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The High of Dying
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On my way back from North Carolina yesterday afternoon, I read several articles on the central role of mortality concerns in human social behavior.
What did I learn?
Thinking about death and personal vulnerability is a stupid thing to do on a turbulent flight right before the 10th anniversary of 9/11.
Luckily, this morning, Jaime Napier (via Facebook) provided the perfect tonic to my existential malaise:
A new article by Alexander Wutzler, Paraskevi Mavrogiorgou, Christine Winter, and Georg Juckel entitled, quite promisingly, Elevation of Brain Serotonin During Dying.
As the abstract of the article explains,
Death and dyin...
Source: The Situationist - September 10, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Adam Benforado Tags: emotions Source Type: blogs
Dan Gilbert on the Situation of HappyEmail this article to a colleague.
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From TEDTalks:
Dan Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness, challenges the idea that well be miserable if we dont get what we want. Our “psychological immune system” lets us feel truly happy even when things dont go as planned.
Related Situationist posts:
The Psychological Situation of Climate Change
Dan Gilbert on Why the Brain Scares Itself
“Dan Gilbert To Speak at Harvard Law School,”
“Dan Gilbert on the Situation of Our Decisions,”
“Dan Gilbert on the Situation of Psychology,”
“The Situation of Climate Change,”
“The Heat is On,”
“The Situation of Happiness,” and
“C...
Source: The Situationist - September 7, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: The Situationist Staff Tags: emotions Illusions Life Positive Psychology Social Psychology Uncategorized Video Affective Forecasting Dan Gilbert Happiness impact bias synthetic happiness Source Type: blogs
Christakis Speaks to Harvard Freshmen about Social NetworksEmail this article to a colleague.
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From the Harvard Gazette:
Harvard College freshmen got their first taste Aug. 26 of the world of ideas awaiting them over the next four years in a talk by Professor Nicholas Christakis, who argued that human social networks have the power to spread obesity — or happiness — like contagion.
Christakis, who teaches at Harvard Medical School as well as the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, delivered the 2011 Opening Days Lecture, “Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives.” He told students at the outset that his work is not primarily concerned with online social networks, but inst...
Source: The Situationist - September 3, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: The Situationist Staff Tags: emotions Facebook Nicholas Christakis Social Networks Source Type: blogs
Suffering and RecoveringEmail this article to a colleague.
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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...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - September 2, 2011 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Adult Children of Alcoholics Codependency emotions Recovery Relationships emotionally numb Helen Keller process of recovery suffering and recovering Source Type: blogs
Connect Emotionally to Boost SalesEmail this article to a colleague.
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Does your brand or business have an emotional connection with at least some of its customers? If so, that’s a very good thing. A new study of retail chains showed that while just one in five consumers felt they had an emotional connection to a retailer, those that did were far more valuable as customers [...]
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Source: Neuromarketing - September 1, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Roger Dooley Tags: Neuromarketing brand evangelism emotional engagement emotions retail Social Media Source Type: blogs
Serenity and the Serenity PrayerEmail this article to a colleague.
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Alcoholics Anonymous members have made the Serenity prayer part of recovery.
It asserts five basic elements of the recovery program.
A belief in something other than ego-self
Serenity – one of the goals of recovery
Acceptance of …, e.g., loss of control
Courage to make changes
Wisdom of recovery that is gained from other members, Spirituality, meditation and literature
God grant me the Serenity
to Accept the things I cannot change,
Courage to change the things I can, and
Wisdom to know the difference.
Whether we belong to this church or that, whether we are humanists, agnostics, or atheists,...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - September 1, 2011 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Alcoholics Anonymous emotions Higher Power Recovery Spirituality Wisdom courage serenity prayer Wisdom of recovery Source Type: blogs
Do Doctors Lack Empathy?Email this article to a colleague.
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Shortly after I finished Simon Baron-Cohen’s new book, The Science of Evil: On Empathy and the Origins of Cruelty, I spoke to one of my friends who had just had an extremely bad interaction with a doctor. The friend had just received a frightening diagnosis and when she went to ask more questions, the doctor was blunt and emotionally-disengaged. As I spoke to the friend, it occurred to me that, while there were some very important exceptions, I’d actually had a lot of similar experiences with doctors. Might it be true that doctors have less empathy than other people?
Coincidentally, with the help of the gnome...
Source: The Situationist - August 29, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Adam Benforado Tags: Abstracts Altruism Book emotions empathy physicians Source Type: blogs
Best of Our Blogs: August 26, 2011Email this article to a colleague.
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I sometimes wonder if our focus on “doing things right” is what causes us more pain, anguish and difficulty than anything else in life. It’s almost as if those red marks on our graded assignments as kids stay with us when we become adults.
