On psychology...

So... I've seen that a lot of us are studying psychology. I find it interesting, but hey, at least there's a lot more weirdos here than I thought ;)

This year I started studying here at FACSO to get a master's degree on child and adolescent clinical psychology. I graduated top of my class when I was getting my undergraduate degree, I did everything I had to do to be the best and excell at this, but just as I got accepted here, I started doubting. Perfect timing, huh?

I'm starting to give more thought to the role of the clinical psychologist in society, and the fact of being a tool for normalization and imposing of power gives me the chills. I wanted to try to make it easier on the children and adolescents, who are very misunderstood and mistreated, but I'm not so sure of having a career made out of affirming people's sense of being wrong and bringing them to "the right way" of being... Like, who said what was right and wrong, and most importantly, who has the audacity to act like people are wrong for having "symptoms" while living in a society that's all twisted and wrong. How can I do this and have a clear conscience, you know?


That's what I think when I'm asked to think of my career. Not a funny story, but at least it's honest.