psychology Blog and Journals

It's official m'dears.

 

I am Not Okay, as those dear boys from MCR already sang. Not too long ago (like, last week or so) I got an invitation. Naw, unfortunately, no party for me, nu-uh. I get to do some extensive psychological tests. Woohoo! Normally I'm a master in the art of pretending I'm perfectly normal, but that's when I'm talking to a psychologist or psychiater. This time they're gonna make me do WRITTEN tests >.> I hate written tests.

 

But, a colleague of mine already offered me the answers to the test xD He's taken them about twelve times now, so he probably knows the answers by know.

 

love

You know a guy is comfortable with you if he leaves the bathroom door open while taking a leak.. Bonus points if he continues to have an intelligent conversation with you while doing so.

The random shit I notice.. LOL

DAMNIT! Tonight Ghostland Observatory is playing at The Mayan and once again I am missing them. I hear they're so good. Oh well, I'm sure they'll be back.

Psychology 105 is so boring! Let me go home already! :[

Why the fuck is it so hot!? It's fall, it should be cool.

I took a few pictures over the past few days. I need to upload them. They're nothing special :/

Filth and Wisdom looks interesting, I want to see it. Role Models looks hilarious!

Listen to Deadmau5 - Faxing Berlin
Such a good song. I'll be seeing Deadmau5 this Halloween! :D

hii, wel, ik moe dus voor het vak gedragswetenschappen een enquete doen.. en het zou éél lief zyn als g efkes tyd maakt om da t make xD aub?
en als het lukt mss aan andre mense vrage? en doorsture fzo, thx! xx.
 
1. wat is uw mening over psychologen in het algemeen? 
2. welke zijn volgens u de vooroordelen die men over psychologen heeft?
3. vindt u psychologen een eerder positief of negatief beeld hebben in onze maatschappij ? :)
 
hii, for th ppl who speak english :p
i have to make a survey for school (for psychology), so it would be rly nice to help me out.
and maybe if u can do this.. also to let other ppl take this survey, and send it to me? please?
thx a lot! xx.
 
1. what's your general opinion about psychologists?
2. what are the prejudices u think ppl have about psychologists?
3. do u think psychologists rather have an positive or negative image in our society? :)

well,i guess so.but its really hard. i dont wanna feel this way, its really ruining me inside,and its really heavy to feel like this.sigh,i felt this already, just recently, but it all became good, but then again, things went berserk again.

if you can just read this, who ever you guys are, i hope things get better sooner or later...coz its really hard feeling this way...sigh..

anyway, so with this reasons, that got a lot crowded in my mind, i will not be here on buzznet that much anymore..i'll miss you guys..its just that,i still got a lot of improtant things to handle with it..

damn,it really shows that if i took up psychology, it'd be really hard..

My list of stuff that no one cares about regarding myself.

• I'm trying to write a book - actually, cowrite with one of my friends who is completely awesome at writing.
• I'm in college. Double majoring in Psychology and Criminal Justice.
• I plan on going to law school directly after I get my degree (or possibly my PhD in Psych).
• I plan on being the first artistic-creative writing-psychologist-law enforcement officer-prosecutor in the world. Heckyeah!
• I'm a nerd in the sense I like musicals/Broadway. (The Phantom of the Opera - NOT the movie, thank you, Wicked, Jekyll & Hyde, just to list a few.)
• I'm addicted to FBR bands.
• I like The Beatles.
• My friends classify me as "Shy and sweet." Until you get to know me. Then it's "Random and unconventional."
• I'm pretty sure no one read to this line - if ANYONE read this period.

Yes. That is all.

Oh and I'm too busy with college to do much. So unless I start getting messages from a member like, oh say, Panic At The Disco, I won't be very active.

Because I'm sick of getting these "YOUR PICTURE IS ON THIS WEBSITE" porn messages. Plz to be getting a life?

I realized today, well, a long time ago, actually, but today I really started thinking about it, that it hurts to know the truth about something or someone. As much as it is kind of degrading to be naive, as it makes you look unintelligent, it is fun and you can be carefree.

I really love the band Nightwish, and I know they got a new singer after firing the first one. It was confusing at first why they fired the first one and eventually I just let it go and went on loving both singers.
But today, I found why they fired her. Letter is through this link: http://www.nightwish.com/en/article/6
It broke my heart. I have lost much respect for Tarja, the first singer. It was fun being able to love her and think she is perfect and all. It makes my Nightwish fandom easier.

Often, I just wish I was naive and knew nothing. I wish I didn't know about the economy and its fall. I wish I knew nothing of the war. I wish I didn't understand puberty. I don't want to know about violence because of sexism, racism and homophobia. I want to not worry about the environment and black holes. All the time I just wish I could go on with life not worrying about anything, to let others take care of it. I would be at no risk for bleeding ulcers from worrying or have chewed down fingernails and hair from nervousness.

How fun life would be. All you would see is the good and the good only. Nothing bad or evil. It would be like a mental paradise. I realized that being smart, aware and intelligent makes you more vulnerable, when you find out the truth, to get hurt by it. For example, you find out your boyfriend/girlfriend cheated on you. When realize it, it makes you feel like such a fool and such an idiot. You'd think, "Why did I have to know? Why couldn't I just have him/her and be happy without knowing he/she was cheating on me?" You would worry all the time about health, environment, and world peace and how to promote it. If you really were actually quite dense, you'd let it go more easily, without giving it so much as a thought. It wouldn't strike such a deep spot.

