy, but could afford to support her.)

Incorporating a PR/Marketing/Advertising degree with Psychology sounds intersesting. From my exposure to Hilton Hotels’ marketing department, the two go hand-in-hand.

do a search on “How to reduce stress” and follow the instruction for the tried and true methods.

The future’s so abstract. You’re not worrying about your future, you’re just caught up in projections of your future that are tiny and probably insignificant compared to what it will actually be. Even considering how oppressive one’s finantial status can be, there’s no reason to worry about getting stuck in a horrible job forever. If you stay motivated in the present you can work out of any hole you find yourself in. Find something real to do in the now that’s important enough to you that it doesn’t allow you to worry about far off things. Maybe something that will probably help your future run smoother, but that is also tangible enough to keep you rooted in the present.

a little biased towards this way of thinking because I’ve got no forseeable future, but take it for what it is

As you are a planner, then use some of your electives to take project management classes and work towards getting PMP certification. PMs earn good income in a variety of fields.

@BarnacleBill Project management classes, maybe. But PMP certification? I only wish I could afford something like that. They say it’s one of the most difficult certification programs out there. Going to school full time and working at night, unfortunately I don’t think that’s a realistic goal for me. Maybe after I graduate, but not in the near future.

The test is memorization and regurgitation of the book. Verbatim. People log all sorts of projects for the project time; planning a wedding is one of the most popular.

Limit your planning to 1 semester ahead of where you are. Stuff happens and most plans beyond that point get changed anyway, some drastically. If you force yourself to worry about only the next 3–6 months, there will be less to worry about.

Count your blessings instead of your woes. Every evening think about what you are grateful for.

Talk about your worries with empathic people you trust.

It sounds like your feeling insecure over the way your parents have reacted or the way you think they reacted . Try letting that go and take a deep breath , your doing super and I for one am very proud of you .

Great Luck !!

Concentrate yourself in your present. if u can do this so u need not worry about your future.
Remeber always the principle of Indian ASTROLOGY, “Your acts of today will descide your future”