I shared my previous post in WordPress Community Pool and lilypup said that the post left her hanging. She asked, “What sort of topics are you thinking of? Have professors suggested anything? Is there any area you feel passionate about?” I think about psychiatry and physiology. The professors don’t suggest me anything. I’m passionate about psychiatry, ear, and reproductive health. Since I like psychiatry and a friend suggested me to write about it, let’s talk about psychiatry.
I have been interested in psychiatry even before I enter medical school. I’m also interested in neurology but let’s save it for another post.
If I have to write a thesis on psychiatry, I consider writing about depression, anxiety, or ADD. I’m interested in depression because sometimes people don’t realise that they’re depressed. Anxiety sounds good to write since everyone has experience with it. I also want to know more about ADD because my close friends diagnose me with ADD.
What do you think? Whom should I get data from?
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i don’t know much about your field but wouldn’t it be difficult to find volunteers for your studies? I know that many people won’t admit out loud that they suffer depression.
But this is an interesting area of study indeed.
If you do research in psychiatry, the question won’t be so direct like, “Are you depressed recently?” It will be like, “Do you have difficulty on sleeping? etc etc.”
Well, I know that much. My MBA dissertation was about corporate insider trading, I have to be VERY subtle
Mental health issues are always so fascinating. Do you find questioning your mental state when you read on the subject? it is so abstract & interesting.
Yes. I sometimes question my mental state when reading psychiatry or psychology. Do you also do that?
They say everybody does that…lol.
Haha… I guess that’s true.
Anxiety is good since I have social anxiety disorder. Perhaps, you can cooperate with some psychology consultation offices if you want to collect data about psychiatry which is very close to psychology, I think.
May I interview you for starter? :3 :v
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hahahahha. However, I self-diagnosed myself so I think I should be checked by psychiatrist or psychologist.
Hello, there. I can be your future psychiatrist. Haha…
Hahahaha how long will you take to be the one? :v. Is it possible that someone that has psychological disorder can healed by themselves?
To be honest, I’m not sure about what specialty I will choose, yet.
Depends on the disorder. I guess you can heal some disorders by yourself.
Like social anxiety disorder and OCD? These disorders really disturb my life
There is a method called systematic desensitization. For example, if you have social anxiety disorder, try to engange yourself in social situation for a little while and learn to relax. Ask someone to help you relax.
On the first try, choose social situation that is “easy”.
I get it. Then, I just see the problem. The problem is I am afraid I can’t find someone who understands this method and help me to relax. Is it excuse? ._.
What actually happens when you’re in difficult social situation?
What kind of difficult situation? That is too general.
Meeting new people?
That is very hard one. I often don’t knkw what to do when I meet new people. My deepest heart wants me to build and keep good connection with them, but I just can’t do it.
Sorry I misread your reply. Hhmm sometimes, I get tachycardia, sometimes not. Then, when I can’t join some chat, I always feel that I am the most different person in this world.
To be honest, I’m also socially awkward but I can still be relaxed.
Anyway, when you get tachycardia from social situation, just go away for a while (sorry I’m not good at giving advice).
I wish I could be like you so that I could be still a medical student there. Oh, wow. That will make situation become more awkward, I guess.
By the way, I want to correct my previous comment.
Social anxiety is quite different from social awkwardness.
Then you have different problem from mine
I guess so.
I have a bias for Neurology. But it’s got some overlap with Psychiatry anyway, especially at the neurotransmitter level. So you can always write about both. 😉
But this is your blog, YOUR space, so you can write about anything, be it about how your day went or whatever strikes your fancy, medicine-related or not. 😎
In this post, I talk about what I should write in my thesis. I can’t write neurology because there are basic things in neurology that I haven’t understood.
I guess I can write about neurotransmitter both in this blog or my thesis. Thank you for your suggestion.
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