What I Learned: A Class Analysis

This class became one of my favorites despite the unpleasant time it was offered. I learned so much in this class, well I learned a lot from you I should say. As you may know I’m a quiet person, I like to listen a lot more than what I like to talk. In conversations I’m always the listener and never the talker and this is mainly because I never know how to express my feelings or how to go about my issue/problem. After taking this class I realized that the main reason I never asked or seek for help when I needed it was for this reason, not knowing how to start or express my emotions, thoughts and wants. I used to believe or made myself believe that no one needed to know my life and that I was strong enough to deal with it myself. And I guess I was strong enough, but I was only strong enough to some point where all I could do was shove everything to the bottom but not actually solve it. I have gain a lot of knowledge and I know that what I did to myself was not healthy, but now I know how to express those thoughts, feelings, wants and desires without feelings like I am stuck in my own problem that I instead decide to shove it down. Even though I feel a lot comfortable sharing my problems, I’m still in the process in developing that and working in making it come more naturally. …show more content…
I tend to always understand the other person even if I don’t really understand them or I at least try to understand them. however, taking this class I learned that understanding might not always be the right way to help someone because in various occasions I noticed that the more I try to understand him/her the less of a good listener I’m being this is because I am not fully helping that person solve their issue. If I don’t help that person than he/she might continue doing the same thing pretending that nothing is wrong because someone they know thinks it’s