Post 7: CHANGES TO MY STUDY PROGRAMME

 I believe that the study program of my career is very complete, has a little of everything, from very general courses to more specific ones, but the truth is that I would have liked to have a course of psychoanalysis or ethics, especially the last one, is fundamental and I don't understand how it can't be in the program of study of the career.  

The workload is normal, but sometimes I feel like it is going to kill me!!
I don’t know if it is becomes more intense or if I’m not able…

Well, at least the duration of the career is not very long.

I think the teaching methods are fine, although there are some subjects that I find intolerable. I hate the way they teach, I hate the classes and the exams, fortunately it is only one subject where this happens.

I don't like the infrastructure of the faculty very much, but, I don't know the whole place too well… I was at facso in 2020, I saw very little and I didn't like it. ☹

another thing about the classes, I think the technology is not being used very well, there are many things that could be better, but zoom classes are already difficult to do for some teachers, to request more from them would be complex.

we have to adapt to what we have, these are difficult times.

Post 6: Postgraduate Studies

 

In other old post I have said that I like the clinical area in psychology, so… if I take postgraduate course in the future, it will be related to that.

I am interested in many subjects at the moment, but to realize my dream I should take a course that is general in the clinical area, such as a master's. At the Pontifical Catholic University there is a course like this, its duration is four semesters and has a little bit of everything, diagnostic, investigation methodology, fundamentals of psychotherapy, psychopathological tests and many many elective courses… there is one on eating disorders and that is a subject I would like to study in detail.

Our university also has postgraduate courses that I like, but they are more specific —as master's in adult or child and adolescent clinical psychology— and I don't know what I want… ☹ I just know that I definitely want to specialize in Chile if I can do it.

The truth is that I don't think they will accept me in another country, I'm too silly for that…

Another thing, I would like the course to be face to face or blended system, I need to learn the best way to become a good professional and well, I don't want to go back to online classes, these two years are enough!

Post 5: My Future Job

In previous posts I have written about what I am studying and what my career is like, so, today I will write about my future job… but I think that will be a long time away.

Since I was a teenager, I have wanted to work as a clinical psychologist, is my big dream!
I am currently studying psychology and I like the clinical area more and more. when I think about my future job, I think it will be an indoor job, I think I will have a small room to attend to my patients, but that doesn't matter.
The truth is that I want to work in a public hospital and unfortunately, they don't always have the best things for mental health  :c

 I hope my salary is not the minimum wage, I don't expect to be paid a fortune, but I would like it to be decent, I would like to save money, so that I can travel, but I don't think it will do much.

Before starting my working life, I would like to specialize in the area I like, take a postgraduate course, a diplomate… but I don't know if I can do it.

The only thing I want in life is to be a good psychologist, my salary, the place where I work, all of that would take second place.

What’s like to study psychology?

 

Well, it is difficult to answer this question for me, first I have to clarify some things, like, what is psychology? and, what does psychology study?

The discipline of psychology has many interpretations, there definitions change depending on the branch, is multiparadigmatic, but from a general view can be defined as the study of the mind, behavior, feelings and cognitions. In this sense, the person would be the object of study.

I decided to study this career because I want to help the people. In my life, I have suffered a lot and the help they have given me, has not been good... I want people too feel protected in therapy, not scared. I want to be a good psychologist, I want to be a person I didn’t have.

Studying this career online is a little boring for me, I want to see people, I want to hear them, I need that to connect fine with the study, is complicated, sometimes sad, but I try to remember why I do it.

One thing that makes me very tired is reading, there are MANY texts, my eyes hurt from reading so much, I end up with a headache. Is painful but necessary.

U-U

Post 3: Mental health problems related to a lockdown

 

The pandemic, quarantine and confinement at home, are hard things. I think I have a been affected a lot, I feel suffocated for not going out of my house, but I don't want to go out, I’m afraid all the time, on the street, on the bus, in the supermarket, in any place where there are people. Also the lockdown has reminded me of some things, extremely painful things, many traumas, a lot for one person, I talk about it with my psychologist, it is difficult, but necessary, help me to cope with this situation. I also try to do things to make me feel better, read, to exercise, to eat healthy, to write… writing poetry has saved me.

I think the pandemic has affected us a lot, mentally, economically, societally. We are very egoistic and it has been noted, it is necessary not to think only about ourselves, what I do can affect others, it is important to consider this.

when all this is over, I want to see my friends like before, have a party and enjoy the momento, without worry, without fear.

                                                                   (Me and my friends)

POSTING 2: The best holidays ever

My best vacation was in 2014, I went on a tour through the south of Chile (from Chillan to Chiloé), was approximately three weeks. The tour was a prize I earned by getting good notes in school, so I went with people from my school and with my best friends at the time.

We did many things, went to the beach, kayaking, canopying, going to the hot springs, visiting many museums and historical places, eating out and play with the animals in the hotel's small "farm". It was the best vacation because I was really happy, I was with the people I loved and I had no other worries or fears.

Something that happened to me was that I got lost in Chiloé, in a fair, I didn't know what to do or where to go, so I stayed with a woman until they called me on the phone and asked me where I was.

Unfortunately the photos of the travel died with my phone that year, but I have this one because I put it as my profile picture on Facebook.

                                                                     (Petrohué waterfalls)

                                                         

Post 1: A country you would like to visit

 I would like to visit Italy, the province of Cremona, the towns of Moscazzano, Pandino and Crema, because a movie I like very much was filmed there, “Call me by your name”, also I think it has beautiful landscapes, towns and villages. I don't know much about the country, only that the food is wonderful and the people are very nice. In Cremona I would like to visit the places where the movie was filmed, the house, the lake, the secret place of elio, the pizzeria and the train station, also i would like to take a bike ride by Crema. I would like to live in Moscazzano, I think a beautiful place, I would be happy doing anything, studying or working, but working is a necessity. I would try to find a flexible job, so I can see more places and meet more people, make friends, learn from their culture,  go to parties and enjoy all that italy can give me.