After having read the article " Psychoanalysis and the Death instinct", I started to wonder if I really knew what psychoanalysis was. I thought that I had a clear idea about that issue, but after doing research I realised that I was wrong.
I assume now that psychoanalysis is very familiar for the wide public; that is to say almost everybody has heard about psychoanalysis- it can be read in magazines or heard on TV.
The multitude and complexity of the sources from which we receive signals today about psychoanalysis raise an important issue: psychoanalysis is no longer clearly defined in the eyes of the wide public. Today nobody knows for sure what psychoanalysis is.
If I think about psychoanalysis, concepts such as the exploration of the unconscious, dream interpretation, Oedipus Complex and child sexuality come to mind.
I would like to say that I am in favor of psychoanalytic methods for the exploration of the unconscious. As we know the unconscious is part of our mind; I reckon that our mind is a huge thing and we hardly know how it really works. I believe that many of our real- life problems are connected to what we experienced when we were children. The problem is that most of the time we are not aware of that; we don't know why we react in the way we do and we do not know what is causing us to behave like that. So, this method helps us to figure out what is the cause of ours problems by coming back to our childhood.It analyses our childhood memories in order to find those which are causing our mental blocks.
I dont't know anyone who has particularly been treated through it, but I know many people that have been treated through other therapies which use more techniques from psychoanalysis,and they were happy with their results.
So, after all I have explained above, I will definitely attend to psychoanalytic therapy if I ever need it.
martes, 15 de noviembre de 2011
Why is Spain behind other European countries?
I reckon there are many factors causing Spain's underdevelopment in relation to other European countries such as historical, geographic, social...
But I think one of the main reasons why spanish people do not speak English is the fact that Spain is the only country in the world that dubs everything.
I read an article that said that Spain has 4,300 cinema screens, which puts Spain in first place. Despite the fact that now there are a number of original version theaters or cinema screens in Spain, they are visited mostly by tourists; Spaniards generally don't want to read subtitles, actually only 4% of Spanish people go to the cinema to watch them in V.O.
I've had the oportunity of travelling around Europe and I can appreciate how well people from Holland, Switzerland, Germany ...speak English. In fact, they are able to communicate as well as in their mother tongue. In my opinion, it is not because they take more English classes in school or high school than Spanish children but from early on they are used to watching cartoons, movies, programs or series in their original version,therefore they reinforce and put in practice what they learn at school. In my opinion, the influence of media on the language capabilities of a country is quite fascinating.
On the other hand, the geographical location of some European countries push them to have a common language-which is English for political and economical reasons-in order to be able to communicate with their neighbouring countries.
I am quite optimistic about the future of Spain regarding this issue, and despite the fact that other European countries are many years ahead of us, I think we will be able to communicate in English in 20 years because now new generations have more oportunities to travell or study abroad and watch English channels and we are more eager to learn other languages than our grandparents or parents were.
But I think one of the main reasons why spanish people do not speak English is the fact that Spain is the only country in the world that dubs everything.
I read an article that said that Spain has 4,300 cinema screens, which puts Spain in first place. Despite the fact that now there are a number of original version theaters or cinema screens in Spain, they are visited mostly by tourists; Spaniards generally don't want to read subtitles, actually only 4% of Spanish people go to the cinema to watch them in V.O.
I've had the oportunity of travelling around Europe and I can appreciate how well people from Holland, Switzerland, Germany ...speak English. In fact, they are able to communicate as well as in their mother tongue. In my opinion, it is not because they take more English classes in school or high school than Spanish children but from early on they are used to watching cartoons, movies, programs or series in their original version,therefore they reinforce and put in practice what they learn at school. In my opinion, the influence of media on the language capabilities of a country is quite fascinating.
On the other hand, the geographical location of some European countries push them to have a common language-which is English for political and economical reasons-in order to be able to communicate with their neighbouring countries.
I am quite optimistic about the future of Spain regarding this issue, and despite the fact that other European countries are many years ahead of us, I think we will be able to communicate in English in 20 years because now new generations have more oportunities to travell or study abroad and watch English channels and we are more eager to learn other languages than our grandparents or parents were.
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