I want to go to college

princessdon

You'd be unlucky not to get on the access course - trick is to work out what you will do after and make the right decisions when applying.

Good luck

marybelle01

devils_advacado wrote: »

Hi.

My career plans are to become a social worker. Ideally working with youth or criminals.

My condition will not affect anything if I remain focused and continue with my counseling. My psych team have said that the condition can be beat within 4yrs of diagnosis.

Not wishing to rain on your parade, but I would echo the thoughts of others here in getting some detailed advice on career paths before setting your heart on social work. Whilst your psychiatric team are correct, and the condition can be beaten, they are being rather optimistic in their timescales - studies suggest that with treatment after seven years just over half of people with BPD/EUPD no longer fall within the diagnostic range, and the long term prognosis for this group is very good with some two thirds showing no further signs of illness.

But, for relatively obvious reasons, there is very little chance that you would be considered suitable for employment in social work without evidence of a sustained and lengthy symptom free period. The cognitive patterns associated with EUPD would render anyone with the condition unsuitable for social work, and there would still be some difficulty even after a symptom free period, because there is substantial evidence that stress and trauma can contribute to the condition or to relapse. Social work is very stressful and full of trauma.

It is therefore highly unlikely that you would be able to proceed along such a career path within a decade if you are currently diagnosed, and probably unlikely that you would even be accepted to train in social work. Whilst I wouldn't want to put anyone off social work as a career, I also wouldn't want you to raise your expectations unrealistically and be disappointed.

devils_advacado

marybelle01 wrote: »

Not wishing to rain on your parade, but I would echo the thoughts of others here in getting some detailed advice on career paths before setting your heart on social work. Whilst your psychiatric team are correct, and the condition can be beaten, they are being rather optimistic in their timescales - studies suggest that with treatment after seven years just over half of people with BPD/EUPD no longer fall within the diagnostic range, and the long term prognosis for this group is very good with some two thirds showing no further signs of illness.

But, for relatively obvious reasons, there is very little chance that you would be considered suitable for employment in social work without evidence of a sustained and lengthy symptom free period. The cognitive patterns associated with EUPD would render anyone with the condition unsuitable for social work, and there would still be some difficulty even after a symptom free period, because there is substantial evidence that stress and trauma can contribute to the condition or to relapse. Social work is very stressful and full of trauma.

It is therefore highly unlikely that you would be able to proceed along such a career path within a decade if you are currently diagnosed, and probably unlikely that you would even be accepted to train in social work. Whilst I wouldn't want to put anyone off social work as a career, I also wouldn't want you to raise your expectations unrealistically and be disappointed.

Hi.

Thanks for your input, I truly appreciate it.

Like I mentioned earlier. I've got to get on the access course first, then I will look at my options.

I've worked in very stressful and traumatic environments and I'll be honest. They didn't help.