Psychology as your choice...

 By Sameen Meher

Before applying into any department, my aim was to become a psychologist. But people suggested me to choose a field which had a bigger scope. At that time I was not aware of the scope in psychology therefore I took admission in Mass Communication. But to keep up with my aim I chose psychology as a subsidiary.

Few of our class mates wanted to take psychology as a minor subject, thus we reached to the psychology department. There we met a major’s student who gave us frightening views about the subject. Except me, rest of my classmates got scared and decided to reject psychology.

In these two years only psychology has proved its worth. Rest is just theoretical headaches.

Basically psychology is a study of unconscious behaviors, how we get aware of them and generate them.

It’s a popular myth regarding psychology that it deals with “psychos” especially the ones like Norman Bates. Therefore parents never let their children opt for this subject.

People may also think that students of psychology become AAMIL BABA and will tell your profile by watching your body language. Well its not true.

Humans are very complicated creatures of Allah that show various aspects of their personality in different scenarios. Therefore psychologists never take decisions about anybody without a case history, interview, assessment test or any experiments.    

In our society people avoid to go to the psychologist as they think only the 'nut cases' seek help. I convey a message to you all: please stop this prejudice against psychology. Because of these myths, our society suffers with a number of problems which may never be resolved without an expert behavioural analyst..

I suggest people should study psychology literature under good guidance and I believe that it will help you in further life and you will feel dramatically changed in your present behavior.