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 'gratification'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:11:56 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4522144&cid=t_154136_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F02%2F25%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-february-25-2011%2F This article looks at different types of narcissism (even healthy ones) and provides information that may make you rethink the way you perceive narcissists. (Source: World of Psychology) World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4522144 Sat, 26 Feb 2011 02:18:48 +0100 4522144 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4197141&cid=t_154136_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F11%2F23%2Fintroducing-the-dish-and-the-spoon%2F I’m pleased to introduce The Dish and the Spoon: Food and the Family with Dr. Dana Udall-Weiner. Her blog will focus on various topics related to parenting and food. How can parents keep up in the fast-food, instant gratification world? How can we eat a nutritional meal as a family? Dr. Dana Udall-Weiner is a licensed psychologist with a private practice in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She holds a PhD in Counseling Psychology from the University of Southern California. Dana specializes in treating clients with eating disorders and self-esteem issues, particularly adolescents and young adults. Please go over to The Dish and the Spoon: Food and the Family and give Dana a warm Psych Central welcome! (Source: World of Psychology) World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4197141 Tue, 23 Nov 2010 18:40:04 +0100 4197141 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3994011&cid=t_154136_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F09%2F23%2Fwhen-your-husband-isnt-like-a-wall-he-is-a-wall%2F “The Great Wall of China’s attractive, but he’s too thick – my husband is sexier.” – Eija-Riitta Eklöf-Berliner-Mauer, The woman who married the Berlin Wall Do objects have souls? A few weeks ago my laptop’s battery was in trouble and I had to bring it in for a checkup. While the computer was being fixed my Blackberry simply stopped operating. I was frantic. I felt betrayed by the objects I rely on, ‘love’ and care for. “Why is this happening to me?” was my new mantra. One of my friends suggested that Mercury was in retrograde; another asked if I had done something to offend my favorite objects. We laughed, recalling a Woody Allen routine where his appliances are on the fritz and he hits them, and when he goes into the elevator the elevator asks if he... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3994011 Thu, 23 Sep 2010 15:12:48 +0100 3994011 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3808847&cid=t_154136_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecoveryissexy.com%2F12-self-defeating-thoughts-2%2F How to Challenge your Internal Struggle Against Recovery and get off the endless staircase. Most people trying to overcome an addiction, alcoholism, gambling or codependency soon realize that recovery is not spontaneous. It requires discipline and patience, and therein lies the problem with recovery. Addiction’s lure is its promise of immediate gratification, the quick feel-good. Being addicted means relying on immediate gratification and, as the pattern of addiction continues, our ability to delay gratification erodes. Recovery, on the other hand, asks us to forego the quick feel-good and calls upon us to show a patience we have all but lost during our addiction. While recovery requires a physical tenacity, to bear the strain of withdrawal, it also requires a mental tenacity. ... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3808847 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:00:00 +0100 3808847 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3556168&cid=t_154136_109_f&fid=34761&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedblitz.com%2F%7E%2F11091129%2F1dluoh%2Fneuromarketing%7EFight-Impulse-Imagine-the-Future.htm Many of the decisions we make are guided by some kind of reward. Do I go through the McDonalds drive-thru window and get a burger and fries that will light my brain up like a Christmas tree, or do I delay eating until my planned meal-time and consume something healthy? Do I put [...] Commentsgreat point about competition, roger — understanding what ... by denise lee yohnBeing able to vividly imagine the future is one the few things ... by Yuki ChowRoger, As a marketer, this is a great technique used to ... by Fox (Source: Neuromarketing) Neuromarketing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3556168 Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:20:28 +0100 3556168 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3327025&cid=t_154136_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F03%2F03%2Flessons-worth-learning-from-the-2010-winter-olympics%2F I suppose it’s our fault — just because everything generational usually is. Too many of our kids expect life to be easy and give up too easily when it isn’t. Too many of them are quickly discouraged by setbacks and abandon a goal rather than change their approach. Why? I told you. It’s our fault. We wanted them to believe they could do anything. We wanted them to be happy. Our resultant parenting style emphasized that trying hard was as good as achieving, that potential was worthy of praise, that stress was a bad thing, and that experiencing failure would damage self-esteem. I’m not blaming anyone here. I was party to all this too. Those of us who came of age in the 1970s and ’80s breathed the air of the human potential movement whether we were conscious of it or not. S... