Psychology
I find satisfaction from helping, listening to, and understanding others. So normally I would consider psychology as one of the career paths I could take. But from what I’ve gathered, it seems like a psychologist is really just someone who gets the other person to think, talk, and find out his own solution to his problems. A psychologist is just a much needed friend. It seems like psychology provides such simple, basic truths. But at the same time psych provides important truths for life knowledge that we really need to know to live successfully in this hard world. I’m writing this on the bart btw. Anyways, i dont know. Its a topic i could delve into for a longass time. To me being a psychologist could really be rewarding, but the fact that many people come in not wanting to be there makes me avoid being a psychologist. But at the same time those who don’t want to be there are normally the ones who need a psychologist the most. So I think about whether I want to make something like this as a career, or would I just want to be a psychologist/friend to the people I meet in life. I don’t know. Interestingly I’ve learned a lot about how to really talk to people who have conflicts etc from my RA training and experience. It’s about asking open ended questions (not yes or no questions) for people to answer, and to verify what they said by reiterating and paraphrasing what they say. The main goal is to let the person talk and help them figure out their own solutions. Figure out what they think is important in terms of values and interests, and listen to their past. Find out about the person, figure out their logic to their problems and see if you can give little hints and insight to the bigger picture. It seems like being a psychologist is about being a good, understanding friend. I kind of wish (in an ideal world) that everybody could be each other’s psychologist/friend so we each had a good support system and wouldn’t have to resort to hiring a psychologist.
