i want to be a psychologist
a clinical one. went over to my grandmas place just now she's hallucunating again.
she takes medicine for her parkinsons but then i bet the doc gave her dopamine which is suppose to cure her but then excess dopamine leads to increased mind activity hence hallucinations and probably schizo. schizo is hallucination like in a beautiful mind- the movie. not necessary split personality- i just re-read my notes cos i was a little confused cos its such ingrained common knowledg tht schizo is split p. look at ch8 9pm.
i feel very sad that a strong healthy woman like my grandma has reduced by mind to her current state. it affects her i know, she keeps seeing things n having ppl tell her they r not there makes her angry. its hard for us to realise that her reality is not in fact our reality. its shocking and mind boggling. moreover she speaks hokkien n shes very stubborn. wat she needs is a psychologist. don doctors or neurologists here consult psychologists abt wat medicine and wat other issues the family n patient has to deal with? my mom keeps telling me its because of her op and the anaesthetic. is that wat the doc told her? but my mom trusts me but its so hard to find a psychologist that deals with these. its not common like going to your general practitioner. they are so under rated. healing a person of parkinsons does not guarantee patient n family well-being cos wat r the resultant side effects? its so hard to deal with these kind of things. esp my mom she knows nuts abt wat shes handling here. and nobody knows!
and then being helpless and desperate leads her to look for traditional ways of seeking help. like fortune telling and chinese myths of placing red dates n rice at her bed side. does knowing the future tell u anyhting? does knowing sth would happen help? is it tru that wen u see dead people ur life is cming to an end? is it all true? is my grandma hallucinating or is she really seeing? mom said the same thing happened w ah gong. he said he saw dead family n frens n he wanted to go back to his homeland-china. now my grandma is doing the exact. im scared. i dunno. life sux- i give up trying to think. im gonna watch some tv
i cant. i wish i can do more. i wish sg would have a better psycho system. psychologists for everything mind, body, education. wen families need to handle a patient w schizo, cancer, court case, anorexia watever can they look for a psychologist specializong in that area? not for my own career but just for the emotional support n well-being of the society. psychological health is so impt. psychologists are so impt. yet they r so under rated in asian countries. well i hope i would become a good one and not do something else.
ok ikm gonna watch more tv