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3327025 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:45:32 +0100 3327025 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3298611&cid=t_154136_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FRecoveryIsSexycom%2F%7E3%2FZOu16Zj36LE%2F Self-defeating thoughts are like sharks waiting for a feed Most people trying to overcome an addiction soon realize that recovery is not spontaneous. It requires discipline and patience, and therein lies the problem with recovery. Addiction’s lure is its promise of immediate gratification, the quick feel-good. Being addicted means relying on immediate gratification and, as the pattern of addiction continues, our ability to delay gratification erodes. Recovery, on the other hand, asks us to forego the quick feel-good and calls upon us to show a patience we have all but lost during our addiction. While recovery requires a physical tenacity, to bear the strain of withdrawal, it also requires a mental tenacity. Hopelessness, fear, self-pity, and resentments conspire to wear down our resi... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3298611 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:03:49 +0100 3298611 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3212612&cid=t_154136_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FRecoveryIsSexycom%2F%7E3%2FDMZhcodCMuU%2F Self-defeating thoughts How to Challenge your Internal Struggle Against Recovery and get off the endless staircase. Most people trying to overcome an addiction, alcoholism, gambling or co-dependency soon realize that recovery is not spontaneous. It requires discipline and patience, and therein lies the problem with recovery. Addiction’s lure is its promise of immediate gratification, the quick feel-good. Being addicted means relying on immediate gratification and, as the pattern of addiction continues, our ability to delay gratification erodes. Recovery, on the other hand, asks us to forego the quick feel-good and calls upon us to show a patience we have all but lost during our addiction. While recovery requires a physical tenacity, to bear the strain of withdrawal, it also requires ... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3212612 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:00:37 +0100 3212612 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3030102&cid=t_154136_151_f&fid=35822&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.whatwinnersdo.com%2Finstant-gratification-is-a-huge-part-of-addiction%2F Our world today is based upon instant gratification. Taking into consideration all of the technology that allows us to get what we want right when we want it, it's really no wonder that we are trying to apply that standard to our emotional state. Think of all the ways that people use drugs or alcohol pertaining to instant gratification. If you are having a stressful day...pop a pill and feel de-stressed. If you are feeling a little social anxiety or lack of confidence in a situation...have a few drinks and get some liquid courage. By feeding these types of emotional needs with drugs or alcohol we are in a way giving ourselves a quick fix - instant gratification. We are not working on the actual problems but finding an easy way out of them. But since instant gratification in all other area... What Winners Do blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3030102 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:40:05 +0100 3030102 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2561306&cid=t_154136_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F07%2F01%2F7257%2F Most of our readers are familiar with Walter Mischel’s landmark experiment on marshmallows, delayed gratification, and success. For the rest of you, here are a couple of videos, including one by Situationist Contributor Philip Zimbardo, summarizing the study. * * * (Source: The Situationist) The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2561306 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:01:18 +0100 2561306 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2458077&cid=t_154136_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F06%2Fcondom-catastrophe.html Oh! God, who thought up this one?BOYS as young as 12 are to be issued with condom “credit cards” allowing them to pick up free contraception at football grounds, barber’s shops and scout huts.Don’t get me wrong. I am strongly in favour of providing any young person of any age with free contraception. But why do we not just give them the condoms? Why must they first have a “condom credit card”? Probably because, in the finest New Labour tradition, the card will have a magnetic strip on the back so that details of who each condom was issued to, and when, and where, can to be sent Andy Burnham.It gets worseThey will be able to collect the condoms by showing a plastic card issued to them after they have attended a safe-sex lesson, according to new government guidance.So any young t... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2458077 Sun, 07 Jun 2009 12:11:00 +0100 2458077 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1335406&cid=t_154136_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecoveryissexy.com%2F12-self-defeating-thoughts%2F How to Challenge your Internal Struggle Against Recovery and get off the endless staircase. Most people trying to overcome an addiction, alcoholism, gambling or codependency soon realize that recovery is not spontaneous. It requires discipline and patience, and therein lies the problem with recovery. Addiction’s lure is its promise of immediate gratification, the quick feel-good. Being addicted means relying on immediate gratification and, as the pattern of addiction continues, our ability to delay gratification erodes. Recovery, on the other hand, asks us to forego the quick feel-good and calls upon us to show a patience we have all but lost during our addiction. While recovery requires a physical tenacity, to bear the strain of withdrawal, it also requires a mental tenacity. H... