Everyone has that one person they can always go to and vent themselves away. It's good to have these social outlets, as it isn't healthy to bottle up emotions and fears that have been lingering inside of you for a long time. As for me, I'm going to be an outlet for many people in the future as a future psychologist. I like the idea that people will be able to spill their lives away in a matter of minutes in front of me comfortably, but I sometimes wonder if there's ever a limit as to how many people I can give my undivided attention to. The worst thing I could do is seem uncaring or bored about someone's troubles when they feel the need to come to me to talk to. I also like sharing personal information when I'm trying to relate to someone, but I am told that when I become a professional, I have to learn to detach myself from my patients which I find somewhat difficult..
I used to have a very close outlet, but shit happens and contact between me and my outlet seemed to disappear. I was slowly becoming depressed and bored day after day as there was no one I was close with anymore. I was considering seeing my school psychologist as I have also been told every psychology major should have at least one session with a psychologist. I have never been inside a psychologist's office before and I don't know if I plan to in the near future. It's not that I'm scared, but I have feeling that I have nothing worth while to say and that would deem relevant as having any psychological problems. Luckily for me, I did happen to find another social outlet, one that was more accepting and debatable against rather than a one-sided argument when my former outlet believed I was wrong about something. It was very unexpected on how it happened, but I'm glad and thankful nonetheless.
I hope everyone has that one person they feel 100% comfortable with to let everything all out, no matter how ridiculous or irrelevant they think their rantings may be. If you don't you can always visit a psychologist, everything is confidential!
