Psychology and Broadcasting

No, I did not forget about this blog. I had to take some time off, or else I probably would have taken some more heat for speaking my own mind. Oops. Anyways, I left this out in my introduction about myself, and I don't know how I could forget it.

I have always had an interest in the psychology field. Psychology just always peaked my interest and I've always wanted to learn about it. Along with the human mind, I've always had an interest in serial killers, psychopaths, and people of that nature. No, I'm not a serial killer or fall under any of those categories. Thinking back on it, the interest probably comes from when I was in middle school. My brother and I always shared a room growing up, so basically he got the TV in our room whenever. He would always go to the beach one week in the summer with one of his best friends, so obviously I could have free reign on the TV. At night when I would be home, I would always turn on "Forensic Files" on CNN, and I would sit there and watch every episode until they stopped airing it for the night.

Then, the interest got deeper. I came across people such as John Wayne Gacy, Jeffrey Dahmer, Ted Bundy, Charles Manson, and others. Wow, now these guys were some interesting creatures. You have a guy who dressed up as a clown, sexually assaulted and tortured teenage boys. A man from Wisconsin who was known as the "Milwaukee Cannibal" and also sexually assaulted and murdered teenage boys. Then you have a guy who would fake injuries to get help from woman, kidnap them, sexually assault them, and then beat them to death. Oh boy, is Charles Manson an interesting one. A man who started a cult named the "Manson Family" and is just downright insane. Those are the people that really got me interested in the human mind. Those are the type people I would like to learn about psychologically.

Let's sidetrack here for a little bit. In my first writing I said I was apart of the Radio & TV program at my former high school. While I was in the program, I liked to do the editing and the behind the scenes work. I decided to major in broadcasting and minor in communications-- which both could change down the road. One day, I started to think about my future, both the realistic future and hopeful future. It dawned on me all at once, why not combine both of my passions and use psychology and broadcasting for one field? I thank Netflix for this one due to the surplus amount of documentaries of serial killers they had available. All in all, I had a dream of having the ability to sit down and interview and make documentaries on psychopaths and serial killers.

It seems a little far-fetched, and believe me I know the lengths I would have to go just for a psychology degree to be effective. Anyways in one of my classes, my communications professor was going around the room asking our class what we hoped to do. I was honestly a little worried to tell him mine because I thought it was just going to get laughed at and that it would get shot down. When he got to me I decided there would be no harm in saying it, so I told him I wanted to make documentaries on serial killers. He looked at me and asked, "Do you think that's possible?". I told him I thought it was considering all of the ones that Netflix has. He sat there for a second and then said to the class that it was the most realistic goal that he heard from the class. There were multiple reasons as to why he thought it was the most realistic, but either way it gave me a boost of confidence that had me thinking that maybe it could happen.

I was also talking to a former teacher the other day-- who was aware that I may switch to psychology-- and they asked me if I was still going to switch. I told them what I wanted to do, and what the dream was. They told me that they could definitely see me doing such a thing, and they liked the idea of combining both passions.

Yes, it's still a little far-fetched in my mind, but a person can dream right? It was nice hearing those comments from those two people, and built some confidence in me. Yes, I do have multiple back-up plans. Yes, I understand somethings don't always go as planned. Who knows, maybe I might switch my majors completely, or maybe I'll just stay with the broadcasting and communications. All you need sometimes are people to speak positive to you and give you confidence. And sometimes all you need to do is ignore the people who bash you for doing something you enjoy.