Chapter 1 Blog

 This is my first blog I have ever done, and I hope I did it the right way. Cognitive Psychology has been a class that I have always been looking forward to taking. The reason I chose psychology is because I love how the mind works, and why we think the way we do. As weird as it sounds is I love to people watch, and the point of it is is to see how others will act around certain people or in public in general. I hope to accomplish learning more about how the mind works in a "normal" person versus someone that has disabilities. 

   -------I saw this quote and thought of the life I live right now. My mind is not always in the right place and as time goes on my life is starting to fall into place in whichever way it is supposed to. As I grow older I realize that nothing in life is going to be fair, and I need to move on and make the best of the things I have right now. 

I took this class because I love cognitive psychology even before I signed up for this class. Another reason I took this class was because I love the mind and as I learn more and more about why the mind works the way it does it becomes a coping strategy for myself. As the weeks pass, I trying to focus on other things such as school and work, so I don't have to deal with my home life. When it comes to my mind, I become scared, afraid, and sometimes I feel alone. Recently major events have happened to change my life forever, and my mind hasn't always been there "mentally". Slowly this class and other psychology courses are helping me cope with certain events that have dragged me down. 

----Over the years the limitations that I have dealt with have only made me a stronger person in the end. Some people are extremely limited to most things in life, but you have to make the best of it and work through whatever it is. Every day our mind is growing with more creations that sometimes benefits us mentally and physically. 

-----I know this video is a little long, but it is really worth watching about how the mind works. It is called the Amazing Power of Your Mind. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLqjK3ddSy0)

Lastly when it comes to the mind I view it as a never ending maze. As our minds continue to process information it will never end. Whenever I think of the way our mind works I picture a maze that almost has no end.