MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'daydreaming'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:28:46 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4768279&cid=t_109865_180_f&fid=38612&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fpickthebrain%2FLYVv%2F%7E3%2FNgV00Pfp9zQ%2F One of the most popular self-help books ever written on depression is Feeling Good by Dr. David Burns. He identifies several cognitive distortions the depressed suffer from.  One of them is Overgeneralization. This is the practice of “viewing a single negative event as a never-ending pattern of defeat.” If you lose your job, suddenly you are worthless and you will never amount to anything. If you look at your 401(k) statement and you’ve lost 35% of your nest egg, suddenly you’ll never be able to retire and you’ll have to be a Walmart greeter when you’re 85 years old. When things are bad, it feels like everything is bad and they’ll always be bad. One of the simplest, most enjoyable and most effective ways to improve your outlook and rise above the ... PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4768279 Sat, 30 Apr 2011 07:10:19 +0100 4768279 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4040621&cid=t_109865_109_f&fid=38950&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shockmd.com%2F2010%2F10%2F07%2Fthreats-to-daydreaming-and-its-benefits%2F We’ve discussed daydreaming and it’s advantages before on this blog. In this short video Jonah Lehrer discusses whether access to the Internet negatively affects one’s ability to let their mind wander and miss on the advantages of daydreaming. Related posts:Daydreaming….. 8 Benefits from Working from Home Animal Model for Benefits of Chocolate for Cardiovascular System (Source: Dr Shock MD PhD) Dr Shock MD PhD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4040621 Thu, 07 Oct 2010 06:49:40 +0100 4040621 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3938392&cid=t_109865_109_f&fid=38950&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shockmd.com%2F2010%2F09%2F07%2Fdaydreaming%2F A daydream is a visionary fantasy, especially one of happy, pleasant thoughts, hopes or ambitions, imagined as coming to pass, and experienced while awake. Some people may devote 50% of their awake time with daydreaming. Recently a case study was published in which a 36 year old female has a long history of excessive daydreaming. As a child between 4 to 10 years of age she would spend periods of free time, sometimes several hours, walking in circles shaking a string, while imagining creative stories in which she was the central focus, i.e., ‘‘just like playing school with other kids, but in my head.” Extensive psychiatric and somatic investigations could not find anything wrong with her. Daydreaming is often associated with hypnotic susceptibility, creativity, dissociation, past trau... Dr Shock MD PhD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3938392 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:00:13 +0100 3938392 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3119038&cid=t_109865_136_f&fid=39025&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Feverythingchangesbook%2F%7E3%2Fw-9STmIUoFU%2Fcancer-daydream-stress I am a huge daydreamer.  My mind is a separate universe with lots – sometimes too much - going on in it.  This can be really helpful when I want to vanish from a situation that I am unable to actually physically escape from. This seems like a good topic to talk about now, either for those of you who need a mental vacation from illness, or a mental getaway from too much family togetherness around the holidays. When I am laying on a table getting ultrasounds, I choreography ballets in my mind.  I also love obsessing over the details of dinner parties – I plan menus, table settings, and fantasize about floral arrangements.  I’m also quite addicted to mental wedding planning.  It’s all pretty girlie, I know.  My own wedding got me through a years worth of cancer scans, and no... Everything Changes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3119038 Thu, 24 Dec 2009 06:23:46 +0100 3119038 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2999694&cid=t_109865_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2FMRDJKneVQC8%2F Welcome to the 16th edition  of Scientia Pro Publica, the blog carnival  that celebrates the best science, nature and medical writing published in the blogosphere within the past 60 days. What are some of the fascinating topics you can explore and discuss with this group of bloggers? Science & Us The Evolving Mind: What’s the point of daydreaming? Credit: Johan Stigwall, via Flickr Generally Thinking: What is the brain impact of different types of meditation (focused, open monitoring, compassion)? The Emotion Machine: Can blogging help you control your environment and manage stress? Greater Good Magazine: Want to live longer and bettter? Collective Imagination: Can you share a powerful uncanny experience? Science & Friends via LiveScience Lab Rat: Pros and Cons of havin... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2999694 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:20:08 +0100 2999694 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2232536&cid=t_109865_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthbolt.net%2F2009%2F02%2F27%2Fdoodling-stops-daydreaming%2F Good news for those of us who discover at the end of a meeting or lecture that our notes are hidden by messy doodles, unintelligible to anyone but ourselves. According to recent study carried out by UK researchers those who doodle have better memory recall than those who do not. The study had the participants divided into two groups - one group was encouraged to color in shapes on a piece of paper while listening to a 2.5 minute telephone message and the other group was left to their own devices while listening. Both groups, by the way, were told before the message began that it would be dull. Directly after listening to the message, everyone was asked to write down the eight specific places and names mentioned in the message. The results - doodlers on average recalled 7.5, while the non-d... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2232536 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:22:07 +0100 2232536 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=520600&cid=t_109865_122_f&fid=35065&url=http%3A%2F%2Feideneurolearningblog.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F04%2Fletting-our-minds-wander.html This recent study from Vancouver provide insights into what our minds do when the wander. Wandering minds are not just a sign of inattentiveness, as these researchers show. When our minds are supposed to be working on a task, they often drift - whether we are aware of it or not. If our minds have wandered and we aren't fully aware of it, it's likely to be that dreamy right temporal lobe, repository for autobiographical memory, and emotionally significant music.Some people who depend on regular problem solving for their employment may want to access this "below-awareness pathway" so that they can generate new ideas and solutions from the extensive library of their personal experience. Activities that require a resting wakefulness - liking listening to familiar music or driving, jogging or p... Eide Neurolearning Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=520600 Wed, 04 Apr 2007 07:02:00 +0100 520600