psychology

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Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.
— Carl Jung

(Pagsasalin sa Tagalog: Kung hindi mo pagiisipan ang unconscious, pamumunuan nito ang buhay mo at iisipin mong iyon ang kapalaran mo.)

Ang lahat ng gawain natin at ang buong pagkatao natin, ang ating mga tagumpay at pagkabigo, kaligayahan at desperasyon, ay magmumula sa kung paano natin ginagamit ang ating isipan. Habang kaya nating kontrolin ang karamihan sa ating mga pinagiisipan, ang bahagi ng ating isipan na hindi natin kayang direktang kontrolin ang may pinakamalaking epekto sa ating buhay. Iyon ang tinatawag na subconscious, at sa sobrang halaga nito, sinabi ni Carl Jung na isa sa pinakakilalang psychologist sa mundo na ito ang magiging basehan ng ating kapalaran. Kahit hindi man natin ito kayang kontrolin nang direkta, pwede natin itong maimpluwensiyahan at pagbutihin para mas gumanda ang kalagayan ng ating buhay.

Bakit ko isinulat itong article na ito? Kahit alam ng karamihan sa America at U.K. ang tungkol sa subconscious, hindi ganoon karaming tao sa Pilipinas ang nakakaunawa dito. Ang iniisip pa nga ng iba, ang mga mental at psychological disorders tulad ng depression at anxiety ay kaartehan o pagdradrama lamang, at kailangan lang magdasal ng pasyente para gumaling. Hindi ganoon iyon. Sila’y kasing lubha ng high blood at diabetes, pero sila’y mga sakit na nakaaapekto sa mga neurochemicals sa utak. Kung hindi kayang pababain ng pagdadasal ang iyong cholesterol o magpatubo ng naputol na paa o kamay, hindi rin ito direktang gamot sa mga sikolohikal na sakit tulad ng depresyon, anxiety, autism, at iba pa.

Ngayong napagusapan na natin iyon, simulan na natin ang aral!

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Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.
— Carl Jung

Everything we do and everything that we are, our successes and failures, happiness and despair, all come from how we use our mind. While we can control most of our thoughts, it’s the part which we cannot directly control which has the biggest impact in our lives. It’s called the subconscious, and it’s so important that Carl Jung, one of the most famous psychologists in the world, calls it the basis of our destiny. While we cannot directly control it, we can, however, influence and improve it in order to improve our quality of life.

Why did I write this article? While most people in the Western world know about the subconscious, not a lot of people in the Philippines where I am from understand it. In fact, they think mental and psychological disorders like depression and anxiety are just people being overdramatic (“kaartehan”), and that patients just need to pray to get “cured”. It’s not. They’re as real as high blood pressure and diabetes, but they’re illnesses affecting the neurochemicals in the brain. Just like how prayers cannot instantly lower cholesterol levels or regrow chopped off limbs, they’re not direct cures for psychological issues like depression, anxiety, autism, and others like them.

Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, let’s start the lesson!

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Ano ang Subconscious Mind? – Isang Maikling Aralin

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What is the Subconscious Mind? – A Quick Explainer

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