u/Bear-1167

Hi everyone!

I will start my final year of my psych BSc and trying to decide what I eventually want to specialize in.

I like most areas - they are all very interesting :) - but developmental/child psychology is so interesting for me academically.

However, in practice I've realized that I find frustrating how in some areas everyone feels like an expert in them. I am afraid that as a child psychologist I would find working with parents frustrating. I follow some renowned child psychologists on social media and I see so many comments from parents undermining the expertise and knowledge of the psychologists just because they have lived experience and ''this doesn't work for their child'' or asking ''do you actually have children?''. Is this the case indeed? Or does this apply to all areas of psychology because nowadays it's so accessible?

Obviously people can and will have opinions about everything, and I’m not suggesting that psychologists shouldn’t be questioned. But having built a career in another field before, I’ve noticed that this dynamic seems particularly strong in psychology, where personal experience is often treated as equivalent to professional expertise. And especially in developmental psychology.

Are there areas of psychology where developing deep expertise actually creates a clear knowledge gap between a professional and someone who simply has personal experience with the topic? An area that is less accessible or known to regular people?

Hi everyone,

I'm in my 30s (female) living in Amsterdam and looking to get back into dating after taking a long break. I went through a serious injury that took a couple of years to recover from, so dating wasn't my priority. Now I feel ready again and I'd love to meet someone naturally rather than through dating apps, they've just never been my thing.

I've tried Meetups in the past, but I find it difficult to build connections when it's a different group of people every time. Clubs, bars, drinking are not my thing.

I'm thinking hobbies or regular activities might be a better option. I have interests but the problem is that most of the things I'm genuinely interested in seem to be very female-dominated (Pilates, psychology 😅). Dancing is also something I used to enjoy and now that I've recovered I am thinking to start again.

Does anyone have suggestions for hobbies or activities in Amsterdam especially for internationals that could realistically lead to something and can help expand your social circle? Have any of you met your partner this way? Or is online dating the main option? Thanks :)

I've been on 2.5 mg oral minoxidil for 4 months (female, 39). I have AGA, telogen effluvium, and seborrheic dermatitis.

I do see new baby hairs, but they look very fine and miniaturized, so they haven't made any noticeable difference in density yet neither in the overall look. I'm also still shedding the same.

For those with a similar diagnosis, does it get better? And when? I am just so tired and frustrated :(

I have a good job, but I'm just increasingly fed up with spending my days behind a computer. It feels like I'm slowly wasting away and am constantly bored. I miss working with people and collaborating as part of a team.

When I search for ideas of jobs with social interaction, people often suggest careers like sales, consulting, business development, or roles that involve networking events and constantly meeting new people. But that's not the kind of social interaction that energizes me. What I really enjoy is collaborating with a group of people over time, sitting down and having brainstorming sessions together and working toward a shared goal.

I am just curious, does anyone have a highly collaborative job in this sense? Or are most jobs behind computers nowadays? What are examples of such careers? The examples that come to my mind are artists, doctors and nurses who work in a hospital.

Hi everyone,

I am studying BSc in psychology at VU and I am very much interested in developmental psychology and child development. I was wondering whether there are any MSc programmes that are particularly strong in these areas, or whether the developmental psychology master’s programmes in the NL are fairly comparable.

Any suggestions or experience would be much appreciated, thank you:)