Trials of a Psychologist..

IF only psychologists are seen as that..but yea, before i continue, this is just stuff that i face as a psychology student, and i have talked to a lot of other psychology students n also lecturers, and they say about the same thing..

so yea, what i really must say is super annoying is that when i talk to ppl, as soon as they realize that im a student of psychology, they start becoming soo careful and u can see that they are walking on egg shells when they are talking to me..it gets quite annoying cuz they already have this notion that im always analyzing them, which is wrong! psychology is not the ability to analyse ppl, that is natural, but more like systematically organising behaviour into catergories..n no we dont always do that..it really gets annoying cuz when i talk to like friends, and d 1st thing i do is of course is ask what is wrong, or even get more information about the problem that they are facing..always i get the reaction "can u stop analysing me?!" n yes, they do get a little pissed off..d problem is, im not analysing..im just being a friend..so yea, it does hurt, cuz ppl dont see me as a person anymore, but a psychologist..

well, im really not saying it is other ppls fault, cuz i do admit i do use psych knowledge in everyday life, cuz it what i learn n it is d only way for me to remember it..but yea, i dont use it all d time, and esp when it regards helping ppl, cuz 1) im not a psychologist yet, it is unethical for me to practice when i dont even know fully what im learning..n 2) it takes too much effort to be a psychologist and listen, watch and analyse every word, intonation, movement made..so yea..when friends and family face problems, my natural insticnt is to be a problem solver..so i try to fully understand the problem, cuz thats d only way for me to be able to help a person..

flip side to that, when ppl do face problems, like more psychological problems, ppl do turn to me and ask me to help these ppl..again, im not a psychologist, i cant do that..its like asking a person with an L lisense (assuming that d person never driven before in his or her life) and asking to drive from KL to Ipoh..i mean, i already feel really bad for these ppl cuz i know i cant do much to help them, the ppl around asking me to also help does not help..well, what i mean is that when i explain i cant do much, i can see that they get dissapointed with me..i mean come on man, dont tell me that i was the ace in ur pocket..

but yea, like i said la, i brought this onto myself..cuz i really like what im studying, n i do practice it cuz i want to test out n see if what i learn really is true..that is what a sciencist does..but yea, because i like to talk psych terms, and point out these stuff, ppl get such impressions..so yea, everything has a down side..it seems that the more u become a psychologist, d less u become a person..oh well, life goes on mate..

Cheers