Personal Reflection: How My Most Impactful Class

This first semester has been very transitional for me and while I learned a lot in all of my classes, I think psychology of relating was the most impactful class I had. I have gone through many changes this year, with a pretty traumatic accident, my brother moving out, the college search, and overall just senior year, I have found myself searching within myself and with those surrounding me for support. I have always been very interested in psychology but never had an opportunity to really learn about it except for reading little articles that popped up on my twitter feed or facebook timeline. In this course, I learned about some key differences between the way men and women form relationships and how that can affect the way conversations …show more content…
Therefore, part of me was changed and I felt as if I had taking 100 steps back and needed to rebuild the blocks to fulfill my need for safety. A lot of my friends began to get annoyed because I was no longer acting like me “normal” self and they didn’t quite understand why I was acting so off just because of a simple accident. I noticed, however, that I was able to recognize these needs and the way that they worked because of this course and therefore, my healing process has been much less frustrating because of it. I think in the future, I will be able to recognize the same needs hierarchy within the people around me and will allow me to be more open to everyone around me. Overall, this course has changed my ability to understand my generation because before I didn’t understand why we were so connected to our phones and how it affected us and I didn’t understand why men and women are considered to be so radically different. I understand humans as a whole more now and it has and will continue to allow me to be more open and willing to talk to everyone and to be able to empathize with