Introduction to Psychology

It's been a long plan that I want to study Psychology, even before the Pandemic, but I didn't have time to consider taking class. Until now..

There's many supported factors to the decision. 1st, I had an emotional breakdown last year in September because it's the time I supposed to be back in Bangkok but I was stuck here. 2nd, I had a couple session with therapist but I didn't find it satisfied to my needed. 3nd, there's a couple online sessions which company provide to employee. I  didn't find it useful as well because, to me, as a instructor, professional speaker, you need to study your audience. You need to know who you are talking to and even learn how to pronounce the company's name or else you are just reading your presentation. So that's it? You're paid to talk but not paid to care? You'd definitely lost me after 15 mins into the session.

So, I finally decided to take class, not to understand any broken one nor trying to fix them but to understand myself. Psychology sounds difficult to study but actually it's in our daily life, it's within ourselves. As my professor said, "We all have it in some extent. It's just a question of how negatively they're interfering with our life." In terms of theory and scientific experimental then yes, it's quite difficult to catch but when you learn and when you know, it's just one of the most fascinating topic that you will never have an ending to the conversation. Later on you will start noticing your behavior and the others. You will understand and have more empathy. You will not judge because you don't know what they have been through, even though some cases can be quite difficult to forgive and forget but at some extent, you will learn to ignore. 

I don't take course to look smart, there's no use to look smart but not actually smart anyway. I'm taking course for my own interest. One of my friend asked me if it's helped with my career, I said maybe not now but it's always good to have some new skill and knowledge, isn't it?  Definitely this will not be just one time course, I would like to take it further more than just one course. It might take time but I know that whatever I put my heart and interest into it, I will at least achieve something in the end.

Study Psychology doesn't mean you want to fix someone or you have to fix someone, some people are beyond fixing anyway. But you can learn to be a better human being. You will understand the cause and consequences. Some people might think I'm crazy. Yes, I am as crazy as you are. We are all crazy in some extent. As long as it doesn't bother or hurt anyone.

So this is one of my COVID activities, at least I found something useful to do out of this situation. Sometime you really had to burn down to gracefully rise back as a Phoenix. Physically might not yet there but mentally better.