The beginning.

You are a 19-year old straight A’s student from Quebec who has just received her acceptance letter from the Université de Montreal in the Psychology program. Your dream is to understand why people think and act the way they do. But has you look at the screen you don’t know what to think. You feel euphoria but also cognitive dissonance which is to doubts if your good enough.

Choice 1 : Celebrate with your family.

Choice 2 : Hide the letter.

Celebrate with your family.

Your parents are proud of you. They have high expectation, and you mother remind you that it is not going to be easy, and a lot of people dropped out. That leads to a lot of reading about stress management and coping mechanisms. You are now panicking.

Choice 1 : Make a study plan.

Choice 2 : Wait and see.

Hide the letter.

You are skeptical. You feel overwhelmed. Your mind is full of intrusive thoughts like : what if I fail? What if I don’t belong there? You have a lot of worries and anxiety.

Choice 1 : Tell you friend.

Choice 2 : Keep it secret

Tell you friend.

You finally told your friend. She was so happy for you. The external validation was good for you self-esteem. You now realized that telling other could help you feel better.

Choice 1 : The beginning.

Keep it secret.

You spent all summer pretending nothing happened and everything was fine. But in the inside you are not feeling well. You are feeling lonely. You experience a lot of anxiety. You are constantly thinking about the future and what could happen. Your Life is miserable. You are not even able to think about school which means you were not able to prepare. You could not even do your internship like you had plans because it was too much stress. You were dreading everything related to the future. You made a bad choice.

Choice 1 : Start at the beginning.

Make a study plan.

You took action to manage your stress. You look at all the class option. You Read the courses plan. You made an agenda with all the important date. You did extra work during the summer just to get on-the job training. You now know better about Life as a student in university. You build a study plan well-detailed. But when the midterms came the plan didn’t work as well as you thought.

Choice 1 : Adapt the plan.

Choice 2 : Stick to the plan.

Wait and see.

Classes are harder than expected. Cursory look at your note is not enough in university. Your motivation is to the lowest. You have so much stuff to do, and you don’t know where to start. You are overloads. You were not prepared, and you did not expect the amount of effort you had to put. The negative thoughts were coming in full forces.

Choice 1 : Try to get help.

Choice 2 : Push through.

Try to get help.

You saw that student could consult for extra help in class, and that you could have free appointment with a psychologist. That is what you did. You want and get extra help on all the things you didn't understand. You found someone that could help you with your schedule. Now everything is just better. The psychologist also recommends that you participate more in the school activity just to explore the field. You had two option. To assist a professor in a research or to volunteer at a helpline.

Choice 1 : The experiment.

Choice 2 : Volunteer.

Push through.

You want to prove yourself. Your doing it for validation. You push through your exhaustion. You are always on high Albert and have a lot of stress. But you pushed aside instead of expressed your emotion. You think it can Wait and your going to rest after the exam. You don't want to show weakness. Symptoms of burn-out start showing up. Insomnia, reduced concentration, irritability reduced productivity. During the exams you start forgetting some stuff that you know by heart. You get panic attack. That when some of your teachers suggest a visit to the psychologist.

Choice 1 : Decline.

Choice 2 : Accept.

Adapt the plan.

Flexibility doesn’t mean failure. Adaptation is the key to success. You were too frustrated and lost concentration too Easily. But when you changed your plan everything was better. You start making more time for your friend, your sleep, and put just the right amount of time in your study session. You learn how to manage your time. You were able to finish your diploma. The only thing is you don’t know if you are ready. You think you should do more internship.

Choice 1 : Assist a teacher

Choice 2 : Volunteer at a helpline

Stick to the plan.

You are now emotionally exhausted. It is anxiety after anxiety. Panic attack after panic attack. Your expectation were unrealistic for you. Your parents found out, and they gave you to choices. Consultation or take a year off to take care of your health.

Choice 1 : Consultation

Choice 2 : Year off.

Decline.

Your symptoms were getting worst. You were not able to do anything.

Choice 1 : Start at the beginning

Accept.

You are now seeing a therapist. He helps you with your negative thoughts by showing you the practice of cognitive restructuring which is replacing negative thoughts with more positive one. You are now more understanding of your emotion and reaction. You are more aware of your limits. You start doing more mindfulness techniques.

Choice 1 : Finish you study

The experiment.

The worst experiences of your Life. You didn't like the teacher. She was not nice. But the thing that really made you regret your choice was the face that she was always made it about herself. She used information that support her beliefs. She interpreted data the way she wanted and not the way it was. You regret your choice, and now you doubt if you want to study psychology.

Choice 1 : Switch program

Choice 2 : Go back

Volunteer.

