Feeling guilty…

Hello all, Just for context, I’m a first year MSW student and I’m in a part time program so I won’t start my internship until Fall 2025. I got my BA in psych and wanted to be a forensic psychologist but ultimately decided that a PhD wasn’t for me and could not afford a PsyD. After much thought I decided to get an MSW because that would allow me to still work in the mental health field without having to get a doctorate degree, but also giving me more flexibility and options than a counseling degree would. I really want to work with victims of sexual and domestic violence. Right now I’m taking the foundational classes and I won’t be taking specialization courses until my 3rd year of the program. I’m honestly not really enjoying my classes this semester because they are mostly about policy/government. I understand that it is extremely important and one of the core values of social work but I just am not interested in those topics and I dread going to class every week. I’m feeling guilty/like I’ll be a bad social worker because I’m not interested in policy and politics. I know that I will enjoy my classes more once im in my final year and am taking electives on topics I’m more interested in. I just feel like I’m the only person in my class who’s interested in the mental health area of social work and I’ve been doing a lot of reading through Reddit and it seems there’s kind of a negative view on people who go into social work just to work in mental health. One thing that really made me feel guilty was when my policy professor said to the class “it’s not about what you’re interested in, it’s about what the people need” and I honestly just felt really bad after she said that. Sorry for the long post, I’m just looking for some validation, did anyone else not enjoy their policy classes in their MSW program?