u/vuhnime

Hi, I'm a 16 year old Korean rising junior [living in America] in high school and I have a huge passion for psychology. I truly love everything about psychology and I find it incredibly interesting on how the mind works. It's like a safe haven for me.

However, my mom tells me that because the rise of AI triggered a total 180 on the job market, choosing another major like Cinema Studies (sounds interesting to me) or even International Communications are much safer choices. I can keep Psychology as a minor if I choose a different major, but I feel this kind of stubbornness in me that wants to pursue Psychology as my major even more. We did briefly talk about how if I seriously want to have Psychology as my major, I MUST have another minor like International Communications.

I also want to work in South Korea as a clinical psychologist and I do plan on living there as an adult. I know that the demand for clinical psychologists and psychiatrists is incredibly high, but my mom disagrees with the demand (and I'm not quite sure why).

I'm quite worried that when the time comes to choose my major at the university I want to go to, I don't know what I'll want to do because of this push-and-pull thing with Psychology. If I do pursue Psychology, what if AI becomes enough to provide exactly what a real human psychologist can do? What if I end up having no job when I graduate college and my mom was truly right?

I know I still have time to decide, since again I am a junior, but huge life decisions like this are something I need as much clarity and certainty on. I'd seriously appreciate some insight onto this.