7 PSYCHOLOGICAL MYTHS

Who has not ever heard these kinds of psychological myths? Surely more than one of you has heard negative things about psychology around you. These psychological myths, little by little are decaying, since more and more people are interested in the science that studies the human being, emotions and behavior.

Consequently, more and more people of all types are going to the psychologist. Many times not because they have a problem. They may want to improve their skills, get help coping with a situation, or make decisions.

On the other hand, psychology is a science with many specialties. And not all of them are dedicated to treating patients. There is educational, community, social psychology, etc. The linking of psychology with abnormality is a thing of the past.

1. THOSE WHO GO TO THE PSYCHOLOGIST ARE WICKED IN THE HEAD OR VERY WEAK

In earlier times this belief was maintained, but today it has been shown that psychology can help many people to improve their lives and their emotions and that does not mean they have to be out of the head.

Moreover, people who have a psychological disorder do not usually go to the psychologist, because when they are bad they do not realize that they have a problem and they are very reluctant to receive help. They usually come carried or forced by someone.

Whoever is capable of making the decision to go to a professional is a person who wants to improve, to improve, to feel better, to cure himself of any illness. They tend to be rational people, although at some point in their lives they find that problems overcome them.

As for weakness, I consider a person who is capable of recognizing that he has a problem and goes to seek help much stronger than someone who would never go even feeling bad. You have to have courage and strength to face problems and be able to count them to collaborate with the professional in search of solutions.

Just as when we have a physical illness we go to the doctor, when you feel emotional discomfort you can go to a psychologist, it is not bad or abnormal.

2. TIME HEALS EVERYTHING

Time does not heal, what heals is the person who over time has acquired a favorable attitude so that the problem is solved. There are those who improve over time because they have the tools to improve and do what is appropriate for their cure.

But at other times, if the person does not know what to do or closes in and does not face solving their problems, it can get worse over time, or stay as it is without improvement.

3. PSYCHOLOGISTS HAVE NO IDEA, THEY CAN BE EASILY DECEIVED

It is a phrase that I have heard on many occasions. People who think like this are not aware that a psychologist is not a rival, on the contrary, he is a person who is going to try to help us, but they are not fortune-tellers, they need the patient to give them real information about what is happening to him.

If the patient does not cooperate, he is deceiving himself, it is as if we go to the doctor and we do not tell him what hurts us, waiting for him to discover it with tests. We would be slowing down the process and wasting a lot of time until the professional discovers what really happens.

A psychologist is not a detective, everything will be better if we give as much information as possible and collaborate positively.

4. ONCE I WENT TO A PSYCHOLOGIST AND NEVER AGAIN, THEY DON’T HELP

I have heard it very often and it usually happens, when you have a bad experience in any area, you tend to throw in the towel. In all professions there are efficient and competent people and others nefarious. It occurs in any profession, but because we have done wrong with one, we should not generalize and think badly about the profession.

There is everything and the ideal is to put the means to choose well. The patient is the one who chooses, if with a professional you do not feel that you are progressing, you do not feel affinity or confidence, you can always change.

There are professionals of many types and some will be great for your improvement. Do not stay with the first one you go. Try, try and choose. When you find the appropriate one with your problem and your personality, you will be glad you did not throw in the towel.

5. JUST FOR TALKING WILL I CURE? FOR THAT I DO IT WITH A FRIEND

The fact of taking out the problems and negative experiences is a first step to alleviate the emotions. Keeping negative things inside is harmful to health, there will come a time when it will explode somewhere.

Just by talking about it, you feel relief and it is the beginning of the cure, of course, afterwards the patient also has to do his part and follow some guidelines for his improvement. The difference between doing it with a friend and a psychologist is that the friends do not have the knowledge that a psychologist has to give an efficient answer that can help the improvement.

Many times with the best of intentions, an inappropriate response can make people worse, instead a professional knows how to react, will never judge anything and will give appropriate feedback to each case.

Also telling certain things to friends, family or acquaintances can trigger another problem that leaves the person labeled. Depending on the problem it is always better to tell it to a professional who will keep the secret and try to help in the best possible way.

6. I’M GOING TO LOOK FOR A PRETTY PROFESSIONAL, SO I WILL BE MORE EXCITED TO THE CONSULTATIONS

This is a serious mistake, it is important that the professional is not attractive to us, because when we like someone, we unintentionally try to impress and that way it will be more difficult for you to bring up your problems.
If you don’t like someone, you won’t mind talking about the worst in you, your biggest flaws and weaknesses.

If you mix the flirt with the medicine, you won’t be helping yourself at all. It is as if you go to the doctor because your stomach hurts and instead of going to what you are going and telling him everything that happens to you, you try to put your best face and you try to like the doctor, it is not rational, you have to separate things and If you go to the doctor or psychologist you should go to what you are going and focus exclusively on your improvement.

Also, if the professional was attractive to you from the beginning, then it will be more difficult for you to leave him and this is counterproductive, because it will harm you to stop seeing him and you will find another emotional problem.

Normally patients tend to become very fond of someone who is helping them and not judging, because if you already liked them from the beginning, it will be very painful for you to leave the consultations.

7. PSYCHOLOGY PROFESSIONALS ARE WORSE THAN THEIR PATIENTS

I think we have all heard opinions like this at one time or another. We should not judge professionals like that since as I mentioned before, there is everything in all places. Some psychologists if it is true that they have had great problems and therefore have been interested in studying the race, to help themselves or someone important in their environment.

This should not be a negative, since people who have been through problems are endowed with greater sensitivity and can better understand their patients.

Some are against psychology and make these psychological myths remain over time, others in favor, what is clear is that any professional in psychology has had a career in which they have studied human behavior and psychological processes and emotional.

With this learning they can help people to improve their discomforts, it is a science that is not exact or perfect, but well used by a good professional it can change life.

And you, do you believe in psychology and psychologists?