Also, knowing certain things makes it awkward every time you interact with the thing/person that the truth is about. Take, for example, if someone you know is dying of AIDS, you would always be reminded of that when you see them. You'd be so very careful about everything you say or do to them so you don't hurt them. Another example: If you were keeping a secret that you didn't want your parents to know and they find out, you are afraid their perspective of you may not be the same. You'd wonder if they still love you the same and see you the same way. Even if they say they don't, you'd still wonder if they are lying to you to keep from hurting you. It's all psychological and hard to control.
The same with death. If you know you're dying of cancer, you'd be so terrified and sad. But if it just came all of a sudden, you would actually be happy and kinda pure before dying. Also, if you know someone is going to hurt you, for instance, shoot you, you would be so terrified. Your mind racing with thoughts about how much it's gonna hurt and how your family and friends would react and what your regrets are and everything you could have done but didn't. If it came as a surprise, you could die without so many regrets and sorrows running through your mind. I guess that's why psychics have it harder.

The thing about the human mind is, when you are presented with some information that you could either go without knowing or know right then, your curiosity takes over and you want to know. You have to know to keep it from bothering you. It could be distracting and awful and make you anxious. Worse, you don't know if you really want to know and if you would regret knowing afterwards. It's so damn difficult. By then, you just wish you never knew about the information. You don't want to have to dig around endlessly, unaware of what the answer may be. What you expect can be far different than what is actual.

This whole concept in my mind is hard to explain. I hope you understand well enough about what I'm saying. Psychology is one of my stronger points and I understand it better. My brain just sorts the logic in the psychology and fit the pieces in so it makes sense.

I may be crazy and think too deeply about things, but I'm sure all you other Buzznetters are the same.

/end longass rant about the going-ons in my head. sorry, i just had to get it out. =P

How about lolcat to make everything better?




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The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (or whatever) is the oldest public university in the state of Illinois. As such, there are many ghost stories that have been associated with it over the years. The English Building, Psychology Building, even the YMCA have their share of stories. So what are you waiting for, dive right in and find out more!

The Fallen are taking a break from their quest to find the astral gate and have retreated to the ivory tower, where Mike and Aurelia hope to find a ghost while the rest of the group runs off to find spirits of a different kind.

This issue contains our last character profile of the year, plus a new and exciting game to alleviate your boredom! Also, you won't want to miss a letter from a former resident of Sunset Haven. He gives us an inside look at what went on in the building during its time as a facility for animal research. Just click on the cover below to go to our website and download the new issue.

Also, not to brag, but the new book The Illinois Road Guide to Haunted Locations mentions my old Legends and Lore of Coles County, IL in their chapter on St. Omer! This is the best book to have come out on Illinois ghosts in years! Buy it!

This is an excerpt of an article from the Tuesday, January 11, 2005 issue of the New York Times titled "The Secret Lives of Just About Everyone". Even thought the article is almost two years old it is still true today.

The beginning of the article tells about people with dual personalities and how some of them lived two co-existing but non relating lives. I only typed the paragraphs that related to the Internet here because I found it interesting and have questions for everyone here that relates to only that part of the article.

 

' Most recently, Dr. Turkle has studied the use of online interactive games like Sims Online, where people set up families and communities. She has conducted detailed interviews with some 200 regular or occasional players, and says many people use the games as a way to set up families they wish they had, or at least play out alternative versions of their own lives.

One 16-year-old girl who lives with an abusive father has simulated her relationship with him in Sims Online by changing herself, variously, into a 16-year-old boy; a bigger, stronger girl; and a more assertive personality, amount other identities. It was as a more forceful daughter, Dr. Turkle said, that the girl discovered she could forgive her father, if not change him.

"I think what people are doing on the Internet now," she said, "has a deep psychological meaning in terms of how they're using their identities to express problems and potentially solve them in what is a relatively consequence-free zone." '

 

I think this can relate to Buzznet a lot. We are a community that let's us have friends, interact with people, and in a sense, create out own lives. Some people on here act much braver or more outgoing than they actually would in real life, and are more the person they want to be rather than who they really are.

 

** My questions**

a) Do you think that people act more like who they wish they were in real life online?

b) Do you think places like Buzznet is an outlet for the "inner personality" inside a person?

c) Does it let them act like their 'true self'?

d) And finally, do you feel that by acting a certain way online, it affects you in real life?

[I think this could be an interesting question of the day because I'm sure many peoples opinions vary.]

 

Let's start a DEBATE! Leave you opinions in the comments!

 

xo Savannah

No, this isn't really supposed to make sense.
And in a way, I kind of hope it doesn't.

I don't know why because if I don't want people to understand what I'm saying, why am I saying it?
It's more like, I don't want you to think it's about you because it probably isn't.

Anyways.

I guess I should start with last night, even though it started long before last night.
It started the first day I saw you and decided to care.

You know, I thought you were real.

And you talk about other people like you're the only one who can feel things and like you're the only one who can mess up or be sad, but have you ever tried thinking that maybe you aren't the only person like that?  Just because people don't show things like that, doesn't mean they aren't there.

I cared about you, and maybe I still do.
But I realized that maybe it's not worth it staying up all night worrying about you.

I don't know if I should believe the things you tell me.
I want to believe that you're telling me the truth, but sometimes I wonder if you do it all for attention.

I hate thinking that, you know.
Because people think like that too much, so they don't listen to people as much.

Which reminds me.

So I've read a lot of abnormal psychology stuff, and I was interested in it for a while.
And I guess I still am, but sometimes it annoys me.

It's too simple.

Like, they look at what's happening to you and diagnose you with a mental disorder and give you medicine and maybe some therapy.
And then you're supposed to get "better."

Somewhere I got more interested in the people than the disorders.

People aren't like that.

It's frustrating when people have the mindset of fixing a certain problem.
It doesn't always work that way.
Espescially when you don't know what is a problem.

I know what I'm trying to say, I just can't phrase it very well right now.

I have a headache.