Do you regret becoming a social worker?

I have been really considering becoming a clinical social worker because I work in mental health now and it really interests me and I love the field. I like that Clinical social work is like a combination of sociology and psychology which are two subjects I really love.

I started off in college unsure of what I wanted to do like a lot of people and was actually a double major in sociology and education. I thought I wanted to be a teacher and never considered social work because I really didn't know what it was at the time. When I got to student teaching I knew teaching just wasn't for me and was beating myself up for picking that major. After, I broke into the mental health field after and loved it.

I'm having second thoughts now. So many posts I read online and people I talk to in my life including family, tell me to stay away from social work because the work sucks and they don't get paid any money (as if teachers make much more lol). As an LCSW you're certainly not rich but they do get paid well. But anyways all this talk has made me nervous and consider other avenues such as nursing or occupational therapy.

What is your view?