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 'introspection'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:49:45 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4676870&cid=t_123906_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F04%2F04%2Ftips-to-start-journaling%2F Journaling — the act of writing things down somewhere (where doesn’t really matter) — has many benefits. Here’s an important one: “It’s not in the rereading that one finds solace but in the writing itself. It’s like crying—you don’t know why, but you feel so much better afterward. Everything pours, streams, flows, out of you aimlessly,” writes Samara O’Shea in her beautifully written book Note to Self: On Keeping A Journal And Other Dangerous Pursuits. Here’s another: Journaling is a profound — and simple — way to get to know yourself better. To figure out what makes you tick. What makes you happy. What makes you defensive. What makes you giggle or grateful or grieve. What makes you who you are. Quite simply, it’s a grea... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4676870 Mon, 04 Apr 2011 16:39:01 +0100 4676870 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3915328&cid=t_123906_180_f&fid=38609&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidSeah-BetterLivingThroughNewMedia%2F%7E3%2FmV2Wwbli2E8%2F SUMMARY: Convincing myself to work on long-term projects with no immediate gain is difficult, and I write out some thoughts on why this is. Partly it’s due to the lack of definition, a lack of desire to redefine for the umpteenth time, and the lizard-like part of my brain that is concerned with conserving effort. But perhaps by maintaining focus on the the act of blogging itself, I can resolve all these issues at once. Lately I’ve had the itch to revamp my productivity tracking systems, because my focus has changed. I’ve been trying to figure out, though, what exactly HAS changed. So I thought I would write out the problem as I thought about it. I’m at Starbucks right now, around 830PM with the sun still casting a few last rays into a cloud-specked sky. I have my... David Seah - Design, Development, Inspiration, Empowerment blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3915328 Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:37:08 +0100 3915328 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3533906&cid=t_123906_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F05%2F04%2Fstriving-for-authenticity-and-meaning-the-search-for-self%2F I remember starting my career as an aspiring psychologist some years ago, beginning the first semester of college with intense excitement and unwavering dedication. I studied five to six hours a day, avoided weekend getaways and gatherings, took seven or eight classes a semester, worked nonstop 24 hours a day, and avoided various other things I deemed distractions. I became increasingly weak and tired of the perpetual striving for achievement in a very competitive field. I also became so weary that each waking moment was like pulling an elephant with a thin rope. My days were not filled with excitement anymore, but rather a sense of trepidation. I began to ask myself: Who am I? Who am I becoming? What is my ultimate purpose in life, in my profession, in my world? When will I ever have time... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3533906 Tue, 04 May 2010 17:04:04 +0100 3533906 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3475872&cid=t_123906_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F04%2F16%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-april-16th-2010%2F As of yesterday, I’m sure you’re singing, “TGIF” or Thank God Its Finished, taxes that is. And if so, congratulations! You deserve a little rest and relaxation. I hope these posts will do it for you. Speaking of which, my regular reading of Psych Central posts have started to get to me. Have you noticed any changes in you? I think it may be all that introspection and insightful thinking that made me rethink my initial judgement of a stranger I met on the plane recently. When I first saw him, he was yelling at people rushing to get off the plane, telling them to “Slow down or else someone would get hurt” and “Why are you so rude? What’s the rush anyway?” I was quick to cast him off as an pushy, negative guy who I wanted nothing to do wit... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3475872 Fri, 16 Apr 2010 10:45:49 +0100 3475872 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2865731&cid=t_123906_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F10%2F06%2Fone-thing-i-still-dont-understand%2F The British Psychological Society has been publishing the Research Digest blog since 2003, bringing you short summaries of psychological research for 6 years. To mark the occasion of its 150th email edition, the editors have invited some of the “world’s leading psychologists to look inwards and share, in 150 words, one nagging thing they still don’t understand about themselves. Their responses are by turns candid, witty and thought-provoking.” You can check out Marty Seligman’s battle with self-control and weight loss, Paul Ekman’s disagreements with the Dalai Lama and Sue Gardner’s note about being aware of excessive introspection without a guide. These are interesting snippets from some interesting psychologists. My only wish was that they were ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2865731 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:32:46 +0100 2865731 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2851836&cid=t_123906_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F10%2F01%2Fcookies-or-empathy%2F I recently came across a short “introspection” published in The American Journal of Psychiatry by Dr. Jonathan Benjamin describing the case of Mr. A, an unemployed alcoholic, during the time Dr. Benjamin was working as a consultation-liaison psychiatrist in a primary care setting. Mr. A. wanted to show his primary care physician that he was no longer drinking (a routine the physician and patient had been through many times in the past) by suggesting he could come into the clinic every other day so the doctor could smell his breath. But Dr. Benjamin had another idea: “Mr. A, I like the idea of your coming to the clinic every other day, but I do not like the idea of your reporting in disgrace. How about if you learned to bake a little? On every visit you could bring the t... