Just as I am

I hope to use psychology to help myself and others find their truest faces. Once upon a time, I traveled to a very small republic called the "Uzupis". It is located in an old town of Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. It declared itself an independent republic on April 1, 1998, April Fool's Day. When I visited this place, there were few people around, while art was created everywhere. It turns out that this small place, with a population of just over 7,000, has produced more than 1,000 artists. It was their creations that allowed me to understand the unique character of this place.

Same as people, everyone has one's own unique characters and the most authentic face. It’s just the environment in which we grew up and our own experiences that make us have to hide and protect ourselves. Citing the example of "Piggy Bank", from the moment the mother is pregnant with the fetus, she instills elements such as "love", "values" and "vitality" into our banks. However, as our personal growth develops, our savings generated will be sucked away by the outside world until there is not much money left, which will cause us psychological disstress, such as fear, anxiety, etc., just like putting on a mask for ourselves. As long as we re-instill energy into the "Piggy Bank" and save enough coins, we can see our truest selves and stay in a happy life again.

尋回最真實的自己

我希望利用心理學去幫助自己和別人，尋回自己最真實的臉孔。曾幾何時，我到一個很細小的國家旅遊，稱為「對岸共和國」。它位於立陶宛的首都 - 維爾紐斯老城區內，於1998年4月1日愚人節宣布成為一個獨立的共和國。到訪這個地方，人跡罕至，卻處處都是藝術創作。原來這個細小的地方，人口只有七千多人，但卻產出一千多個藝術家，就是他們的創作，讓我了解這個地方的獨特個性。

人亦一樣，每個人都有自己獨特的個性，最真實的臉孔。只是成長的環境、自身的經歷，令我們必須把自己隱藏下來，以保護自己。引用「豬仔錢罌」例子，由母親懷著胎兒的那一刻起，她為我們的錢罌注入「關愛」、「價值觀」、「生命力」等元素，但隨著個人成長的發展，我們所儲起的能量會被外界的力量吸走，直到錢罌的錢所餘無幾時，我們心裡卻承載著不同程度的壓力，例如恐懼、焦慮等的情況，令我們逼不得已帶上面具去掩飾自己。只要我們為「豬仔錢罌」再注入能量，儲到足夠的錢幣，我們就能尋回最真實的自己，過著開心快樂的日子。