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I assume if you take psychology classes or have a degree in psychology you have some sense of awareness about mental health (since you have learnt about it!) and compassion for people around you. But I guess not, people just get these degrees to make money instead of helping those around them. I have severe social anxiety and I remember in my psychology classes I had an anxiety attack because I felt so uncomfortable. I was uncontrollably shaking, I couldn't breathe etc. At the end of the class I went up to my teacher (whilst still experiencing my anxiety attack) to tell her of my disorder and the words couldn't escape my mouth. I literally couldn't talk properly and if you can SEE WITH YOUR EYES someone shaking, not able to speak you would believe something is wrong with them and help them!!! But this woman (A TEACHER OF PSYCHOLOGY) asked if I had a stammer and what I wanted because she had to go. The people teaching about anxiety don't know shit and couldn't even act on what they were experts in! This has happened on more than one occasion and is sad!!
I am currently getting my psychology degree with a firm plan of really helping those in need.
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From my understanding, mental health related fields often are full of stigma and misinformation. There is not compassion put into the learning, it's all just strict education. I have personally known people who believe that if your symptoms don't seem to match up with their knowledge, then you must be faking because they researched it not you. It's sad. It's true that some people pursue the field because they genuinely care, but it's also true that some people pursue the field with the hopes of getting a lot of money, wedging their own personal thoughts on mental health into other people, or just because they have a knowledge-only interest in it. I'm sorry that you experienced that kind of disregard during an anxiety attack, I know how stressful it is to have one in the middle of class (one of mine happened during a health class, poor teacher had no clue what was going on or what to do). I hope you well in your pursuing of your psychology degree. If the work required for psychology related careers weren't so demanding for me i'd go that route too. I've been doing personal study on psychology for years, a special interest.
ReplyThere are many people working professions that should not be. That goes for mental health as well as teaching , even nursing. You hear of people working in care homes that cause harm to elderly patients. Just an example of how this is in every industry.
Replyif someone doesn't realize your anxiety attack and you want their help just tell them so. it's easy to assume bad things about others especially if you are in a mindset of hating rather than loving others.
ReplyHi, im not assuming anything bad about my teacher or "hating" her. But as someone who studies are very sensitive topic you should have some awareness about your surroundings. Furthermore, even after telling her about my disorder she still didn't help or comfort me in anyway which reinforced my feelings that she didn't care. She came to teach a class, get paid and go home.
ReplyYou don't have to be a psychologist to realise someone isn't feeling well or noticing something is wrong. Unfortunately, a lot of people just don't care. There are therapist who tell suicidal patients "you clearly don't want to die or you would've done the job properly". Some "professionals" lack actual care about the severity of their jobs and that how they act seriously impacts lives.
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