# What did you want to be **URL:** \ **Category:** Lounge\ **Created:** [September 20, 2026, 3:38am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/what-did-you-want-to-be/8932 "2026-09-20T03:38:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kali](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/kali/32/12634_2.png) [@kali](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/kali)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2026, 5:37pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/what-did-you-want-to-be/8932/21 "2026-09-20T17:37:24Z")
I wanted to be a professor since I had an illusion as a kid that they are after truth of some kind, incorruptible and no-nonsense individuals. Then there was an idea of becoming some sort of researcher or scientist, maybe biology or something. This was when I was a bit more mature. At some point the idea was to become an author, writer of maybe sci-fi or something along those genres. Mental issues, and pretty severe at that, just came in the way. Consolation is the fact I did not choose to become mentally ill, those dreams were pretty vague, with little weight and I was unable to work hard to accomplish those goals due to aforementioned reasons. And I was not particularly well off in the first place, privileged or anything, at best was destined to some shitty working class job with poor terms of existence. These aspirations might have been a fever dream from the beginning. But all of this is in the past, probably would be best to just forget it. Oopsie, sorry for the long post, got carried away by the topic. ---
**Author:** ![Raptor\_Z](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/raptor_z/32/14830_2.png) [@Raptor\_Z](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Raptor_Z)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2026, 5:42pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/what-did-you-want-to-be/8932/22 "2026-09-20T17:42:50Z")
Are.you kali godess? ---
**Author:** ![kali](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/kali/32/12634_2.png) [@kali](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/kali)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2026, 5:48pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/what-did-you-want-to-be/8932/23 "2026-09-20T17:48:20Z")
If you want me to be, then I can pretend to be a god. That is one reason for the nick, as well as a name of a Linux distro is another inspiration. šŸ‘æ šŸ§ šŸ¦… ---
**Author:** ![Raptor\_Z](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/raptor_z/32/14830_2.png) [@Raptor\_Z](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Raptor_Z)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2026, 5:49pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/what-did-you-want-to-be/8932/24 "2026-09-20T17:49:19Z")
Kali godess of time and destruction. Its in your profile pic ---
**Author:** ![Raptor\_Z](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/raptor_z/32/14830_2.png) [@Raptor\_Z](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Raptor_Z)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2026, 5:50pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/what-did-you-want-to-be/8932/25 "2026-09-20T17:50:43Z")
I would like to have power clothes for ceremonies ---
**Author:** ![jukebox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b487fb/32.png) [@jukebox](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/jukebox)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2026, 9:08pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/what-did-you-want-to-be/8932/26 "2026-09-20T21:08:56Z")
when I was very young like twelve I wanted to be a marine biologist but like jacques cousteauā€¦wanted to swim with dolphins and whalesā€¦then I found out how hard science was so I dropped itā€¦became an architect but never got really out there working. ---
**Author:** ![Hanna\_Foxx](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/hanna_foxx/32/1135_2.png) [@Hanna\_Foxx](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Hanna_Foxx)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2026, 9:20pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/what-did-you-want-to-be/8932/27 "2026-09-20T21:20:35Z")
I wanted to be a horse trainer/professional rider. I chased my dream until I was 20 when I got diagnosed with SZA and had to move back home. This was me at 20 ![IMG_6345](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/uploads/schizophreniasupport/original/3X/0/8/08e5c9b0448b29099b4d26b1466c31d15dbecfd5.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Turtle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/turtle/32/13016_2.png) [@Turtle](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Turtle)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2026, 11:48pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/what-did-you-want-to-be/8932/28 "2026-09-20T23:48:52Z")
I love weather. I wanted to be a meteorologist Chase storms ---
**Author:** ![Jabrown1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/jabrown1/32/15923_2.png) [@Jabrown1](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Jabrown1)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2026, 12:12am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/what-did-you-want-to-be/8932/29 "2026-09-21T00:12:49Z")
I wanted to be in the nba when I was like 10. then around 16 yrs old i said ok it ainā€™t gonna work im only 6 feet tall and im white ---
