Abnormal Psychology Reflection Paper

984 Words4 Pages
Going into a class on abnormal psychology I didn’t know what to expect. I assumed it would be interesting and probably pretty fun, but I ended up loving this class much more than I thought I would. It definitely exceeded my expectations and I learned so much valuable information in just ten weeks. I have plans to major in psychology when I move on to a four-year college, but I’m still not sure what exactly I want to do in the field of psychology. Going into this quarter and Abnormal Psychology, I was hoping to better be able to discern what I wanted in my future career. After taking this class I definitely have a better understanding of what I want to do in the future, which was exactly what I wanted. I’m grateful for how much I learned in this class, and I had so much fun that at times it almost didn’t feel like school. I found everything we covered on personality disorders to be quite interesting. I of course learned a great deal of new information about various personality disorders and I really felt like I absorbed some of that information better than other topics because it was all so new and fascinating. I had been wanting to watch the documentary on Ted Bundy for a while now, so I was very excited when we got to watch in in class. Along with the other videos we watched on…show more content…
I suppose like many people, I just pushed my mental health to the side, even though I still worry about my physical health. Now, however, I am much more conscious of my mental health and how to take care of it. I also try to make sure other people in my life understand how important mental health is to leading a happy, healthy life, which I never did before. It will be incredibly useful to remember that as I go on into harder, more stressful academic work. I also know now that if I need extra help, there are always professionals I can turn to, which I suppose I never really thought about

More about Abnormal Psychology Reflection Paper

Open Document