In fact, our fear of impending negative feedback often grows as we grow older. We hold our vulnerabilities even closer, wrapping them up carefully like we would a glass vase or a precious piece of china. We’re fearful of sharing our feelings. We hold back our laughter, forgetting that as kids we let it all out from our bellies to our mouths. And to shield our pain...
Source: World of Psychology - August 26, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Brandi-Ann Uyemura Tags: Best of Our Blogs Adults Amp Anguish Author Mark Bellies bloggers Breaking Ground Change Your Brain China Eating Disorder emotions Express Feelings Flower Flowers Focus Glass Vase Homework Laugh Laughter Law Of At Source Type: blogs
Was Seth Godin Right To Suggest Anger Will Kill Your Art?Email this article to a colleague.
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As far as I’m aware Seth Godin is not a certified Life Coach, nor does he write about Life Coaching or even self development per se. He does however, own what in my opinion is probably the best blog on the planet and has written some amazing books . Even though he’s first and foremost a marketeer, Seth dispenses the kind of common sense wisdom that is in reality, very uncommon and that’s why Continue reading...
Source: Life Coach Blog: The Discomfort Zone : - August 24, 2011 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Tim Brownson Tags: Life Coaching amygdala anger emotions limbic system seth godin Source Type: blogs
The Public You Versus the Private You in a Life of Chronic PainEmail this article to a colleague.
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Early on in a life of chronic pain we learn to guard ourselves against being hurt by callous comments from others. We say, “I’m fine, thanks.” What we’re really thinking is, “If only you knew, even as I stand here my knees are buckling, my rear is throbbing and I’m trying to concentrate on what you’re saying. I don’t think you could handle the truth and I don’t want to see that cold dead look come into your eyes if I dump the truth on you.”
We ask the checker at the supermarket to keep our cloth bags light; which we bring with us because we’re “green” citizens and because the plastic bags will lea...
Source: Life with Chronic Pain - August 18, 2011 Category: Other Conditions Authors: admin Tags: Chronic pain Chronic pain lifestyle Emotional Health happiness chronic pain management daily chores daily tasks emotions God groceries living with chronic pain spirituality Source Type: blogs
Life After the Battle With Breast CancerEmail this article to a colleague.
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I am in North Carolina on vacation this week. My husband and I have been enjoying leisure time fishing, exploring, and watching the sun set over the mountains. Vacation time is important to me, and even though I am a full-time student and our income is drastically reduced, I would not go without it.
I can’t tell you if this is because of having been threatened by breast cancer, or because of the change in attitude towards life I experienced when my dad died. It was after his death that I realized that life was for the living, that when it was over it was over, and all the things you wanted to do wouldn’t get done.
My...
Source: Life with Breast Cancer - August 17, 2011 Category: Cancer Authors: admin Tags: Breast cancer diagnosis Breast cancer survivor Cancer support Fear of cancer family breast cancer and family emotions friends and family vacation Source Type: blogs
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From The Atlantic (by David Eagleman):
On the steamy first day of August 1966, Charles Whitman took an elevator to the top floor of the University of Texas Tower in Austin. The 25-year-old climbed the stairs to the observation deck, lugging with him a footlocker full of guns and ammunition. At the top, he killed a receptionist with the butt of his rifle. Two families of tourists came up the stairwell; he shot at them at point-blank range. Then he began to fire indiscriminately from the deck at people below. The first woman he shot was pregnant. As her boyfriend knelt to help her, Whitman shot him as well. He shot pedestria...
Source: The Situationist - August 11, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: The Situationist Staff Tags: emotions Law Morality Neuroscience brain injury crime Criminal Law David Eagleman Source Type: blogs
8 AdmissionsEmail this article to a colleague.
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The wisdom of these timeless spiritual paradoxes are encompassed in all 12 Step Fellowship recovery processes.
Admit your fear, and your courage will grow.
Admit to not knowing, and you will learn.
Admit your weaknesses, and you’ll become stronger.
Admit your mistakes, and you’ll begin to move past them.
Admit you don’t know what to say, and you’ll have said just the right thing.
Admit that you’re confused, and you’ll begin to understand.
Admit that you’re hurting, and you’ll begin to heal.
Admit that you care, and the things that truly matter will grow stronger.
Being hone...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - August 10, 2011 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: 12 Step Fellowships emotions Faith Healthy Recovery Spirituality Wisdom admission Admit your fear Admit your mistakes Admit your weaknesses Being honest Source Type: blogs
The Perils of Sober DatingEmail this article to a colleague.
