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 'emotionally'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:48:27 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4841478&cid=t_101543_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Ffrom-spain-drug-prescription-habits-are-often-emotionally-driven%2F2011.05.19 I recently stumbled upon a very interesting editorial opinion in the ‘European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology’: ‘The use of drugs is not as rational as we believe…but it can’t be! The emotional roots of prescribing’, authored by Albert Figueras, from Fundació Institut Català de Farmacologia (Catalonia Institute of Pharmacology Foundation at Vall d’Hebron Hospital, in Barcelona). Since more than 40 years ago when Archie Cochrane said that “there must be solid scientific evidence behind any statement, decision and prescription made by medical staff”, and all the way until today’s WHO promotion of rational medicine utilization, both developing and industrialised countries have been striving to increase sound knowledge about prescription and thus spread the kind of rati... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4841478 Thu, 19 May 2011 13:00:18 +0100 4841478 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4134272&cid=t_101543_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FRecoveryIsSexycom%2F%7E3%2FAiEX7B1HzKY%2F Image via Wikipedia Adolescence is synonymous with change. It is the period of one’s life when an individual changes physiologically, emotionally, socially, and academically from a child in a protected environment to an independently functioning adult. It is a time to learn how to deal with success and failure, praise and rejection, happiness and disappointment, frustration and confrontation. It is a time to make choices and deal with the consequences of those choices while still in a semi-controlled and semi-protected environment. Traditionally, this time frame was believed to start at approximately 12 years of age and to be completed by 18 years of age. In the past several years, there has been considerable discussion that this time frame has broadened, with the onset beginning... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4134272 Mon, 01 Nov 2010 15:44:27 +0100 4134272 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3519716&cid=t_101543_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FRecoveryIsSexycom%2F%7E3%2F0IjhNB2yMoM%2F Often those of us who live or have lived with someone else’s problem drinking either blame ourselves or the drinker. “If I were a better spouse, he wouldn’t be drinking.” “If she really loved me, she would have kept her promise and given up the alcohol.” When we understand that alcoholism is a progressive disease that affects the drinker as well as those close to the drinker, we realize that blame is as relevant with this disease as it is with diabetes or Alzheimer’s. The more we know about the disease we are dealing with, the better we are able to make healthy choices as to how we react. “Many of the symptoms of alcoholism are in the behavior of the alcoholic. The people who are involved with the alcoholic react to his behavior. They try to control it, make up for it, or h... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3519716 Fri, 30 Apr 2010 03:33:52 +0100 3519716 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3454206&cid=t_101543_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecoveryissexy.com%2F12-stupid-things-that-mess-up-recovery%2F An excellent recovery book to avoid diversions in recovery. Are you sabotaging your own recovery? To grow in recovery, we must grow up emotionally. This means getting honest with ourselves and facing up to the self-defeating thoughts and actions that put our sobriety at risk. Although there are as many ways to mess up recovery as there are alcoholics and addicts, some general themes exist, which include: • confusing self-concern with selfishness • not making amends • using the program to try to become perfect • not getting help for relationship troubles • believing that life should be easy In simple, down-to-earth language, Allen Berger explores the twelve most commonly confronted beliefs and attitudes that can sabotage recovery. He then provides tools for working through these ... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3454206 Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:14:00 +0100 3454206 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3271198&cid=t_101543_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FRecoveryIsSexycom%2F%7E3%2FlpeOeqDHxoY%2F Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.” -Helen Keller Human beings have an enormous capacity to endure hardships and heartbreak. If their spirits are not broken, people can emerge from what seem like impossible circumstances to not only overcome the difficulties, but be enriched by them. It is when our spirits are broken that we are defeated and embittered by misfortune. Co-Dependent adult children of alcoholics emerge from the chaos of childhood with different degrees of brokenness. Some do not make it. Many remain emotionally numb, but others plant their feet in the ground of recovery and grow. I have the courage within me to go through the process of recovery. From the book, “Gentle Reminders – Daily Affirmations for Codepende... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3271198 Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:17:00 +0100 3271198 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3251404&cid=t_101543_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecoveryissexy.com%2F6-signs-of-co-dependency%2F Co-dependent emotional chaos What is co-dependency? The term “co-dependency” was coined more than 20 years ago by authors who studied the negative impact of drug and alcohol use on families. Since then, use of the term has been expanded to include a pattern of psychologically unhealthy behaviors that are learned by individuals as a way of coping with a family environment marked by ignored or denied emotional turmoil. Most people are able to enjoy a sense of healthy, mutual interdependence in their lives. However, people with co-dependency seem to habitually form relationships that are one-sided and emotionally destructive. The central feature of co-dependency is an unhealthy dependence on relationships, usually in an attempt to avoid the feeling of abandonment. Signs and sympt... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3251404 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:16:56 +0100 3251404 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1189991&cid=t_101543_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F01%2F30%2Fburned-out-on-your-marriage-or-relationship%2F Last week, I wrote an article about job burn-out, and some tips to help cope with it. This week I was going to write an article about marriage burn-out, but I didn’t bother because someone else already did in yesterday’s Washington Post! While the Washington Post article by Abigail Trafford focuses mostly on long marriages, I think one can have that “burned out” feeling doing anything for even just 5 or 6 years, much less 20 or 30. I think marriages, unlike jobs, are far more challenging to maintain, and beyond just maintaining it, actually helping to nurture it and watch it grow over the years. It can be done. The article mostly focuses on describing how and why many marriages burn out after decades of togetherness, often due to two people growing apart over th... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1189991 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:11:31 +0100 1189991 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=560283&cid=t_101543_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F04%2F22%2Fcancer-returns-home%2F Filed under: Leukemia, Celebrity cancer diagnosis, All Cancers, Daily news, Cancer SurvivorsAfter several weeks of hiding and down time, a few weeks ago I made an official announcement to the non profit organization that I founded Indie Music For Life and its two entities Laughs For Life and Indiegrrl. I dropped off of this blog page for a month and am ready to write again. I needed a break. A break to sort through things. To sort through life.When you or a loved one are diagnosed with cancer it changes your life. Finding out you have cancer takes your breath away and from that point your breath is the most valuable thing to you in your life. Breath and time. Nothing is normal any more. Not your dreams, your nightmares, and not your waking moments. A personal diagnosis of chronic myloid le... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=560283 Sun, 22 Apr 2007 04:00:00 +0100 560283 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=478718&cid=t_101543_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F03%2F17%2Fbreast-cancer-weighs-heavily-on-young-emotions%2F Filed under: Breast Cancer, Research, Daily news, Cancer SurvivorsResearch indicates that young breast cancer survivors have a harder time recovering emotionally from cancer than women who develop the disease later in life.In Australia, a quality of life survey including 300 women found most survivors adjusted normally within 18 months after diagnosis. But women under the age of 50 reported more of a struggle with their emotional health.Perhaps it's the direct threat to her life, or her fertility, or her sexuality, or her body image that brings on the added challenge for a young woman. Regardless, there are no easy solutions or quick remedies for lightening the load that weighs heavily on young minds.Breast cancer changes everything, and bouncing back from the disease takes time. And this ... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=478718 Sat, 17 Mar 2007 04:00:00 +0100 478718