2013, good and bad points!

Hi everyone! Today I´m going to talk about 2013 year, the good and bad things. I have to say that this year is very variety, with good moments, but also, bad or sad times.

Firstly, about academic things, I really happy! Not only about de marks that I received it, but also because this the year helped me to realize my passion about this career, especially, in the second semester.   I knew a theoretical approach of a clinical area that I really loved it. I love the teachers, the subject and the way to think and see the patients and the psychologist too. This area is a positive point of this year.

About my family, there have been some changes. The most important one is that my nephew, Facundo, was born!!! I really expected him, with all my heart. When he was born, we were all very happy. All these months, I´ve shared good moments with him, my sister and with my brother in law too. I really appreciate all the things that they do for me, and this year helped me realize how much I love them.

Of course, during this year, have been bad moments too. I don´t going to talk about it, but, in general, some persons have been disappointed me, and also some things that were important to me. Besides, these last months, were been very difficult to me, because I have discovered somethings about myself and family that are not easy to confront.

I ´m thankful about the good things that have happened, but also about the “bad things” because gave me the opportunity to grow up as a woman. 

Hi Everyone! Today I´m going to talk about food and eating habits.

Firstly, I want to say that I love food! Especially those that are cooked at home. However, I enjoy eat at a restaurant or others places like that. Unfortunately, I really like eating fast food. I know that this food isn´t good to my body, because there are not healthy, but I think that fast food contains some “addictive products” that make you want it more. Only in that case, I eat some red meat, because, the most of the time, I prefer to eat white meat. Because of that, I don´t consider myself a vegetarian person.

I can´t prohibit selling that kind of food, instead of that, I prefer a good education about healthy food, and also, less publicity related to fast food.

For all my bad eating habits I´m always on diet, but in things related to food, I´m not a persistent person. The last diet that I did, I did it for two months. During that time, I always read the nutritional information, especially the calories and carbohydrates. Sometimes I read it, but the most of the time, I eat or buy food without read the nutritional information.

I don´t know if the most of the people eat less when there are sad, but I think that when I am sad or stressed, I eat a lot of food, even more than when I am happy. Fortunately for me, that is a problem that I´m attending.

About Dreams!

Dreams are a very mystique topic to me. Also, this is a theme that has been investigated for some psychologists, like Freud. I think dreams are messages sent from my unconscious. I think is a way to express some feelings or thoughts that can`t be expressed in another way. Also, is a possible way to my body, to warn me about something, like stress. However, I think that dreams also communicated some messages for others people, even yourself (Could be considered like a sign)

I think that my dreams are so varied, with different colors and about different topics. So, because of that (probably), I don`t remember very well my dreams, even those that are nice.

I think that I daydream, but not that much. I also daydream about possible things, or some creative solutions to some problems of my life. The least part of the time, I daydream about some impossible things, or about some personal desires. Sometimes, I daydream that if I had lots of money, I would like to travel around the world and meet a lot of places. Also, I would like to help my family and some organizations that work with kids and teenagers. 

How green you are?

Hi Everyone one! Today I´m going to talk about  the environment, especially, how green I am. Firstly, I have to say that I don´t consider myself  a green person, but I´m not indifferent to the environmental problems around the world.

I think that environment friendly practices are learned in the closest circles of the person, especially with their family or friends. In my case, for example, and as I said before, I don´t consider myself  a very green person, and I don´t have incorporated recycling habits in my life. I think that this has happened because this topic is not considered a very important one within my family, or  my closest friends. I think that I only have one or two friends committed with environmental problems.

Although I don´t consider myself  a green person, most of the time I use my legs instead of a car or bus, but only if it is not a big distance or if I´m on time to get to the place. I think that this is the only thing that I have done to reduce my carbon footprint, and those things make me realize that I need (and I would like) to incorporate some recycling habits like separating the trash in plastic bags according to its nature, for example, cardboard, glass, etc.

I have to say that I´m not part of any eco-organizations, and I think that the main reason of this is because I don´t have enough time  for any other organization, except those that I already belong to. Besides, it is not a topic that worries me a lot. Because of that, I think we need to create more awareness about this problem in our society, trough more publicity on mass media or more economic support to the eco-organizations, but not only from some business’s men but also from the government.  

Books and Reading

Hi everyone! Today I´m going to talk about books and reading.

Firstly, I would like to say that I don´t  consider myself like a book worm person, but I like read books, papers, internet articles or some magazines about different topics, almost  about religion, psychology, among others. Since I was a child, I liked to read books, but  the most of them corresponded to the reading syllabus of the school.  Even though I don´t carry an account about the books that I read, I think there are many (among sixty). Maybe, that figure doesn´t seem so great, but it´s significance to me.

