I am holding on being a veterinarian, but it's getting hard...
I don't know about you, but when I was little, something like 12-13 years old, I wanted to be a veterinarian. Once I finished High School in Italy, back in 2017, I didn't wanted to pursue this career, but my parents, my family and my professors said it was a good opportunity, a good job and everything, well paid. I wanted to do theatre and literature, but I was insecure, everyone told me I could not make it and I would have been in trouble with money. I come from a low class family and the only reason I got in university was because I studied so much that I obtained a scholarship. I pursued this career with everything that I had, in university as in ER as in the clinic now, but I am not happy. This work is gross, doesn't pay well, leaves you drained physically and emotionally and I would really like to leave, but it's the only thing that sustains me right now. I wake up everyday and I feel like I've wasted my life, every good opportunity that I gained through my efforts as a teen went into a life that belongs to someone else. I can't go on like this, but I don't know ho to switch career. I feel like everything's falling apart. I don't even know why I'm writing this on Reddit, but If someone has some advice to give me I would be forever grateful. I feel stuck, what should I do? Did you got out of veterinary med and find a new career? If yes, how?