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2851836 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:03:41 +0100 2851836 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2778741&cid=t_123906_180_f&fid=38609&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidSeah-BetterLivingThroughNewMedia%2F%7E3%2FD6h1HqhYNuc%2F SUMMARY: In the 8th “personal goals” review of 2009, I reiterate three guidelines and two mental stances that together, I believe, will be at the core of my ongoing pursuit of personal fulfillment. And, I am finally able to “productize” what I like do in terms that I think the general public will understand. It's time for another Groundhog Day Resolutions review! If this is the first time you've heard about Groundhog Day Resolutions (GHDs), the basic idea is that you make your "new year resolutions" on Groundhog Day February 2nd instead of rushing things on January 1st. It takes about a month to settle into the year and recover from the holidays. After making your initial resolutions, you review progress on 3/3, 4/4, 5/5, and so forth. It goes all the way to 12/12,... David Seah - Design, Development, Inspiration, Empowerment blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2778741 Wed, 09 Sep 2009 03:42:40 +0100 2778741 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2730437&cid=t_123906_180_f&fid=38609&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidSeah-BetterLivingThroughNewMedia%2F%7E3%2FCRc0SJnPkIs%2F SUMMARY: Last week’s journaling of my day culminates in a color-coded graph that might help me see certain patterns in my day which either contribute to productivity or sap it away. where we last left off... Friday started with another late morning. I made it out to Starbucks past noon, after spending the late morning looking up random things on the Internet. I was able to spend a couple hours working on my website design. The typical design startup jitters presented themselves: first, I started in Photoshop but switched out into Illustrator because I realized my design head was dealing with an information hierarchy based on text, not images. Photoshop's text handling, while much improved over the years, still is not as fast or convenient as Illustrator. If it was a VERY text-heavy ... David Seah - Design, Development, Inspiration, Empowerment blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2730437 Sat, 22 Aug 2009 19:48:02 +0100 2730437 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2725327&cid=t_123906_180_f&fid=38609&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidSeah-BetterLivingThroughNewMedia%2F%7E3%2F05f8p4cZ9tY%2F SUMMARY: Another introspective journey into the details of Thursday, which was a very social day, and how I seemed to prioritize people over my own projects. Maybe this isn’t a bad thing. I’m starting to recognize what focus feels like, and think I’m finding a pathway to get to that state through some mental conditioning. We shall see on Friday. Thursday. This is a day that I knew would be difficult to get anything done, because I would be spending most of it away from home on the North Shore of Massachusetts. waking routine is routine I woke up at 9:15AM, went through morning routine, then took the laptop and my planning notebook to Starbucks on the scooter. Planned out my day. I had to be on the road to the North Shore by 11:30AM to make a 12:30PM appointment at my f... David Seah - Design, Development, Inspiration, Empowerment blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2725327 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:28:54 +0100 2725327 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2685392&cid=t_123906_180_f&fid=38609&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidSeah-BetterLivingThroughNewMedia%2F%7E3%2F5XrIsPW4qDo%2F SUMMARY: It’s the 7th review day for my New Year’s Resolution system, which starts on Groundhog Day instead of January 1st. The salient observation this month is that there’s a difference between “just doing” and “just being”. By just being, I’ve attained a level of self-comfort that is helping me find my groove.  While reviewing last month's rather scattered review, it's pretty clear to me that I was just going through the motions to maintain some semblance of purpose. However, the common themes that have been developing over the past couple of years remain fundamentally the same: Communicating with a variety of people one-on-one, local and long distance, in person and over the internet, familiar and unknown, for the purpose of mutua... David Seah - Design, Development, Inspiration, Empowerment blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2685392 Sun, 09 Aug 2009 00:35:31 +0100 2685392 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2463477&cid=t_123906_180_f&fid=38609&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDavidSeah-BetterLivingThroughNewMedia%2F%7E3%2F0fQzP8pnbaY%2F I didn't always like people. When I was a kid, I thought people were mostly sources of confusing advice and judgmental scowling, sowing confusion and guilt upon my understanding of the Universe. It's not so surprising that I went into computers; I found computers were a source of needed predictability (so long as you understood a few simple rules), and mastery of computational machinery offered that locus of control I wanted to have over the world of causal relationships. Eventually this mental discipline helped me to understand people. Most people, I came to see, were just as confused as I, though perhaps they were better at managing it. Assured that I wasn't alone in my cluelessness, I came to enjoy the company of people---tentatively at first, but now with a growing sense of wonder. The... David Seah - Design, Development, Inspiration, Empowerment blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2463477 Wed, 13 May 2009 21:38:48 +0100 2463477 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1388973&cid=t_123906_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F04%2F21%2Fdepression-introspection-returns-and-why-blogs-fail%2F One of our favorite blogs (in fact, one of the ones we named “Best of the Web” in the Depression category) is back — depression introspection. I very much like her response, Response to “Mental Health Blogs Going Bye-Bye?”, to Philip’s Furious Seasons’ entry about where do mental health blogs go to, since it seems like they come and go with a fair amount of regularity (even amongst the professionals). Here are a few of my own observations, which echo some of Marissa’s thoughts… 1. Blogging well is hard. Blogging poorly is easy. Having a blog that is nothing but links to news stories (as some medical blogs I follow do) is easy. Commenting on those links with some intelligence and insight and more than 10 words is hard. Blogging intell... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1388973 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:07:15 +0100 1388973 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=660439&cid=t_123906_111_f&fid=34725&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnursesean.com%2F%3Fp%3D534 My first thought was, “I have been incredibly jinxed with urine output lately!” It was getting to the point where I was more surprised if my patients actually peed an appropriate amount. The doctors were getting used to my frequent pages begging for boluses for my dry patients. Yes, my patient’s urine output was only 200cc for the entire shift. I resigned myself to this fact after about ten minutes of manipulating and milking the tube, and falling short only of pushing on my patient’s bladder and begging. I had no choice, it was time to call the doctor for another bolus. What luck! The doctor was standing by the nursing station flirting with the young nurses. Granted, he his young and devastatingly handsome, but do the girls really need to giggle like that? I hesitantly walked ov... Nurse Sean blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=660439 Wed, 06 Jun 2007 09:48:05 +0100 660439