Not so neat, N.E.E.T

So, much of my struggles with my mental health aggravated when I was preparing for my medical entrance exam i.e. National Eligibility cum Entrance Test. It was a dreadful experience throughout. When I completed my ICSE class 10th exams with flying colours the state of my family was such that celebrating my achievement was beyond our thoughts. Pandemic was raging throughout the world and my family too was not spared.

Soon my parents sowed a new goal in my mind , for me to achieve. It was to become a doctor. In India to do so one needs to crack the N.E.E.T exam. Seats for government colleges are lowering each year and the bar of the examination is getting higher along with it. To be very honest , I was completely clueless of what I wanted to become until the mid of this year. Anyways , I dropped a year and started preparing for N.E.E.T 2023. I took help from a coaching institute which in my case was more of a burden than a help.

As mentioned earlier, my high school days were completely online and honestly I didn´t study at all. During that time scenarios were absolutely ghastly , but that´s the topic for some other day. Coming back to my preparation days , my high school knowledge was close to nothing and quite frankly I was starting from scratch. In the midst of all of this I realised this was not what I wanted , this was not how I wanted things to turn out.

I always wanted to help people but not in this way. Helping others in my parents eyes could only be done by becoming a doctor. More so, I agreed to take this exam only to move out of my parents house!!! It was my ticket to freedom. But fate had other plans.

I tanked my exams!! I was completely devastated and heartbroken. I even took other entrance exams and tanked them too. Out of guilt and disappointment I then went online to apply for some other college courses. That´s when the miracle happened !! I came across the possibility of becoming a psychologist!! I never knew that with my science background I could ever become one. That´s when I realised it was my soul purpose.

But my story is never that smooth sailing ; as soon as I announced to parents that I would take up psychology as my subject , my father opposed and stated how much of a failure I was to think that. Even so, I was adamant and hence started my new battle. My battle with the world to become a psychologist. There were many downs of this journey, but still I managed to get into a government college with B.sc. (Honors) in Psychology. I am hereby, thrilled and thoroughly happy to announce that I have embarked on my journey to serve people and my destiny.

This is not just my story but it is the reality for several others like me . I hope and pray to have your support to move further and become worthy enough to heal other fellow hurt souls.