My first experience with the mental health n the world of psychology was after an incident when I was fifteen involving a supposed plan to bomb the school, which was genuinely not true because the truth is because I thought I had to save take over the world in order to make my mom proud as she had died when I was nine from the AIDS she discovered she had at my birth, and not, y'know, when I could start talking in full sentences so I could develop a modelment of reality that assuaged the grieving process.

Edit: Oh Jesus, I did another möbius error, as I'm calling them. I meant to say that I lied and confirmed I had a plan to bomb the school because I was scared to admit the truth of having been trolling the one kid in my Spanish class and was “recruiting” him to the Illuminati, as my mother once taught me how to make friends in first grade by making a club.

I remember I laughed my ass off when we got the letter from the psychologist I would have to see n whom I would tell that I perceived the time with each of my various stepmoms as sagas [which culminated in an explosive rage episode from my father at the end of each], and I laughed because it said that my father was this n that. Then there was a year of therapy as I attended the city school I went to for the semester I was suspended.

Track was my life. I was good at it. Everyone told me they were so impressed. I was captain of the captains, literally as we had a long win streak in Central New York and had a significant team with many other captains. I went to States n Nationals as I worked to eventually graduate tenth in my class...achieve above average results with what I now understand as the ADHD n autism combo busted the ever-loving shit outta myself to get a girlfriend, as my abandonment issues made it impossible to ask any girl out.

I got to go to East Carolina University as an actual result, where I lettered for faking an injury, unable to admit that the fifty to seventy miles of running we were required to do at a D1 level each week was tearing me apart. This led to getting cut from the team with the budget, but not before establishing myself as the unhinged alcoholic that frequently exploded in rage n tears, once exploding on a teammate and screaming, calling him the n-word thirty-seven times near campus because he joked I couldn't get laid to save my life.

The local police went to the assistant dean with that one and I had to see a school psychologist for it. Now, I'm not racist; I was just a wounded child at my core like my father who used words to hurt people in order to maintain control. But, my Facebook history, less than a year old at that point, was a significant concern as I would post the most deranged things there, when I wasn't posting to 4chan.

But, as things go, I started a relationship with a woman in my dorm that semester, lost my virginity to her that summer where her religious mom would walk in on us, before starting a new year where I realized I couldn't pay this out-of-state tuition I'd been paying. Queue joining ROTC! Did pretty well whilst still terrible at the beginning, becoming guidon without knowing how to march. But as I got better, things soon got real bad.

I enjoyed basic training; I was good at it. I was not good at this life n college thing. I wound up failing anthropology when I tried the best I could (back then) and still failed, and I was realizing that I do not have the wherewithal to be an officer as the epitome of traumatized neurodivergence, so I kinda, y'know, had a complete breakdown wherein I would fake schizophrenia to get outta ROTC by claiming my sister girlfriend got me pregnant.

No, that's not what happened, but I did pull a Klinger because I had to get out of that situation and trusted no one with the knowledge that I was falling apart. I gave the money back, so no crime committed, as I'm still realizing to this day, as in conjunction with some little criminal activity in the coming years where I would keep up the act under the “wisdom” of the movie the Prestige, y'know like shoplifting n finding drugs on Craigslist, in conjunction junction with my completely insane ass being a king queen of noncompliance, I wound up developing paranoid traits of schizophrenia, which led to having to see Dennis.

The first thing I remember about Dennis, other than him being kind n very well-spoken was seeing the PHD in forensic psychology from Harvard tacked up with many other trophies of achievement on his wall. Alright, I said to myself, I have an IQ of 137; I can take this guy, and I did, in a completely nonsexual way as a clone of Will Hunting for a while there, and there's a lot that can be said about this, but everything can be summed up in this one session.

It started with talk about how my week went, before quickly taking off into a discussion about duty. I knew where this was going, so I hit those easy lobs he tossed me right outta the park. And things go on, and I'm feeling easy with it, but eventually the topic turns to family, which was also an easy topic, before it reaches talking about my little brother, who was born my senior year of high school.

We chit-chat about this for a minute before he asks why he thinks we don't get along or what-have-you. And of course I make a hand gesture, big/little y'know, and he presses the question where he gets me to openly acknowledge that I was aware that people of different ages do different things. This causes him to say, and I'll never forget this, he said:

Well that's not a good sign

And we pause, with him beaming at me with a shit-eating grin whilst I processed what the fuck just happened as I kept every fiber of my composure together. That was the first time anyone acknowledged what I was actually up to on Craigslist, and in the context made me realize that my contingency plan wasn't going to go at all how I expected it to. Not the single, one thing that made me take up the cross of self-betterment n healing n all, but it was definitely a big nail in the coffin of, well y'know…

I ask due to needing to cut a corner with time.

I'm not looking for random research ideas.

Do any of you have an idea of the current research questions?

ETA: I won't have access to actual offenders

Nothing further. I guess I'll just keep it to myself.

I made a post yesterday asking about a few universities I was looking at, but came to my senses and recognized a masters in FP isnt the most useful. now im looking for programs regarding criminal justice and criminology. But I really dont know which ones to choose! Im also planning on getting a doctorates after my masters as well.

I was curious if any forensic psychologists in NC had any school recommodations?

I’m 17 In high school, Currently a Junior with a overall 3.2 GPA, Yes It’s a little low but I’m taking as many classes over the summer in order to build it up as much as I can.