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When I said goodbye to alcohol and all its attendant drama, I never intended to bid farewell to dating, period. I saw my romantic future shimmering atop a cotton-candy cloud of contentment and stability. Without the crutch of alcohol, I was convinced that my once-jumbled love life would fall easily into place. Now that I was sober and ready, Mr. Right would surely be waiting for me (albeit at the local coffee shop instead of the next bar stool.)
It sucked to discover that alcohol-free dating was still, well, dating: an ever-awkward dance of anticipation, expectations and artifice. And for those of us who don’t drink, dat...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - August 8, 2011 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Addictions Alcohol Alcoholism emotions Men Recovery Relationships Sexuality Women drinking drunk insanity Source Type: blogs
Art Therapy Exercises To Try at HomeEmail this article to a colleague.
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I’ve always loved art. Looking at interesting, unique, beautiful-in-their-own-way images and objects always has made me feel alive and happy. As a child and teen, I also loved drawing, painting and creating everything from collages to greeting cards. And I loved losing myself in the work.
So I was excited to learn more about art therapy, where clients create their own art to help them express emotions, better understand themselves and grow in general.
In her book, The Art Therapy Sourcebook, art therapist Cathy A. Malchiodi describes various exercises that readers can try at home. Below are three that I found espec...
Source: World of Psychology - August 6, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: Creativity General Mental Health and Wellness Psychology Self-Help Treatment Adults Art Express Art Therapist Art Therapy Artistic Ability Beautiful Cards Cathy A Malchiodi Chalk Pastels Collages Creative Work emotions Source Type: blogs
Sex for Recovery after 40Email this article to a colleague.
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Variety can be the spice of intercourse
Recovery from alcoholism, addiction, gambling or co-dependency is common for people in their forth decade. Often sexuality in relationships has been absent or troubled. This may be true for straight, gays or lesbians.
Too many men and women in long-term relationships lament that “the thrill is gone” but often don’t understand why. Some blame themselves or their partners or tell themselves that sexual boredom is as inevitable a part of growing older as wrinkles and reading glasses. It doesn’t have to be that way. And here’s why: To coin a cliché, variety can be the spice of...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - August 6, 2011 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Addictions Alcoholism Codependency emotions Fun Gambling Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Men Recovery Relationships Sex Addictions Sexuality Women growing older sexual boredom sexual intercourse thrill is gone Source Type: blogs
The 1 Rule You Need To Find HappinessEmail this article to a colleague.
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I was flipping through the latest issue of Yoga Journal last night, and I came across an article about how to “uncover your personal blueprint for happiness.” Excited to see what they had to say, I dove in:
Happiness. We all seek it. There is no more basic or universal drive than the desire to be happy.
Agreed. So far so good…
Everything that human beings have accomplished or aspired to, our every endeavor, has been and always will be rooted to the impulse to satisfy our longing for happiness.
Got it.
Then, it goes on to describe how yoga provides one of the most effective systems for achieving happiness,...
Source: Healthbolt - August 2, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Deborah Dunham Tags: FEEL happiness emotions inspiration mental health mood motivational quotes Source Type: blogs
Paul Bloom on the Situation of PleasureEmail this article to a colleague.
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From TedTalks:
Why do we like an original painting better than a forgery? Psychologist Paul Bloom argues that human beings are essentialists — that our beliefs about the history of an object change how we experience it, not simply as an illusion, but as a deep feature of what pleasure (and pain) is.
Related Situationist posts:
Susan Boyle and the Situation of Sound,
“Busker or Virtuoso? Depends on the Situation,”
The Painful Situation of Guilt
The Science of Songs Stuck in Your Head
“The Situation of Music,”
“Hillary Clinton, the Halo Effect, and Women’s Catch-22,”
“The Situation of Pain,...
Source: The Situationist - August 2, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: The Situationist Staff Tags: emotions Illusions Social Psychology Video essentialism Paul Bloom pleasure Source Type: blogs
Heat of the MomentEmail this article to a colleague.
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From Wired Science:
The link between violence and hot weather is so intuitive that it’s embedded in our language: Hotheads lose tempers that flare, anger simmers and comes to a boil, and eventually we cool down.
So what does science have to say? Do tempers truly soar with temperature? The answer, appropriately enough for these triple-digit days, is hazy and hotly contested.
To be sure, extensive literature exists on hot weather and violence, stretching from poorly controlled regional studies in the late 19th and early 20th centuries — oh, those hot-blooded southerners! — to more sophisticated modern analyses. This do...
Source: The Situationist - July 23, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: The Situationist Staff Tags: Conflict emotions Environment aggression heat violence Source Type: blogs
Different Types of Stress in RecoveryEmail this article to a colleague.
