Anne’s social self (with lots of input from the “three P’s”: peers, parents, and professors) had decided that she should go into a field her essential self loathed.
Same here! My social self and input from the three P's (especially my parents) decided I should study business for my bachelor's degree. I hated it, for three years I endured until finally I finished it. Am I happy I did it? Sure, but every fiber of my essential self was screaming.