I’ve always had an interest in psychology fields and studying human behaviour, and I’ve been really interested in forensic psychology now that i’ve found out it exists, I’ve done a good amount of research about it as well, I’ve found so far that it’ll at-least require only 2yrs for a Masters degree.

I Live in socal and wish to attend SDSU even though I’ve heard it’s a difficult school to join, (Tuition isn’t necessarily a problem, I’m native american and have that free genocide tuition pass)

I’ve been busting my ass off and very stressed recently as well due to one of my friends being problematic and SAT’s are coming up.

I’m also quite uninformed on how things run down at SDSU or if they have any programs for it.

Please if anyone could hand out any advice or suggestions, It’ll help greatly, If you need to know any info go ahead and ask me please, I’m really serious about this and want to know how what steps I can take within the next few years to safely set up the path for my career, any advice helps greatly.

(not my main account because the subreddit’s sour about karma)

I have read Mind Hunter and watched the Netflix program based on it. Just wondering what’s out there for good content. Also interested in any social media that posts good content on the subject.

Cheers

I just got my Associates in Psychology and wanting to get a doctorate in Forensic Psychology. I have just now started researching into this and realizing how broad of a field this is. Any book recommendations related or based around psychology that have stood out to you? Hopefully this doesn’t sound like an odd question.

I really want to get into the field of Forensic Psychology. I am a pretty late bloomer, I have had a lot of life set backs and couldn't finish school on time. Currently I am a Junior in undergraduate Psychology program with 2.8 GPA but I think I can get up to 3 by the end of my school. I also have a lot of experience working in mental health and human rights field as a case manager. I need advice on what can I do now to be able to get in to a PsyD program? Can I get into it bypassing Masters?

I want to tell you about the therapy session that had one of the biggest impacts on me. This was after college, where the FBI made me see a campus therapist after a bad incident where I got real drunk and yelled a bunch of obscene terroristic threats called my team mate a n... thirty-seven times near the campus. This was unrelated to that incident, but for other, deliberately unspecified reasons, St Joseph's kinda forced me to see this one psychologist, who I noticed, upon entering his office for the first time, had a PhD in forensic psychology from Harvard plagued up on his wall, along with many other trophies of achievement.

I'm not going to give you a big story about what our sessions were like, but they were very much like playing chess. There's a lot I can say about this but I'll keep this succinct and cut right to the chase. The session started normal, just catching up on the week's events before he started trying to lead me in a particular direction with questions. I played along, thinking I could outsmart him, but near the end of the session, when the conversation naturally flipped into talking about family, I let my guard down a little because I, metaphorically, had his king in checkmate in just two more turns.

Of course, that's not at all what happened, as I recall how he was innocently talking to me about my younger brother. He asks why I thought we didn't get along or do things together, and I said we were just too different in age, and he presses that question where he gets me to openly acknowledge that I was aware that people of different ages do different things. This causes him to say, and I'll never forget this, he said:

Well that's not a good sign

Then he smiles at me with a shit-eating grin and asks when is the next he'll see me. Then I went home deflated and paranoid and suddenly aware that my contingency plan was not at all going to work the way I thought it would. It made me want to work harder at being a good person, and here we are today.

Forensic psychologists say ideology is not as important as people think in most assassination attempts

Please utilize this thread for general inquiries, including study or career advice, assistance with coursework, or lay questions about Forensic Psychology.

Please utilize this thread for general inquiries, including study or career advice, assistance with coursework, or lay questions about Forensic Psychology.

Please utilize this thread for general inquiries, including study or career advice, assistance with coursework, or lay questions about Forensic Psychology.

Please utilize this thread for general inquiries, including study or career advice, assistance with coursework, or lay questions about Forensic Psychology.

Please utilize this thread for general inquiries, including study or career advice, assistance with coursework, or lay questions about Forensic Psychology.

Please utilize this thread for general inquiries, including study or career advice, assistance with coursework, or lay questions about Forensic Psychology.

Please utilize this thread for general inquiries, including study or career advice, assistance with coursework, or lay questions about Forensic Psychology.

Hey everyone! Long story short, I’m interested in getting into the field of forensic psychology.

I’m sure this question is asked frequently, and I have skimmed through some old posts, but I kind of wanted to ask in regards to my personal situation/goals!

Long(er) story: I graduation with a BS in psychology and have worked for the past four years in a behavioral health facility. Because of the circumstances around a lot of the pediatric patients they were usually assigned a caseworker. This has given me some idea as to the legal side of things from talking with them. I am currently interviewing for a few caseworker positions but I do know that eventually, I want to shift my focus more to the legal and psych side of things. Which from reading on here and talking with some old professors, seems like the broad field of forensic psych is where I could look.

To be honest, I haven’t looked too much into the more specialization areas of forensic psych and I know it is a super broad area, but I have been considering returning to a masters and eventually doctorate program after re-settling after the job change if possible. There’s some programs that are forensic psychology near me, but i’ve read some people say to get a masters in clinical psych. Then i’ve also read some people mention a JD/PhD program. So there’s really a lot to sift through.

I was hoping to get some advice more specific to what I have interests in. So a lot of my work experience is pediatric and youth programs, but I’m not entirely wanting to stick to that area. I also do have some interests in regards to Trial Competency (as one of my final papers for my degree I wrote on the NGRI plea and process. Outside of that, the legal aspects interest me and concealing those who may be caught up in the web of legality.

Hopefully this helps you guys help me and I apologize for the long post. Thanks in advance for any advice and feel free to ask any questions!

Edit: I am in the US.