**Author:** ![jukebox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b487fb/32.png) [@jukebox](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/jukebox)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2026, 1:24am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/what-did-you-want-to-be/8932/30 "2026-09-21T01:24:41Z")
@Jabrown1 height doesnā€™t really matter unless youā€™re near eight feet tallā€¦how tall was michael jordan and the player from oklahoma city Thunder basketball team wasnā€™t tallā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Jabrown1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/jabrown1/32/15923_2.png) [@Jabrown1](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Jabrown1)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2026, 1:43am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/what-did-you-want-to-be/8932/31 "2026-09-21T01:43:15Z")
White men cant jump ---
**Author:** ![walter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/85e7bf/32.png) [@walter](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/walter)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2026, 10:56am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/what-did-you-want-to-be/8932/32 "2026-09-21T10:56:53Z")
When I was in senior high school, I wanted to be a professor. At that time, I have no ideas about my career. When I was in my twenties, I got the SZ. by drinking beers and liquors. Now, I donā€™t need a career. ---
**Author:** ![Om\_Sadasiva](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/om_sadasiva/32/179_2.png) [@Om\_Sadasiva](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Om_Sadasiva)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2026, 11:14am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/what-did-you-want-to-be/8932/33 "2026-09-21T11:14:14Z")
When I was a kid a reporter from a tv channel on the streets had asked me what Iā€™d like to be. I said musician. ---
**Author:** ![mangojuice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@mangojuice](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/mangojuice)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2026, 12:51pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/what-did-you-want-to-be/8932/34 "2026-09-21T12:51:29Z")
Anything to do with computers. ---
**Author:** ![freakonaleash](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/freakonaleash/32/5640_2.png) [@freakonaleash](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/freakonaleash)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2026, 2:57pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/what-did-you-want-to-be/8932/35 "2026-09-21T14:57:13Z")
> [@Rainstorm](#): > > When I was a kid I wanted to be a garbage man so I could ride around on the back of the garbage trucks Lmao same, that was the first career aspiration in my memory, when I was really little it looked like so much fun riding on the back of the truck. I went through a few different career aspirations before settling on becoming a doctor. I moved to Philly for med school in July 2002, had my first severe psychotic break in early 2003, crushed my dream. ---
**Author:** ![Rainstorm](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/rainstorm/32/242_2.png) [@Rainstorm](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Rainstorm)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2026, 2:59pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/what-did-you-want-to-be/8932/36 "2026-09-21T14:59:12Z")
Iā€™m sorry manā€¦I ended up being an ultrasound sonographer but then I moved couldnā€™t find a job then later became schizophrenic ---
**Author:** ![see121](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7cd45c/32.png) [@see121](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/see121)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2026, 9:51pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/what-did-you-want-to-be/8932/37 "2026-09-21T21:51:39Z")
Good profession. Maybe you should try out for a tv weather person. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Schztuna](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/schztuna/32/82_2.png) [@Schztuna](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Schztuna)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2026, 10:17pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/what-did-you-want-to-be/8932/38 "2026-09-21T22:17:52Z")
The first thing I ever wanted to be was a vet, prolly around 5 or 6 years old at the time. šŸ© šŸˆ ---
**Author:** ![Tulane](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/tulane/32/12186_2.png) [@Tulane](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Tulane)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2026, 10:23pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/what-did-you-want-to-be/8932/39 "2026-09-21T22:23:18Z")
lol I had the same idea when I was about the same age. Then I tried out for the best travel basketball team in my city, and experienced playing against players who were WAY better than me and yeah, that crushed the dream. Went to college, still didnā€™t know what I wanted to be and then became schizophrenic šŸ™ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Montezuma](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/montezuma/32/362_2.png) [@Montezuma](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Montezuma)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2026, 10:26pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/what-did-you-want-to-be/8932/40 "2026-09-21T22:26:42Z")
> [@Tulane](#): > > then I became a smooth as Hell Pimp Daddy. Fixed it for you. šŸ¤Ŗ [Previous page](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/what-did-you-want-to-be/8932.md?page=1) [Next page](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/what-did-you-want-to-be/8932.md?page=3)