Psychology: What it did for me.

My friends have been asking me this question ALL the time, "Why didn't you major in English language instead?". I always have to answer the same thing, "While I do love English, I don't want to  make it a career."
Sometimes I do ask myself why didn't I? I never dreamt of majoring in psychology. I once wanted to be a lawyer, veterinarian, marine biologist and even an actress. 
When it was time for me to pick a university to apply, I just picked the one that my friend went to. Courses? I picked psychology cuz the other Arts and Social Science's course doesn't sound promising. When I was accepted by another government university offering computer science, it took me a torturing night of head banging, crying and dice throwing to determine whether i want to accept it.(I was already studying Pre-U at my university that time). At the end i decided to stay. After i made this decision, I asked myself constantly if i made the right choice. By choosing this private University, my parents need to pay more. I hated being me.
Everyone has the perception that someone studying Psychology can read minds. Please, discard the thought. We don't! All we do is observe and observation is a strong factor that helps us understand human behavior. Observation leads psychologist to seek an explanation for the bahavior. I must say it's pretty interesting. I understand much better about society and human behavior. There's so many behaviors that can be explained through studying psychology.
Now, I can confidently say that I have chosen the right path. Majoring in Psychology isn't my mistake and it might be one of the wises choice i have made in life.
Well, studying psychology helped me to understand myself better. I was just sitting down reading my notes for my test when i suddenly got struck by answers of why I act certain ways at times. Yes, psychology does that. I've started keeping tracks of my own behavior, understanding it through terms and theories, realizing my unconscious feelings and analyzing my conscious behavior. A bit fun and freaky but you tend to do that once you study this field. It's so much more easier to understand when you relate the terms to yourself.
Like today, I realise my own desires when reading about Erikson's psychosocial stages. I keep wondering why I do things i don't really know how to explain sometimes, today I finally found my answers.
So yes, in a way i have no regrets majoring in this field. I found myself in the midst of a identity crisis you can say. It certainly helps that things that I do can now be explained. It helps me to find the answers that I'm seeking instead of hunting around, waiting for answers to pop up.
For those having second thoughts about your identity, studying Psychology really is a way to help you find your path.
Yes, studying the terms and understanding the theorist's idea is very complicated and sometimes it will clash with your personal ideas. But no one ask you to change your perspective to be in tune with theirs, everyone is entitled to their thoughts tho it could be wrong. It can be enjoying studying about the terms and it could be tedious but nevertheless, i don't mind a bit. If it's to understand the world a bit better, why not?getting a upper hand on a situation feels much better than being clueless most of the time.  
Who knows, one day you'll see someone acting weird. While everyone's figuring out what's the reason the person is acting like that, you'll be grinning at the back, sipping lemonade while others ponder.