New to the Forum/ Starting prerequisties for nursing, but dealing with anxiety.

Hi Everyone,

I'm new to this forum as I have thought long and hard as to what I plan to do with my future. I am a psychology major who is on the brink of graduating with her bachelor's in psychology. While, I do love psychology, I still have always loved the study of anything related to medicine. It has been a passion of mine for a long time. However, I had shyed away from it because as a child, I always had a negative stereotype regarding nurses due to certain things shown in the media, and as such felt the only way to go was to be a doctor. Due to my anxiety disorder, my dreams of becoming a doctor felt unreal. However, with that, I fell in love with psychology and helping others who have undergone similiar trials. Through therapy and meeting a friend now who is a medical nurse practioner, I was better informed about the career of nursing and became increasingly interested. Since then, I have done much research and I do feel it is the way to go. I feel as though it is what I was meant to do.I may consider psychiatric nurse practioning in the future. Since I do have to finish my bachelor's in psychology, I am finishing up my electives and as such decided to take my prenursing classes in place of those electives. I have always been a great student and put alot of determination and work into my schoolwork. The thing that continually frightens me though, is my anxiety which has greatly improved but is still there. It is the one thing that has held me back and I have made great strides towards proving that wrong. I continue to excel despite my limitations. Two semesters ago, due to my anxiety in classrooms, I had fallen behind in work and as such medically withdrew. I am returning this semester, and my advisor, doctor, therapist, and I have determined that it would be best that I only take two classes. I've decided on Anatomy and Physiology I and Chemistry I which includes general, organic, and biochemistry. My question is do you all think this is manageable considering my anxiety and if any others of you have endured anxious episodes during college, how was it dealt with? I have grown this past year, and despite my anxiety, I do feel confident my abilities, and will succeed in my future endeavors. :monkeydance: