HOW TO TAKE CARE OF A PSYCH MAJOR

Psych majors are humans, too. We need friends and lovely creatures to take good care of us (ehem, to love us! Cheret). Here are few tips on how to tame este take care psych majors:

1. Ask us if we're okay. We're struggling in acads, personal life, and work. We're juggling on how to balance all these things just like you. Just because we're studying human behavior mean we are better than anyone else. We need constant reminders on self-care and hope.

2. Act normal. Haha. We don't usually read every single thing about others. You can be yourself when you're with us! We don't bite, judge, and above all, we don't read other people's minds. It's a misconception that we read people like a book. Pfft.

3. We're not weird. When we dive into this course, we realized it's fine if we don't follow the norm. We just love to be ourselves. We're just unique in our own little ways.

4. Offer us your food. HAHAHA. Physiological needs first before anything else. Chos. Hahahaha. If you did this, then we're good. Hahaha.

5. Ask us interesting questions! We love meaningful discussions than superficial ones. We love to talk about real issues in society, people, and universe (Hahaha).

6. If you're good in math especially in statistics, then lend your hand. Hahaha. We're trapped!

7. Hugs. We need hugs especially before, during, and after exams or if there are situations that might cause us feelings of distress. Charot. Hahahaha. (It depends on the person, some people aren't comfortable with hugs).

Any thoughts?

RECHARGE

Ilang beses na rin namang pinag-isipan ang lahat. Kilala ko ang sarili ko. Hinalungkat at hinalughog ko ang mga alaala pati na ang lahat ng sacrifices ko para lang sa bagay na matagal kong hinintay...

Naniniwala ako na, may mga bagay na hinintay mo pero hindi naaayon sa'yo. Sa totoo lang, hindi naman talaga nila pinutol talaga na magturo ako doon...pinahinto lang...pero para sa akin, isang signos na iyon na wala na...kasi matagal akong naghintay na rin at iniwan ang mga bagay na gusto ko rin gawin.

Nagkaroon ng pagkakataon na malaman kong kakaiba pala ang mundong ginagalawan nila sa mga nasa isip ko at naramdaman kong hindi ako bagay roon.

Kaya sinabi ko sasarili ko:
"Ayoko. Hindi ako tutulad sa ilan sa kanila. Ayokong tumanda roon."

Bukod doon ang dami kong iniisip. Nakakapagod pala. Sobraaaa. Umaga hanggang gabi dahil sa dami ng loads at ilang bagay na pinapagawa ng wala ng walang kapalit kundi ang sarili kong kalusugan. Kung minsan nakakalimutan ko na rin ang sarili. Active man ako sa social media, sobrang dami kong ginagawa. Hindi lang halata kasi madali lang naman sa akin magconceptualize kapag free time at may mga scheduled post rin naman.

Madami akong naisip na gustong ituloy at madami akong narealized sa sarili ko. Ang laking tulong rin na magpahinga at mag-isip.

Siguro dapat na muna akong magfocus sa board exam, clinical setting at sarili kong learning. Kailangan ko munang magfocus sa improvement ko bago rin ang iba.

Nauubos na kasi ako. Sobrang nadrained lang ako sa academe. Masaya pero nakakapagod rin.

Thankful ako sa lahat ng students ko doon at sa mga nakilala ko. Sana may natutunan sila sa akin talaga. Sana maintindihan nila.

Kailangan ko ring matuto pa dahil marami pa akong hindi rin alam at may pangarap pa na gustong abutin. Sana makuha ko soon.

Kita-kits sa RGO, conferences, conventions, workshops, seminars, o kung saan man! Magkikita tayo basta sa sikolohiya!

Salamat sa lahat! Recharge muna!

BAKIT MASARAP MAGMAHAL ANG PSYCH MAJORS?

