>tl;dr I'm 24 and I live at home with my parents and

Why the fuck would you get a masters if you have no plans to use it to further (or rather, start) your career?

>>17748594
Fair question - I thought it would lead to an interesting and well-paid career, but the jobs market for it is actually really shit. I got a distinction, but my prospects are still pretty poor. My fault for not doing better research before picking the course.

>>17748586
I don't think you should feel bad, but either way you somehow waste your education and standing still will most-likely depress you like it does right now. Something that comes to my mind would be learning programming and getting a job in IT, where your masters degree can come in handy or you start a blog and do free research in cooperation with some research group if possible. If you don't see yourself there you can always start a free research blog if you want and still work as a barman.

>>17748586
what was your major?

>>17748882
My undergrad degree was in psychology, my postgrad was in sport psychology. No major/minor, as I'm in the UK.

>>17748905
What the fuck is sport psychology?

>>17748922
Performance psychology applied to athletes/sport teams, and also to the military and in business more recently. The job prospects in sport are terrible though.

>>17748905
Dude.... Thats some major fuckup.
Doesnt matter you cant change anything about it. Maybe you could find some other career that suits you, which at leas requires college education?
Dont get arrogant about your education. I know its the only thing you have, but honestly a Msc is nothing special, especially not in a jobless field.
If an employer sees that attitude, he will think you feel overqualified and you will jump ship as soon as possible.

>>17748929
Can you someone use it to make a career in psychology in general?

>>17748930
I don't think it's a major fuck-up, just a costly one (although I'm already halfway to paying it back). My problem now is finding something I actually want to do. I don't want to spend my life working in a job I hate all my life - at least now while I'm still young I have the freedom to take my time and make the right choice for me. I just have no idea what that choice will be.

>>17748936
Well I could still go down the sport route and become a fully qualified psychologist, but I don't think that's a good idea. Alternatively I could re-train (i.e. get another MSc or a doctorate) in another specialism and become a qualified psychologist in that field. Finally I could do some job that applies psychology but isn't directly related to it, no idea what that would be though.