13 Things I Wish I Knew Before Choosing To Study Psychology In Pakistan

By Jahan Ara | 18 Oct, 2016

As a psychology major in Pakistan, there are many interesting moments one encounters. This summer I was placed for an internship at the psych ward of a renowned hospital in the city. To my amusement it remained flooded with patients going in and out all through my stay, which was rather an uplifting phenomenon to observe because, for many years, we’ve been taught that people of the East have been infatuated with peer saeein and jinns taking over them instead of vouching for a clinical diagnosis.

So if you’re a budding psychologist or a practicing psychologist, you’ve been through these:

 

1. When someone challenges you to read their mind

I CANNOT READ your mind. Hell I don’t want to. I’m much better undisturbed. Thank you.

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2. When you’ve just met someone and they ask you, “mujhay mere personality kay baray main kuch interesting btaein

Mujhay itnay saal apni personality nae samajh aye aap ki kaisay bta dun.

 

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3. When an auntie at a wedding finds out you’re a psychology major and looks at you like, “damn that bitch gonna raise my grand kids right. All that psychology, yummy”

What the hell auntie jee.

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4. When people think you’re a med school drop-out

Allah ki kasm mujhay waqai psychology pasand hay.

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5. When auntie Razia says, “Psychology toh maine bhe parhee thee college mein

Yeah well you made Leena, Meena and Sheena after all that psychology, I’m gonna earn mahself a name,YEAH.

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6. When people Facebook message you their issues and expect a therapy session

Hahaha… mazahaeya type hain aap. Bohat ala.

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7. When you have 3 boys in your class and 63 girls

Jee boys, psychology walay larkon ke mazzay hain.

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8. When you don’t have to study Math

HELL YES.HELL YES.

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9. When people think you are judging their personalities all the time

I was honestly actually thinking if I flushed this morning before leaving the house.

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10. When your friends’ favorite thing to say to you is, “yaar koi mazay ki cheez batao mere baaray mein

Tumhein mein najoomi lagti hun?

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11. When you’re asked if you’re scared of treating pagal log

Aap say zada dar laga raha hay abhee toh.

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12. When they say, “psychology parh kay tu banda  khud pagal ho jata hay

I might just agree with you here. MIGHT just.

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13. And when you’re a dude in psychology, you hear the weirdest crap. But that is for another time

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So psych majors, consider it your mission to educate, to inform and to enlighten and to JUDGE…… I kid, I kid.

 


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