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People in 12 Step Fellowships need to be aware of the different types of stress that can affect their recovery.
What are the different types of stress?
Acute stress
Acute stress is the most common and most recognizable form of stress, the kind of sudden jolt in which you know exactly why you’re stressed: you were just in a car accident; the school nurse just called; a bear just ambled onto your campsite. Or it can be something scary but thrilling, such as a parachute jump. Along with obvious dangers and threats, common causes of acute stressors include noise, isolation, crowding, and hunger.
Normally, your body rests ...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - July 21, 2011 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: 12 Step Fellowships Codependency emotions Psychological Illness Recovery Sponsorship Treatment Chronic stress Denial of Stress Traumatic stress types of stress Source Type: blogs
CWD: Parenting With Type 1 Diabetes.Email this article to a colleague.
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Lead by Korey Hood and Stefan Rubin, the Parenting with Type 1 Diabetes session at Friends for Life was aiming to touch upon the different challenges of being a parent with type 1 diabetes, instead of the concentration on parenting a child with type 1 diabetes that Children With Diabetes was once known for. This was my first year attending this session, and I sat between two of my best friends in the diabetes community - Scott and George."So thanks for coming, you guys. We're here to talk about parenting with type 1 diabetes," said Korey.At this point, people started doing introductions. "H...
Source: Six Until Me. - July 19, 2011 Category: Diabetes Tags: Diabetes and emotions Source Type: blogs
Nicholas Christakis on the Situation of EpidemicsEmail this article to a colleague.
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From TED Talks:
After mapping humans’ intricate social networks, Nicholas Christakis and colleague James Fowler began investigating how this information could better our lives. Now, he reveals his hot-off-the-press findings: These networks can be used to detect epidemics earlier than ever, from the spread of innovative ideas to risky behaviors to viruses (like H1N1).
Related Situationist posts:
“The Situation of Social Networks,”
“The Social Situation of Breaking Up,”
“Social Networks,”
“Common Cause: Combating the Epidemics of Obesity and Evil,” and
“Situational Obesity, or, Friends Don...
Source: The Situationist - July 16, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: The Situationist Staff Tags: Distribution emotions Food and Drug Law Life Video James Fowler networks Nicholas Christakis Social Networks viruses Source Type: blogs
Apologies Really DO WorkEmail this article to a colleague.
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Have you ever annoyed a potential customer, or made her angry? Before you decide to ignore the faux pas and press forward with the pitch, or write her off and move on to greener pastures, try this simple technique: say, “I’m sorry.” That’s likely instinctive behavior for many of us, but at times it may [...]
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Source: Neuromarketing - July 14, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Roger Dooley Tags: Neuromarketing Neuroscience Research apologies dan ariely emotions Source Type: blogs
Wishy-Washy? Help in Making Good DecisionsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Anyone who knows me well will tell you that I’m a tad indecisive, not about everything, but most things.
Here’s a typical experience: I’m at a restaurant, perusing (i.e., studying) the menu and pondering. I ask what everyone else is having, and ponder some more. Then I chat with the server. If I’m wavering between two dishes, I ask what’s the better option. If I just have one meal in mind, I focus my questions on that dish. After I get the answer, sometimes, I think some more. Aside from being a super fun dinner date (fortunately, my boyfriend and friends just laugh it off now…most of the time), I c...
Source: World of Psychology - July 13, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: ADHD and ADD Brain and Behavior General Mental Health and Wellness Personality Psychology Self-Help better decisions Choice Of A Lifetime Choices Decision Issues Decision Making Dinner Date Dish Dishes emotions Final Choice Source Type: blogs
Early Clinical Experience for Med StudentsEmail this article to a colleague.
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In The Netherlands most medical schools have voluntary first clinical experiences for first year medical students. Recent Dutch research looked at the learning goals and learning outcome of a 4 week nursing attachment in Year 1 of medical school. The students actively participate in patient care by working as assistant nurse in a hospital or a nursing home. The students take part in reflection meetings after two weeks and at the end of the attachment.
Several learning goals are formulated for these attachments
The main educational goal set by the medical school is learning to empathise with patients. Other formal e...
Source: Dr Shock MD PhD - July 13, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Dr Shock Tags: Education clinical experience emotions Source Type: blogs
The Upside of Irrationality by Dan ArielyEmail this article to a colleague.
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Nobody is doing more to add to our knowledge of the irrational side of human behavior than Dan Ariely. Not only does he conduct experiments that are elegant in their simplicity, but he writes about his work and that of other researchers in a highly acccessible way. Upside is the successor to the bestselling Predictably Irrational, and it takes to new topics, ranging from CEO pay to speed dating.
