Is it safe to do psychology?

I've found that I have had a keen interest in psychology from quite an early age. It isn't one of those "ever since I could read I have been obsessed with psychology" type of situations but throughout my childhood psychology has genuinely interested me.
But I never really took school too seriously as a means of getting into a particular career... I just got through it really, and in the last months of A-Levels I realised I should start taking it seriously and got A*A*A, took a gap year and now I have an unconditional to study Law at Warwick.
But I'm really questioning things. I'm having some serious doubts. Law is supposedly really hard and my heart isn't fully in it - I'm scared by it and how competitive it is etc. If Psychology wasn't such a 'coffee barrister degree' (as in if you asked what many mid-twenty-year-old costa workers did UG a lot would probably be psychology) then I'd do it.
A possible career path I like to imagine (which is probably very romanticised) is one that leads to me being a psychology professor, or maybe even neuroscience, conducting research as part of the job. I'm just scared that it's so oversaturated, like law maybe, but without the great reputation a law degree has... so I'm off put by having ANOTHER gap year to apply for Psychology, where maybe I'll start having doubts again...
If I thought normally, I would probably have another gap year. But I don't... I'm such a doubtful person, that I'm positive that I'd doubt whichever path I take. I doubt everything, from meal deal choices to which shower gel to use (seriously, it takes me ages to decide what to take). I'm even doubting my own doubts, evidently. I just don't know if the doubts are large enough to warrant me not continuing with the degree.
Sorry for the rant.

For whatever it is worth from me.
I think these are sensible thoughts and need careful planning.
Psychology as an undergraduate degree is (or was) a fairly wide spanning degree. In that I know several primary school teachers that added the PGCE and became teachers but I'm not sure that's what they wanted.
Specifically, if we look to what we want to do with any degree it ultimately shapes choices.
If you want to be a practicing clinical or forensic psychologist, this is highly highly competitive as it comes with band 6 training contracts, you don't "need" a masters degree but almost all do and almost all have been assistant psychologists whilst waiting for a training place. Assistant psychologists posts in the NHS are often closed in 24 hours due to the sheer number of applicants. I say this not to put you off but it IS a reality.
Then as you say there's the academic aspect which has its own version that I'm not as familiar with. When you say a professor though, are you american? As thats like "sir" in the states whereas in the UK its the highest possible academic qualification granted by an institution. I mean, go you if its the latter, but get through phase one first! Neuropsychology and Neuroscience overlap but they arent exactly the same. Neuroscience has its own degree and postgraduate program. Have you considered medicine?

Yeah well what I don't particularly like about psychology is it's wishy-washy theory emphasis, Freudian psychology for example. So Neuroscience is closer to what I'd be really interested in. But it would require me to take Maths and Biology A-Level in the next year (as my first A-Levels were all humanities based), and I would hate it if I did poorly in those subjects (I actually did my best in GCSE Maths and sciences but A-Level is completely different), and if I missed my offers, I'd have to take another year out... at which point I'd probably look back and think "I'd be on my final year doing Law at Warwick by now".
Medicine doesn't really interest me. I'm interested in the brain specifically. I think it's the most amazing structure in the universe - while others stare at the stars I stare at them kind of thing. And yeah I'm British, I know professor would be the end goal, as it's such an achievement and very competitive.

Yeah well what I don't particularly like about psychology is it's wishy-washy theory emphasis, Freudian psychology for example. So Neuroscience is closer to what I'd be really interested in. But it would require me to take Maths and Biology A-Level in the next year (as my first A-Levels were all humanities based), and I would hate it if I did poorly in those subjects (I actually did my best in GCSE Maths and sciences but A-Level is completely different), and if I missed my offers, I'd have to take another year out... at which point I'd probably look back and think "I'd be on my final year doing Law at Warwick by now".
Medicine doesn't really interest me. I'm interested in the brain specifically. I think it's the most amazing structure in the universe - while others stare at the stars I stare at them kind of thing. And yeah I'm British, I know professor would be the end goal, as it's such an achievement and very competitive.
Also, I'm aware that I can have an interest / passion that is outside of work. Maybe my interest in human behaviour can just be kept at that... an evening hobby, while I make money and maintain a stable lifestyle by being a solicitor. But I feel like mainstream culture has rejected that idea: "instead you should follow your interest and make it your entire life, forget about money and stable living, that's materialistic and practically suicide!"

Yeah well what I don't particularly like about psychology is it's wishy-washy theory emphasis, Freudian psychology for example. So Neuroscience is closer to what I'd be really interested in. But it would require me to take Maths and Biology A-Level in the next year (as my first A-Levels were all humanities based), and I would hate it if I did poorly in those subjects (I actually did my best in GCSE Maths and sciences but A-Level is completely different), and if I missed my offers, I'd have to take another year out... at which point I'd probably look back and think "I'd be on my final year doing Law at Warwick by now".
Medicine doesn't really interest me. I'm interested in the brain specifically. I think it's the most amazing structure in the universe - while others stare at the stars I stare at them kind of thing. And yeah I'm British, I know professor would be the end goal, as it's such an achievement and very competitive.
Also, I'm aware that I can have an interest / passion that is outside of work. Maybe my interest in human behaviour can just be kept at that... an evening hobby, while I make money and maintain a stable lifestyle by being a solicitor. But I feel like mainstream culture has rejected that idea: "instead you should follow your interest and make it your entire life, forget about money and stable living, that's materialistic and practically suicide!"

Uni Psychology student here, most of the time when Freud is brought up he is mentioned as a joke. We use people like him as something to learn from sure but thats the extent of it. I really enjoyed my neuropsychology module, if you take a BPS accredited degree its essential for you to have at least one module on neuropsychology (as well as modules on statistics that help you write your dissertation). A lot of psychology courses allow for flexibility too, lots of module options so you can almost tailor your experience to match your interests.

Thats disappointing

About Freud? Not really, Psychology is a growing field, and although he may have come up with original theories, most of his work is fairly outdated and not widely used. Which in my opinion isn’t a bad thing, there have been far better examples of psychoanalysis since Freud.

attitudinally yes, there are better examples of almost everything in science. Its not to suggest the original theories have weight now.
Psychology is a growing field that's swinging back to qualitative studies but thankfully some attitudes have changed to this.

You are better off going into therapy such CBT. You do not take a psychology degree for that.

Still don’t see where you pulled disappointing from though? We are after all talking about a man who promoted the use of drugs, defended abuse of children, and was a misogynist. We can learn from people like this sure, but the amount of patients freud had that he didn’t help is shocking, he was also quite the fan of blaming those who had been abused. Psychology has come a long way, just because someone paved the way doesn’t mean we need to celebrate them.

Most places that use CBT ask for a degree or equivalent. Many even require postgraduate level.
You do need a degree for this.

You dont. You need some proximity but plenty of cbt accredited therapists do not have a relevant degree.

Most places that use CBT ask for a degree or equivalent. Many even require postgraduate level.
You do need a degree for this.

I never said you do not need a degree, I said you do not need a psychology degree.

Be my guest and check out BABCP guidelines. And despite what different places offer, places will be sought after with those with a relevant degree and training.

OK.
Are you an undergraduate psychology student?
Have you been in clinical practice?
I'm not sure you should be so sure in what you are.

Have you actually read any of my comments properly? If you had you would know the answer to the first question. Read the guidelines they aren’t difficult to find, also the OP never even brought up wanting to work in CBT, they brought up neuroscience and teaching, So I’m failing to see the relevance in that.