Help Needed Now: Need Advice on Career Choice in Pakistan

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around a participant seeking guidance on career choices in Pakistan, specifically between pursuing a Pharm-D, mass communication, or physiotherapy. The conversation touches on personal interests, family expectations, and the emotional stress associated with making a decision.

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Main Points Raised

  • The original poster expresses significant anxiety about choosing between Pharm-D, mass communication, and physiotherapy, feeling pressured by family expectations and personal interests.
  • Some participants suggest calming down and focusing on one option, emphasizing the importance of personal enjoyment in the decision-making process.
  • There are concerns about the lack of flexibility in medical fields compared to mass communication, which offers various major subjects later on.
  • One participant advises considering long-term stability and flexibility in career choices, particularly in relation to the medical field.
  • The original poster shares feelings of inadequacy and confusion, indicating a struggle with self-confidence and decision-making.
  • Another participant encourages talking to individuals in the fields of interest to gain insight into whether those paths are truly desirable.
  • There is a mention of the emotional toll and daily indecision affecting the original poster's well-being.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally agree on the need for the original poster to calm down and reflect on personal interests, but there is no consensus on which career path is the best choice. Multiple competing views remain regarding the value of medical versus non-medical fields.

Contextual Notes

The discussion highlights the emotional and familial pressures involved in career choices, as well as the original poster's uncertainty about their academic future and personal interests.

Who May Find This Useful

Individuals facing similar dilemmas in career choices, particularly in the context of familial expectations and personal interests, may find this discussion relevant.

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Please guide right now!

i need your guidance. i live in pakistan..i was doing pharm-D actually and the institute was not that good and i had my interest in textiles design..i gave some tests but i could not clear. some of my friend told me abt mass communication and i got admission in it but my family is not satisfied as they like medical and i also think NOW that medical is SOMTHINH...my family told me about physiotherapy and i like it but i have to wait for almost 3 months for that but i don't want braek in my studies...
im extremely tensed as admissions for pharm-D are going tomorrow and i am not attending my mass communication classes..IM HELL TENSED and i feel like my heart will fail..
WHAT SHOULD I DO?
mass communication?
pharm-D?
physiotherapy?
PLEASE REPLY RIGHT NOW PLEASE PLEASE ='(
 
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1. calm down

2. you can't do all of them, so what you should do is pick one to attend, and one to study on your own

3. your posts is pretty over the top, which makes people less likely to take you seriously

4. how is this related to STEM fields?...
 


I agree with G037H3, calm down.

TYPING LIKE THIS LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE DEMANDING HELP. People won't respond as well.

Just choose what you enjoy most and go for it. Why would waiting 3 months mean interrupting your studies? You could always find out what's involved with the physiotherapy course and start reading up on it. Give yourself a head start! Perhaps that would be the best, it would mean you get 3 months extra learning time. If anything, boosting your studies (assuming you're willing to work).

Jared
 


thanks to both of you..actually I am really tensed. i have my interest in arts but i cannot do it now. i left my university just to join textiles but i could'nt..
my family forced me into medical..i never liked that field but after leaving it i realized that i have developed my interest there..the university which is offering mass comm. is very good and i can enjoy my life as well..but medical has NOW screwed me up..my sister is doing PHARM-D. i feel like i will be complexed when ppl will listen that she ia a pharmacist and I am not related to medical..
i wake up with a new decision daily and that irritatate my family amd my parents are also worried..
i don't have decision power...im such a loser...
 


if you don't know what to do, go for what will offer you the most flexibility and stability, which is probably something related to the medical field...if you can work a couple of years at that, you will probably have a much more stable job, and from there you can assess whether or not you want to do something else

unless you're 100% sure you want to do something related to arts, then you should go with what will work out best in terms of letting you make flexible choices in the future
 


sometimes i think to go back to pharmacy but i have some problems there like i live in a hostel,students are very less,mostly are dating and studies are not very good. two of my friends are still there and my family says why can't you do it if they are doing?
there is no flexibility in medical but yeah in mass comm. you need to choose your major subject in 3rd year..mass comm,environmental sciences,literature,biotechnology,sociaology,psycology etc etc..but no medical.
m scared of going to new institute as well because I am very shy and no confidence..
i will have my exams in december of pharm-D and m not well prepared as I am not going since a month..
i have lost my interest in everything...
i cannot decide. i want some angel to come and fix my problem. I am tired now.
 


Jeez.

You can either decide to do what you're interested in, have your family push you into something you don't want to do, or do nothing and end up in a worse situation than you're in now, going nowhere.

Actually think about what you want. Talk to some of the people that are doing degrees or whatever in the field(s) you're interested in, so you can see if it's something you *really* want to do.
 


lol,thanks =)
i talk to a new person daily and get a new advise...i just can't take decision because I am hell confused and messed up.
anyways,thanks a lot..just need your prayers...
GOD bless you. thanks=)
 


I'm a Deist.

God is impersonal and doesn't care about you until you become capable of talking to them.

And yes, you may just need to do some information collecting.
 

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