When freshmen first stepped into the hall while waiting for psychology 101 to begin, some will think to themselves; 'man,
i'm gonna understand people so much the better after i collect my scroll.'
3 years later... there isn't much difference from the time i step into the hall the very first day. maybe i was late, and i did not catch the most important phrase the lecturer might advise us. hmm...
6.8 billion humans on earth. how can you possibly understand each and everyone of them. to a great extend, it's highly impossible. while many psychologist studies the society, the community, the patient who walks into the office and he/she happily takes it as a case study. just wonder if they could understand what they study. of course there will be experiments to be conducted, hypothesis to be predicted. in the end of the day, the question is; could you understand yourselves through and through?
understand oneself is hard enough, the community? the society? the entire human race? why even go there when we can't even handle ourselves. of course it will be mind bottling thinking bout each and every action we about to take, it's not as easy as breathing air. that is what makes us different from beings that have conscious lower than us.
the world will be a better place if people make a conscious effort to at least keep their emotions in check. however, nobody is saying you can't laugh, be angry, or sad when situations and events occur on you. you will just die.
what it meant was, would you be able to move on quickly as situation occur? recover from the highness and lowness after an happy or sad event?
it's not easy, and it takes time. it doesn't mean that you are god-like when you manage to master any particular emotions. it just meant that you're...
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