Challenge & Selection

Each of us in some way encounters Storytelling during their life, trying to clothe something  abstract in words and convey them to others in such a way that listeners can not only perceive  us, but also fully understand, realize and process the information within themselves.  Storytelling is certainly a good tool for professional, scientific activity for the reasons I listed  above. I like this tool because it does not require much effort and circumstances, or the specific  technique or special items required for a Visualization tool, for example.

Now I am not working, as I am a student, so all my experience comes from my everyday living  or learning process. In psychology classes, our teachers often resort to the Storytelling tool in  order to clarify different complex terms and concepts, give examples from life, scientific  experiments and narrating the conclusions from them of real people-participants of  experiments-who lived this experience on themselves. I learned this technique from the  teachers and after that used this tool when one of my friend turned to me for help in  understanding the terminology of one of the psychological topics.

Application

Once my friend, who does not understand the concepts of "I, IT and the SUPEREGO", which  Sigmund Freud once deduced, turned to me for help. For a long time I tried to understand how  I can help her in understanding these terms and remembered, that I had a dream that helped  me personally to understand these three concepts. I told her the following story of my dream.  Term "I" in my dream was a small mouse that travels across a large, frightening and unknown  world, I ran and scoured all over the city in hopes of finding refuge for myself, I was clearly  aware of my little body and the tail, my paws with which I touched the ground. Exactly this way  I imagined the Conscious for myself. "IT" met at the very beginning of my journey, it was a huge  black monster, that hid in the fog and periodically made terrible sounds, I did not understand  where IT was, but I always felt its presence. It was Unconscious in my understanding. In the  end, the "SUPEREGO" presented itself in my dream as policemen who now and then strove to  find me, a little harmless mouse, they climbed into all hidden corners and holes, into all yards,  nooks and crannies, buildings, grabbed me, but every time I managed to escape. It was my fault  and moral attitudes in my understanding. I told this story to her and, fortunately, she fully  understood me and thanked me for this personal but clear and detailed story.

Insight

As I said above, my story helped her fully understand the topic and continue her studies, since  she was very stuck on this topic. I was pleased that my personal experience in understanding  the topic helped someone else figure it out besides me. I learned a lot from this experience.  Firstly, I realized that it is important to give personal examples, but not dryly narrate and try to  explain some difficult topic to someone by using difficult terms. A good story leads to good  understanding, so in every topic you need to find something close to yourself. Secondly, I  realized that every difficult topic for myself needs to be clothed in words and terms that are  closer in understanding, to invent metaphors and personify some phenomena, for which the  Storytelling tool is ideal. We also need to learn how to use this tool correctly, be easier in  handling, terminology, bring metaphors, personify phenomena and turn to life rather than to  the scientific heritage.

Approach

Of course, I will continue to use the Storytelling tool further and if someone comes to me for  help again, I will use Storytelling again. This course opened my eyes to a lot and helped me to  deal with both this tool and others, which I will certainly use in my everyday living and  professional life. What could I change in my approach to using this tool: perhaps I would resort  to using this approach in conjunction with other approaches (for example, with the  Visualization tool) and try to compose their harmonious sound for a more complete picture. I  could compose an interesting story on an exciting topic, and then clothe it in pictures, diagrams  and graphs. I have done this earlier during the educational process and it really helped, since  not all people perceive information well by ear.


Challenge & Selection Each of us in some way encounters Storytelling during their life , trying to clothe something abstract in words and convey them to others in such a way that listeners can not only perceive us , but also fully understand , realize and process the information within themselves . Storytelling is certainly a good tool for professional , scientific activity for the reasons I listed above . I like this tool because it does not require much effort and circumstances , or the specific technique or special items required for a Visualization tool , for example . Now I am not working , as I am a student , so all my experience comes from my everyday living or learning process . In psychology classes , our teachers often resort to the Storytelling tool in order to clarify different complex terms and concepts , give examples from life , scientific experiments and narrating the conclusions from them of real people - participants of experiments - who lived this experience on themselves . I learned this technique from the teachers and after that used this tool when one of my friend turned to me for help in understanding the terminology of one of the psychological topics . Application Once my friend , who does not understand the concepts of " I , IT and the SUPEREGO " , which Sigmund Freud once deduced , turned to me for help . For a long time I tried to understand how I can help her in understanding these terms and remembered , that I had a dream that helped me personally to understand these three concepts . I told her the following story of my dream . Term " I " in my dream was a small mouse that travels across a large , frightening and unknown world , I ran and scoured all over the city in hopes of finding refuge for myself , I was clearly aware of my little body and the tail , my paws with which I touched the ground . Exactly this way I imagined the Conscious for myself . " IT " met at the very beginning of my journey , it was a huge black monster , that hid in the fog and periodically made terrible sounds , I did not understand where IT was , but I always felt its presence . It was Unconscious in my understanding . In the end , the " SUPEREGO " presented itself in my dream as policemen who now and then strove to find me , a little harmless mouse , they climbed into all hidden corners and holes , into all yards , nooks and crannies , buildings , grabbed me , but every time I managed to escape . It was my fault and moral attitudes in my understanding . I told this story to her and , fortunately , she fully understood me and thanked me for this personal but clear and detailed story . Insight As I said above , my story helped her fully understand the topic and continue her studies , since she was very stuck on this topic . I was pleased that my personal experience in understanding the topic helped someone else figure it out besides me . I learned a lot from this experience . Firstly , I realized that it is important to give personal examples , but not dryly narrate and try to explain some difficult topic to someone by using difficult terms . A good story leads to good understanding , so in every topic you need to find something close to yourself . Secondly , I realized that every difficult topic for myself needs to be clothed in words and terms that are closer in understanding , to invent metaphors and personify some phenomena , for which the Storytelling tool is ideal . We also need to learn how to use this tool correctly , be easier in handling , terminology , bring metaphors , personify phenomena and turn to life rather than to the scientific heritage . Approach Of course , I will continue to use the Storytelling tool further and if someone comes to me for help again , I will use Storytelling again . This course opened my eyes to a lot and helped me to deal with both this tool and others , which I will certainly use in my everyday living and professional life . What could I change in my approach to using this tool : perhaps I would resort to using this approach in conjunction with other approaches ( for example , with the Visualization tool ) and try to compose their harmonious sound for a more complete picture . I could compose an interesting story on an exciting topic , and then clothe it in pictures , diagrams and graphs . I have done this earlier during the educational process and it really helped , since not all people perceive information well by ear .