FordingTheWaters
03-05-2013, 09:05 PM
I'm studying at university and I study Psychology, I'm particularly interested in neuroscience, and have entertained the notion of possibly becoming a psychiatrist or a sleep specialist. I've been told by people who know the problems I have that "becoming a doctor is not a good way to try to cure yourself"
...ignorant ignorant ignorant. They don't realise that self-treatment and/or medication is nearly impossible these days with the overbearing regulations placed on the medical field, and that nobody with any bit of ethics or knowledge or how medicine actually works would attempt something so irresponsible.
But anyway, I have noticed that learning about the brain has given me the ability to...analyze my mental feelings even more deeply. Has becoming a neuroscience enthusiast proven a big mistake for me? The human mind is not like a world, it's like a myriad of worlds that we'll never really understand.
On a side note: The only comfort I've gotten from it thus far is being able to tell peolpe who say "my brain hurts!" that such is impossible...the brain has no nerves. Psychologists have literally poked the brain and observed motor reactions from subjects to have a better understanding of brain lateralization and function. It never involved any pain.
...ignorant ignorant ignorant. They don't realise that self-treatment and/or medication is nearly impossible these days with the overbearing regulations placed on the medical field, and that nobody with any bit of ethics or knowledge or how medicine actually works would attempt something so irresponsible.
But anyway, I have noticed that learning about the brain has given me the ability to...analyze my mental feelings even more deeply. Has becoming a neuroscience enthusiast proven a big mistake for me? The human mind is not like a world, it's like a myriad of worlds that we'll never really understand.
On a side note: The only comfort I've gotten from it thus far is being able to tell peolpe who say "my brain hurts!" that such is impossible...the brain has no nerves. Psychologists have literally poked the brain and observed motor reactions from subjects to have a better understanding of brain lateralization and function. It never involved any pain.