Maya Garaway Week 8: Psycho-Analyzing People!


So, you know how some people have that natural habit that they do instinctually? For me, as I have realized, that trait is psycho-analyzing everything.


I was debating what to write about today and I realized that all of my topics were psychology based. Personally, it is just such a fascinating subject. I am particularly interested in understanding how people's minds work and why. Not from a technical point of view, but from an understanding of their thought process. I love figuring out someone's conscious and unconscious choices. I always just naturally look around and analyze little traits and habits about myself and others and truthfully, my therapist and I both believe that I am pretty good at it. I have learned a lot about myself through this process and have been able to develop from it. I have also been able to pick up on some important events in people’s lives just by the way that they introduced themselves. Also if you are reading this and thinking, “hmmm this is kind of weird, I wonder if Maya has ever analyzed me?” 

Yes. 

Yes, I have. 


I feel that it's important to clarify that I don't assume that anything I analyze is correct until the person says it is by themselves. Anyway, I still love thinking about how some events or experiences can affect a person in so many ways. Little bits of speech can show someone's goals, past, fears, and more. Posture and even just the way someone walks can show so much more like self-image, and energy levels, and I could go on for so long about this. I think being an artist adds to this because in order to draw a person, you have to observe them very carefully and pick up on the tiniest details. So, it only encouraged this habit of mine more. :D


Do you have any habits or traits that you do naturally?





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  1. AnonymousNovember 15, 2022 at 8:48 PM

    This is so cool, and you know I love to psycho-analyze with you! Anyway, I learned that when I sing I randomly match whatever it is I am singing with either another key, or another octave of the same key, as well as changing the rhythm while keeping the melody of the original song. I never knew I did this before, and that I could even do it, but I guess I do. I find it so cool that people have these fantastic abilities and habits that we don’t even realize until it’s told to us, and even when you do know it is still unbelievable.

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