1. Risk taker iyang mga yan. Kung puting uniform nga iniingatan nila kahit umuulan pa, ikaw pa kaya? 

2. Maunawain iyan. Susubukan ka niyang unawain kahit napakahirap! DSM 5, ICD 10-CM, Theories of Personality, Psych Assessment, etc nga iniintindi ikaw pa ba? Chos.

3. Kahit nasasaktan na iyan at may mga sariling problema, handa silang tumulong para sa'yo. Ngingiti pa iyan kahit durog na.

4. Hindi sila malisyoso. Sawang-sawa na yan sa sex at libido (it's not what you think).

5. Alam nila kung paano ang mag-alaga ng tao kahit na minsan nga hindi na nila maalagaan ang sarili nila. Charot.

Ano masasabi mo?

Thoughts to Ponder on Psych Statistics

The sign doesn't indicate the magnitude but the direction of the correlation coefficient. -8 and +8 indicate the same magnitude but represent different direction. The point is: it's the same strength.

In life, you might be on the left side of the distribution but there will come a time you'll be on the right by transforming yourself into the best version of yourself. The harder it gets, the better. Mas worth it.😉

Nakakakilig yun ah to reach that point (dream lang). Yung tipong 2 standard deviations above the mean ang feeling. Charot. 💖

Note:

Kapag kapag down ka imagine mo na lang nasa left side ka, kung gaano yan kabigat same magnitude yan kapag nakaahon ka. Minsan triple pa! Pwede ka pang maging outlier! Charot.

Keep Losing, Keep Going

The art of losing isn't hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster. Lose something every day. Accept the fluster of lost door keys, the hour badly spent. The art of losing isn't hard to master.

-E. Bishop

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This is one of my favorite poems which reminds me that life is about losing and gaining. We need to accept the fact that in order for us to see and discover better things ahead of us, we have to lose others.

It's difficult to take a higher flight if you have lots of baggages with you, right?

So there. It may be painful and heart-wrenching  at first but you'll never appreciate joy, love, and fulfilling experiences without it.

In order for us to taste the sweetest victory, sometimes you need to feel pain. Let's not take it as downfalls but life lessons.

Embrace it. Keep going. 💖

Dare to Wonder

Functional autonomy is the idea that drives can become independent of the original motives for a given behavior.

Makes sense. Pwedeng ma-relate sa "Ang hindi lumingon sa pinanggalingan ay hindi makakarating sa paroroonan." Hindi siya simpleng pagtanaw ng utang na loob eh. Naisip ko lang na parang functional autonomy siya sa paraan na minsan sa buhay ng tao, nakakalimutan nila kung ano ba ang dahilan kung bakit ba sila nasa kinalalagyan nila. Nakalimutan lumingon.

Ito yung sa mga plano nila na gusto nilang gawin pero dahil nakikinabang na sila, nakaangat, at nakaramdam ng comfort. Nakakalimutan na nila yung sense of purpose kung bakit sila nandoon.

Educator ako. Madalas akong magtanong, magreflect, mag-isip, at pumuna ng mga bagay na nakikita ko. Curiosity ang primary value ko galing sa analysis ng NLP and Hypnosis. Kaya natural sa akin iyon.

May mga bagay nga lang na hindi natin aakalain na ang tanong natin ay maaaring maging daan para mabago ang buhay ng iba o kung minsan buhay mo.

Wala akong pagsisisi na nagtanong ako. Mas magsisisi ako na wala akong ginawa. Sana palagi tayong magtanong para sa ikauunlad ng iba at para sa kapakanan ng iba. Sana wag kang mapagod magtanong.

Sana wag kang mapagod na mag-isip at tumulong. Alalahanin mo kung bakit ka nandiyan. Kung bakit ka araw-araw gumigising.

Magtanong ka, walang mawawala. Magbabago ka.

REALIZATIONS FOR BLEPP2018

Waaa I just realized that I'm still far with the idea of taking the board for Psychologist hahaha. I still need to acquire various clinical experience under the supervision of competent psychologist.

Hays. Kailan kaya ako matatapos sa jlirney na 'to.