REFLECTIVE JOURNAL PSYCHOLOGICAL

INDIVIDUAL TASK

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Novia Putri Firmana (P1337420618089)

S1 TERAPAN KEPERAWATAN SEMARANG

JURUSAN KEPERAWATAN
POLTEKKES KEMENKES SEMARANG
2020
REFLECTIVE JOURNAL

When I heard about psychology material will be in this semester, I thought we would
learn about how nurses act towards different personalities, learn about how to deal with patients
with mental disorder, and I thought we will learn about ourself, our mental health, so that we can
get to know someone condition and also our condition as well. I was so excited to the first class
of this topic cause actually I pretty much have interest in psychology especially mental disorder.
Psychopath, masochism, and alter ego are interesting topic in psychology. I wanna know what is
going on their brain that makes them to be mentally ill. How come they can suffer those mental
disorders, what their family think about them, how will people react when someone with those
disorder is actually live around them. And the most important question is what can I, as a nurse,
do for those patient with mental disorder. I have seen so many people with mental disorder
treated like animal, like they don’t belong to this world. Everytime I see them I feel pity, but I
am to scared just to go near them. Although I really want to help them, my fear is growing bigger
everytime I go closer. I want to know will they be upset or punch me in the face if I got closer to
their comfort zone. And when I see them walking naked at the road, I will think about their
family. Where is the family support? Maybe they really do not care? Or maybe they are
embrassed because stigmas that live in society about mental disorder.

The first meeting in psychology class got me really excited. I thought all of my question
will be answered in this class. Unfortunately, I forgot there will be this kind of introduction about
psychology, about the really basics of psychology. And I do not know what was I thinking but I
found the class is boring. The basics are important of course but every teacher taught us the same
thing over and over. I mean quit with the basic cause I want to learn more. What I mean in basics
are the definition of psychology, differences of psychology and psychiatry, when those are
mentioned in first meeting that will be okay but if those mentioned over and over in the next
meeting. We, no, I mean I will be bored.
 Maybe we can go to asylum to get to know what the real mental disorder is. I know
psychology is not only about disorder, it is also about personality, mind set, behavior, changes,
feeling, and problem solving, but what can I do if I have more interest on the disorders?

I think this semester is quiet short, I still do not get answers for all of my questions in my
little brain about mental disorder. I want to ask but my question will be out from the topic that
has been taught. So I keep those questions on the tip of my tongue. Or maybe I was scared to
ask?

I really want to meet with a serial killer, psychopath, a sadist, masochist, people with
skizofrenia, or maybe people with anger disorder. I just really really want to know what is going
on in their head. Little I know that they might be have traumas or maybe they just born that way.

I want to know how someone can be called a masochist, maybe I am one of them. Maybe
some one around me is psychopath. I know I have this big imagination but what if I am true?

Are mental disorder can be detected since were a child?

Okay honestly I do not know what to write in this paper, so I am just trying to tell what is
in my mind while I am writing this. And I am sorry for the grammar errors, I am trying to not to
use translator web as I could.

The first task Mrs. Roro gave us was resume journal, we were devided into groups and
each group have different topic. For example, my group got palliative care topic. In my opinion,
psychology in palliative care give the patient this feeling kind of comfort feeling. Psychology
may improve the patient’s spirituality by attending consultation. Nurses can improve their
knowledge about personality and behavior so that they know what to do to give comfort or some
motivations for the patients.

After that Mrs. Roro gave us a resume journal task again, with the same group, but if the
last task was in bahasa, this task is in english. This time, when I read the topic, honestly I do not
understand, the language is just way too difficult than my brain can understand. And I was
struggling to find journals that related to that topic. I read the topic over and over again until I get
some light. Although I have undrstood the topic it was still difficult to find the journal. Even
though I often read book in English and I think my English is not that bad, the journal language
still got me struggling to understand. Maybe I have to read book in English more often than I am
now. And I know this next sentences is out of the psychology topic but I am gonna write this
anyway, actually Pare is not really help our English, I mean it does give my friend new
vocabulary but for me those are boring cause I already have those vocabulary bank in my mind. I
think the class have to divided based on our capability in English, so each student could have
improve their skill. But what happened was we just devided into two classes. That made the
students who already know much about English do not have improvement. If the purpose of the
regulation above was to equalize English skill for each student, then the purpose is wrong. I feel
pity for those students who already tired going to Pare and they got no major changes for
English. Pare was tiring.

The next task is name card.i do not know why we have given this task. I mean what we
supposed to do with name card? I just do not know the purpose. But I am trying my best to make
my name card beautiful anyway. I am curious what is the relation between name card and
psychology? Is it related to the expectation that we have to write on that card? One of the tutor in
Pare said that we have to write our dream then someday the dream will be come true.

I am sorry this reflective might be look like I am writing diary.

The next class with Mrs. Amalia is mainly talking about psychological disorder, such as:

1) Anxiety disorders, such as obsessive compulsive disorder or OCD, phobias, panic

attacks, or post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
2) Mood disorders, such as depression or bipolar disorder
3) Addiction, such as drugs, alchohol, gambling
4) Eating disorders, such as anorexia or bulimia
5) Personality disorders, such as threshold personality disorders
6) Schizophrenia or other psychiatric disorder that show hallucinatory disorders or
psychosis in sufferees
7) Phobias or excessive fear of certain objects or situations
8) Patient conflicts with partners, family, friends, or others
9) Psychological disorders related to traumatic events, such as victims of domestic violence,
sexual harassment, or natural disasters
 What can I learn after the lessons is psychology also studies psychological aspects of pain
relief and treatment. Psychologist for example, helps those who work in environments that have
high stress levels to manage stress effectively, to that the stresses experienced in the workplace
do not affect their health. A health psychologist can also work with those who are suffering from
an illness in order to adjust their mental and physical well-being to the disease or to comply with
the treatments designed by the doctor who treats it.

Psychiatrist is a specialty of medical science. To bcome psychiatrist we must to take a

medical education to get a general doctor’s degree first. Psychiatrist investigates the causes of
psychological syndrome from the medical side and nervous system abnormalities in people with
psychiatric illnesses. The psychiatrist is also responsible for diagnosing a patient’s mental
disorder and determining the treatment that is performed. Psychiatrist can prescribe and give
drug therapy, brain stimulation therapy, physical and laboratory examinations according to the
needs of the patients. Psychologist focus more on the social aspects of the patients, suchas
providing psychological therapy or psychotherapy. Psychologist is also competent to conduct a
series of psychological test that will later be interpreted as answers to problems experienced by
patients such as IQ test, personality test, talent interest, and so on.

As a nurse I want to help people to stay healthy and also overcome the pain they suffer. I
want to encourage someone to develop healthy living habits, how to increase physical activity,
and how to design something that can encourage others to improve their eating patterns.