I have to say that I prefer books that talks about reality (or non-fiction), and especially those who talks about drug addictions or different problems about life (death, happiness, routine, etc.). I don´t have a favorite writer, but I really enjoy reading Gabriel García Marquez´s books or those from Mario Vargas Llosa.

I don´t remember very well the last book I read, bit I think it was an academic one, called Arbol del Conocimiento, from Humberto Maturana and Francisco Varela. That book was so amazing, I really enjoyed it, and is not difficult to read. The main idea of the book is trying to study how living things are configured, proposing some theories that may help to understanding the knowledge of it. With all my heart, I recommend this book, and also the independent work of both authors, because they  have interesting theories and postulates about life and others aspects (I read some interviews  about Maturana y Varela´s works and  their relationship with some religions, like Buddhism and Christianity)

Link between violent video games and aggressive behaviors

What is the link between violent video games and aggression? (By Pete Etchells). The Guardian, Thursday 19 September 2013 07.00 BST. http://www.theguardian.com/science/head-quarters/2013/sep/19/neuroscience-psychology.

    

This article is about a compendium of different studies related to describes the relation or effects between violent video games (or any violent media) and the aggressive behaviors.

In the beginning of this article, the author explains that this theme has been investigated for a few decades ago, but continues to be a controversial theme in the actuality, although because it has recently been reported a lot of attacked and robbed that will probably been related to this violent games.

 In a second part, this article describes some studies that support the main idea that video games are link with aggressive behaviors. An example of that is the one that been published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, that proves that the participant that played video games after a competitive task are more aggressive that those who didn´t.

However, the author explains that the context is also a very important variable. A lot of studies proves that the aggressive behaviors are not the same if the context of the games change. For example, is not the same playing a video games by yourself, that playing to protect the life of a friend.

Finally, the article tries to express that it can´t be possible conclude this theme, because the published studies postulate different ideas and some methods were not very adequate.

Sailor Moon!!!

Hi classmates! Today I`m going to talk about Japanese animation.

I really don`t know many things about this kind of animation, but i know that is an animation that is based in manga or cartoon strip that talks about diferent topics like love, wars, galaxy`s travel, etc.

Eventhow when I was a little girl I didn`t like Japansese animation, I watched a few like “Caballeros del Zodiaco”, “Gato cósmico” and my favorite one “Sailor Moon”.  I remember that every afternoon, after school, my sister and I sat on the couch to watch it and sing the opening soundtrack. My favorite character was “Marte”, the red girl that had the power of fire. Also, we were in love of Tuxedo Mask, the sexy boy of this anime.

Altoghut  Japenese animation and others areas of Japenese culture hasn`t influenced my life in an importan way (because I liked Dysney`s cartoon), I have to say that Sailor Moon was one of the most important cartoons of my childhood, and also my first anime.

Finally, I can say that one thing that I really dislike about Japanese animation is the overacting of the character, like all the tears and sobs of the girls in Sailor Moon.

A country I would like to visit

Hi classmates!!! Today I´m going to talk about the place I would like to visit.

Even if is not a country, I´d love to visit Rapa Nui because I´ve always considered it a very mystique island, with a very exquisite culture. I have heard from some friends that already visited the island,  that the food, hotel or things like that are very expensive, at the same that ticket´s airplane. Also, I have heard some rumors that island´s men are very sexist and ladies´man.

If I went there I would like to visit all the museums and the Moais, talk to the locals and practice their typical dance called Sau Sau. Besides, I would like to walk around the coast and eat their typical food. If I have the opportunity, I would like to watch their particular competitions, but I think these are done in a specific period.

Although I wouldn´t like to work or live permanently at the island, because I will missed my family and all my social environment, I think I would like live some months (one or two) to have the chance to learn a little bit about this beautiful culture

My ideal Job!

Hello my name is Camila and I’m going to talk about my ideal job. I have to say that I´m not 100% sure what my ideal work is, but I´m considering to work as psychology at CESFAM or any other medical center, specifically on the infants-teenager´s area. I would need a lot of skills to this job like patience with the patient, creativity to use original methods to work with kids or teenagers, empathy to create a comfortable atmosphere, among others. I think that I’m good at listening problem´s people so I can be able to help them, creating that comfortable atmosphere. However, I think I have to develop more creativity and patience with the different process that all the patients would pass.

One of the problems that I could find is maybe there are not vacancies or if there are, still be don’t enough. Because of that, another possible problem could be the low salary. However, I think that issues can´t stop me to pursuits that work.