You practice active listening and learn a lot about empathy and sympathy. A lot of time you had a lot of different emotion and cried a lot especially when it was about sexual harassment because you could relate. You realized that you could not fix everyone. You can't help everyone. You just have to try to understand them. You were able to discover a lot of tools. But you don't really know if it is the right job for you because there is a lot of stress and a lot of weight on your shoulder. You don't know what to do anymore.

Choice 1 : Pursue your study.

Choice 2 : Switch program.

Switch program.

Psychology was not your thing. You choose to switch field of study, but you don't know what to do. you still want to help other but not with therapies. Academic adviser and human resources was two types of job that you had taught about in the past. You decided to do a day in the life of. that way you can know which one you prefer.

Choice 1 : Human resources.

Choice 2 : Academic adviser.

Year off.

You needed time off to take care of your mental health which is an amazing thing to do. You should be proud that you take matter in your own hand. Now that you have time off, you don’t want to just stay at home. You want to have a new project. Either you go backpacking for a while or start a new sport.

Choice 1 : Travel.

Choice 2 : Start a new sport.

Human resources.

During the day you learn about the task as an HR. Check emails, review job application. Schedule interview, discuss employee performance and hiring needs, handle administrative task or dealing with problems in the workplace. Now that you know the basics you can make a better choice.

Choice 1 : see other option

Choice 2 : Pursue your study in the field.

Academic adviser.

During the day, you learn the task of an academic adviser such as check emails, meet student to discuss course choice, degree requirement or personal challenges. You help them plan schedules and give them resources. The job is based on organization, problem-solving and meeting.

Choice 1 : see other option

Choice 2 : Pursue your study in the field

Pursue your study.

You made it. You got your diploma in the field of study you choose. It was not easy, but you are now getting your master. Will you decide to start working in your field of study or not work at all?

Choice 1 : Not work at all.

Choice 2 : Get your master while working.

Not work at all.

You decide to continue your study without getting any experience in the field. That penalized you a lot because the other were all building a name for them. Teacher new about their implication and that increased their chances of getting accepted in the doctorate. Because you didn’t get on the job training, you knew less than the other you weren’t accepted. You made a bad choice for your future.

Choice 1 : Go back

Get your master while working.

While studying, you decided yo start working at the DPJ. At first, everything was fine but everything changed when you got sucked up in some drama. You saw a corrupt employee. He was getting bribed by another employee. That situation was a treat for the company.

Choice 1 : Don’t say anything.

Choice 2 : Tell your boss.

Travel.

You were tired of being in Quebec, so you decide to travel the world.

Choice 1 : Go to Central America.

Choice 2 : Go to Europe.

Start a new sport.

You want to stay healthy and be able to manage your stress. You want your physical and mental health to improve. But you don’t really know what sport to choose. You do some research and can’t decide between running and biking.

Choice 1 : Running.

Choice 2 : Biking.

Running.

Everything was going so well. You improved a lot. Running became your safe Space. It gave you time to think about life and just everything. You were feeling more confident about yourself. Everything was going perfectly you decide to do a 10k run. Bad idea. Something bad happened. During your run, you did a heart attack. You survived, but now you have to take time off. Go back. You made bad choice you pushed yourself too much.

Choice 1 : Time off.

Biking.

You think biking was your sport. You got all the equipment you needed. You were even able to go on some long adventure with you friend. During one of your, everything changed. One second you were happy, but the next you fall off your bike and almost got hit by a car. Go back. You made a bad choice. You pushed yourself too much.

Choice 1 : Time off.

Europe.

Amazing destination. You made new friend. You discover beautiful places. You were in love with all the different country.

Choice 1 : Stay to live there.

Choice 2 : Go back to your study.

Central America.

Amazing place. You loved it their. The people were Amazing with you. But some time you didn’t feel safe being there alone. It was a nice travel but your happy to Go back to your study now that you mental health is better.

Choice 1 : Go back to your study.

Tell your boss.

You made the right choice. The situation is now under control. The got fired and the HR hired a new employee. You were able to continue working without any more problem.

Choice 1 : The end.

Don’t say anything.

You didn’t say anything. But they round out that you knew. You were now a treat for their little criminal adventure. They treat you to do bad things to you and your family if you didn’t help them.

Choice 1 : Help them.

Choice 2 : Refuse to help.

Help them.

Not the right choice. Everyone found out even the police. You got arrested.

Choice 1 : Make a better choice

Refuse to help.

Your family and you got killed.

Choice 1 : The beginning.

Stay to live there.

You were in love with the place, so you decide to move their more permanently. You found a cute little apartment. You found lifetime friend. You are now happy with yourself. You could not be in a better place. You made an Amazing Life for yourself.

Choice 1 : The end.

Go back to your study.

After a little time off you are now in a better place. Your mental health as improve. You are now able to Go back to your study. It was the right choice for you. Shout out to you for butting yourself first.

Choice 1 : The end.

The end.

Good job you were able to figure out your life just the way you want.

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