Exploring The Unfathomable Depths of The Human Psyche Seems To Me To Be One of The Most Valuable Tasks I Can Imagine

Exploring the unfathomable depths of the human psyche seems to me to be one of
the most valuable tasks I can imagine.
We are not struggling to survive. We have the technology and resources to live
harmoniously. If we share a deep collective wish to live in peace within ourselves and our
environment then what makes us unable to do so?
As I come to the end of my school years, I find myself drawn to understand the essential
function and quality of mind and brain. How they work. Have they always worked this way
could they work differently? The roots of these questions drive me to investigate the
chemical connections and cognitive mechanisms and patterns behind our
actions, thoughts and decisions. Perhaps even our sense of individuality is following certain
patterns. Why are we the way we are and can we find some essential human quality
unavailable to Artificial Intelligence?

While attending Brookwood Park School alongside academics I learned the art of
questioning and exploring. The school's intention is to educate the whole human being.
Every week we collectively discuss fundamental questions like the nature of free will. We
learn our place within and responsibility for the natural world. Complimenting this, the school
regularly receives diverse visiting speakers from different universities. I have full
responsibility to design my own unique program of study. In addition to this I have self-
studied for most of my exams. In my spare time I enjoy playing the cello and piano. I practise
Jujutsu and Chi-Gung, Aerial silk acrobatics, drama, diving, sailing, creative writing and
reading.
Alongside my three A-Levels in Psychology, German, and Fine Art I embarked upon a
research project in epigenetics. Through this, I am investigating how our life would change
when we assume that environmental signals can select, modify and regulate gene activity in
response to life experience.
Last year I studied Biology which allowed me to experiment and extensively investigate the
biological approach of Psychology, including the nature vs nurture debate.
Studying psychology has given me insight into it’s practical application in both historic and
contemporary contexts. I have constructed my own experiments, gained insights into mental
disorders and how they are caused, diagnosed and treated. Complementing this,my studies
in Fine Art allow me to see the processes of self-expression from different angles. This
affords a me deeper understanding of our own emotional conflicts.
I am interested in how the art of different cultures can be interpreted to gain insight into both
the social psychologies and personal mental states of individuals within that society.
While completing the German A-level, I got to read books like Der Vorleser and "Die
"Verwandlung" which interlink with Freud's theories. Learning independently means I tend to
avoid the temptation to believe, memorise and accept what I read in a book or what my
lecturers says. I rely on myself to find out what is true.
During the height of the refugee crisis, I organised a Come-Together refugee music festival
in 2016.
Through volunteering in the Helious hospital in Germany I learned how, as a nurse, you
have to provide a consistent level of quality care for the patient. Doing so meant to analyse
the way a patient thinks, acts and feels. Often I noticed connections between patients mental
and physical difficulties. Later at Bärenstark hospice, I was moved to reflect, how throughout
history, mankind has based most of our actions on the fear and uncertainty of death. In
contrast, the families I encountered there were treating death as a process of life.

Exploring an interest in other cultures I travelled to Mexico to help deliver anti-anxiety
workshops for women and children directly affected by organised crime.I took the
opportunity to visit and conduct interviews at the indigenous Raramuri communities of the
Copper Canyon.It stuck me how they never seemed to deal with mental disorders like
depression, schizophrenia or suicidal thoughts. This leads me to question whether those
illnesses are biological or societal.
The movement of life is learning. I plan to continue this learning at university. To grow and
develop before taking action where the world needs it most.

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