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1335406 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 13:34:12 +0100 1335406 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1131127&cid=t_154136_151_f&fid=35822&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FWhatWinnersDo%2F%7E3%2F211175720%2F Our world today is based upon instant gratification. Taking into consideration all of the technology that allows us to get what we want right when we want it, it’s really no wonder that we are trying to apply that standard to our emotional state. Think of all the ways that people use drugs or alcohol pertaining to instant gratification. If you are having a stressful day…pop a pill and feel de-stressed. If you are feeling a little social anxiety or lack of confidence in a situation…have a few drinks and get some liquid courage. By feeding these types of emotional needs with drugs or alcohol we are in a way giving ourselves a quick fix - instant gratification. We are not working on the actual problems but finding an easy way out of them. But since instant gratification in ... What Winners Do blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1131127 Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:16:25 +0100 1131127 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1007222&cid=t_154136_117_f&fid=34612&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedoctorweighsin.com%2Fjournal%2F2007%2F11%2F6%2Fare-we-as-patient-and-smart-as-we-think-we-are.html By Dov Michaeli MD, Ph.DOh Lord, deliver me from temptation…but not quite yet.Confessions, St. Augustine, 4th century (free translation from the Latin). When we asked ourselves what characterizes us as human we used to answer with self-assurance,” it’s the language, stupid”. But now we know that language was not an abrupt development that happened after we diverged from the chimpanzees 4 million years ago. The chimps have the capacity to communicate with symbols such as pictures, colors and letters. But they can’t vocalize. For this they would need to undergo the anatomical descent of the voice box, or vocal cords, which we humans were lucky enough to have. Well chimps, maybe in a few millions years you may get lucky…What about patience?I am using &ldq... The Doctor Weighs In blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1007222 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 05:47:17 +0100 1007222 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=985995&cid=t_154136_134_f&fid=36049&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FDiabetesNotes%2F%7E3%2F176406187%2F Okay ya’all, we have a somewhat liberal post today. This is not for the overly conservative or closed minded. Now you really want to keep reading, don’t you? Haha. Alicia over at Mental Health Notes sent me a very interesting little article. It has to do with toys, batteries and some low lighting… yes, it is indeed about vibrators. But wait. It is about vibrators and diabetes. Who knew that the two could be linked? It seems that in the southern US state of Alabama there is a ban on the sale of sex toys. That would include any device designed or marketed as used primarily for the stimulation of human genital organs for anything of pleasuring of such. Oh, rules are so horrid sometimes! But… it also seems that diabetes is one of the ways to get around this little ol&#8... Diabetes Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=985995 Sun, 28 Oct 2007 23:46:02 +0100 985995 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=980578&cid=t_154136_133_f&fid=35129&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwhitterer-autism.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F10%2Fspoil-child.html A long time ago I was young mother and divorced. I worked full time and farmed my daughter out to the only, and most expensive child care centre in the city. Whilst she slept at night, I burned the midnight oil to gain further qualifications, to brighten our future prospects. With hindsight I should have burned the paper qualifications on the flame, but the young are fortunately short sighted. We would run through a check list in the morning of all the many things that we had to remember. Sometimes an important item failed to achieve ‘list status’ and was over looked. Later in the day when I received a phone call from the school or a note home, I would have to admit my error. It was a harsh lesson for both of us. If my employer had been more understanding, if public transport had been ... Whitterer on Autism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=980578 Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:56:00 +0100 980578 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=719546&cid=t_154136_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F131443945%2Fwant_100_now_or_150_in_one_yea.html If I offered you $100 US  today or $150 Us dollars in 12 months, which would you take? Believe it or not – your  answer to that question may separate you into the truly intelligent, or land you into the not-so-smart-set among us. How so? Check out researchers Dohmen, Falk, Huffman, and Sunde’s findings from the University of Bonn and the Institute for the Study of Labour (Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit, IZA) asked 1000 German adults to make the choice between 100 euros today or 150 euros in one year.Simultaneously,  scientists measured mental abilities of each participant, using two different tests to show cognitive ability. The result?They discovered that more intelligent people selected to wait for a higher return in one year, while less intelligent people req... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=719546 Sat, 07 Jul 2007 17:56:12 +0100 719546