Us: The Story
I was thinking last night about how different people think. When I first started psychology last year, I thought the best way to get inside everybody's head was to assume they thought like I did. However, I'm clearly wrong, and we all think in our own ways. I think in a very narrative style way. That's why I can write a blog like this, and it still be structured despite the fact it's coming off the top of my head. It's also why I don't like moaning on these like a stereotypical teenager, because I want to avoid conforming. Plus I'm not technically a teenager anymore. Scary.
But I figured it out. I view everything like a story. I've said many times, I'm always expecting the main plot to kick off as well. Something exciting. Of course it never does. But it is quite funny to view us as story figures. You have me, the typical wuss who's complaints and whining put off any skills he has. I'd be a bit like Scrappy Doo really. Nobody ever liked Scrappy. Then we have Holly, who's our typical strong female lead. Cooper, who's the smart one, but at the same time friendly and non-nerdish. He's probably be the main character because he's smart enough to see everything. Baird's the quite irritating one who would pull through doing something heroic in the end. If this was a cop show, he'd be black. Sorry if that sounds racist, but blame movie makers, not me! It's true! We have Boote, the apathitic character who's attempts to sound like he doesn't care doesn't convince any of us, Marc the comic relief computer guy, Pete, the psycho who hides it under his personalities (we all know you're a psychopath really Pete!) and so on. We could be characters in a story.
But the problem is, looking at life like that doesn't work. There is no narrative. We're not going somewhere specific. We're on our own journey. But my brain doesn't like accepting that. It likes to think one day something'll kick off that's adventerous and exciting, just like every story. It's a really bizzarre outlook, because you see events as story plotlines. Like Baird's spouts of depression as the "let's make the audience sympathise with this character" moments, or mine and Cooper's hunt for a chocolate rabbit, the "let's laugh at the randomness of these guys" moment, or our Psychology revision session, the "Aw, they all pull together to work in the end" moment. See? We could be in a story.
Maybe we're just words on a page.
Scary stuff, eh?
But I figured it out. I view everything like a story. I've said many times, I'm always expecting the main plot to kick off as well. Something exciting. Of course it never does. But it is quite funny to view us as story figures. You have me, the typical wuss who's complaints and whining put off any skills he has. I'd be a bit like Scrappy Doo really. Nobody ever liked Scrappy. Then we have Holly, who's our typical strong female lead. Cooper, who's the smart one, but at the same time friendly and non-nerdish. He's probably be the main character because he's smart enough to see everything. Baird's the quite irritating one who would pull through doing something heroic in the end. If this was a cop show, he'd be black. Sorry if that sounds racist, but blame movie makers, not me! It's true! We have Boote, the apathitic character who's attempts to sound like he doesn't care doesn't convince any of us, Marc the comic relief computer guy, Pete, the psycho who hides it under his personalities (we all know you're a psychopath really Pete!) and so on. We could be characters in a story.
But the problem is, looking at life like that doesn't work. There is no narrative. We're not going somewhere specific. We're on our own journey. But my brain doesn't like accepting that. It likes to think one day something'll kick off that's adventerous and exciting, just like every story. It's a really bizzarre outlook, because you see events as story plotlines. Like Baird's spouts of depression as the "let's make the audience sympathise with this character" moments, or mine and Cooper's hunt for a chocolate rabbit, the "let's laugh at the randomness of these guys" moment, or our Psychology revision session, the "Aw, they all pull together to work in the end" moment. See? We could be in a story.
Maybe we're just words on a page.
Scary stuff, eh?
posted by Li at 6:48 PM
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