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Source: Neuromarketing - July 12, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Roger Dooley Tags: Neuromarketing Neuroeconomics Neuroscience and Marketing Books behavioral economics dan ariely emotions predictably irrational ultimatum game Source Type: blogs
Whitey Bulger’s SituationEmail this article to a colleague.
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From Northeastern News:
Notorious Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger — who eluded authorities for more than 16 years — is accused of murdering 19 people. Here, David DeSteno, associate professor of psychology at Northeastern University, who studies the role of emotion in social cognition and social behavior, assesses the mind of crime figures like Bulger and those who exalt them as heroes.
What drives immoral behavior?
We cannot assume that Whitey Bulger, Anthony Weiner, or other “fallen” individuals were flawed from the start. After all, Whitey’s brother, William Bulger, was raised in the...
Source: The Situationist - July 5, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: The Situationist Staff Tags: emotions Morality Social Psychology Whitey Bulger David DeSeno Source Type: blogs
Best of Our Blogs: July 5, 2011Email this article to a colleague.
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Another holiday’s come and gone. Whether you celebrated Canada Day or Independence Day, you may be basking in the glory of a glorious holiday or exhausted from another family gathering of trying to keep your sanity in toll.
If I’ve learned anything over the years is that you could spend years working on yourself and then poof! just like that you’re back to where you started.
Maybe it’s your people-pleasing ways that return when you’re in the company of old friends who knew you way back when. Or certain relatives who trigger painful childhood memories when you are in their presence. Perhaps, th...
Source: World of Psychology - July 5, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Brandi-Ann Uyemura Tags: Best of Our Blogs 9 11 Survivors Athena authentic life Authentic Self Authenticity Canada Day Co Worker Compensation Fund Courage Day Of Freedom emotions Extra Fears Glorious Holiday Hammer Independence Day Mental Health Source Type: blogs
Marsha Linehan: What is Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)?Email this article to a colleague.
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Last week the New York Times ran a fascinating piece on Marsha Linehan, Professor of Psychology at the University of Washington and the original developer of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), a modification of standard cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), but including elements of acceptance and mindfulness. Her work has been designed specifically for people who harm themselves, for those diagnosed with borderline personality (BPT), and those who suffer from pervasive suicidal thoughts and/or attempts.
For the first time in her life, the mental health expert disclosed her own story (that we also discussed on the blog ye...
Source: World of Psychology - June 28, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: Borderline Personality Brain and Behavior Disorders General Mental Health and Wellness Psychiatry Psychology Psychotherapy Research Self-Esteem Self-Help Treatment Bpt Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Dark emotions Delusions Di Source Type: blogs
Best of Our Blogs: June 28, 2011Email this article to a colleague.
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Sometimes when I’m in need of a little inspiration, I head out for a short walk. Today, as I meandered through the tree lined path of my apartment complex, I found it.
I kept ending up in the direction of a beautiful fountain. The sound of the water as it sprung up in the air like fireworks and then gently falling as it lapped softly against the rocks was soothing. I thought about what the water represented, that regardless of whether it was thrust up in the air or moved gracefully to the bottom, it was the same unchanged substance. I realized that no matter what you did to it, the water was still water flowing in a ...
Source: World of Psychology - June 28, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Brandi-Ann Uyemura Tags: Best of Our Blogs Amp Answers To Questions anxiety Apartment Complex Beautiful Boredom Burst Conversations Direction emotions Equine Fireworks Free Kids Highest Mountain Peaks Hypnosis Little Inspiration Lows Mindfulnes Source Type: blogs
Susan Fiske’s New BookEmail this article to a colleague.
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Discussion about (In)Equality,”
“The Interior Situational Reaction to Inequality,”
Source: The Situationist - June 26, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: The Situationist Staff Tags: Abstracts Distribution emotions Life Social Psychology book Envy inequality Scorn Susan Fiske Source Type: blogs
The Situation of the Vancouver Riot KissEmail this article to a colleague.
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From the Ottawa Citizen (article written by Sheril Kirshenbaum, a research scientist at the University of Texas and author of The Science of Kissing):
The man and woman appear oblivious of the chaos swirling around them. When anarchy erupted on the streets of Vancouver last week, the couple exchanged an ephemeral kiss that will last forever on our cultural landscape. Photographer Richard Lam inadvertently captured the embrace on his camera, and the image quickly made headlines around the world. It’s a striking contrast of furious energy and tender pause that will be analyzed, criticized, and admired for decades to c...
Source: The Situationist - June 20, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: The Situationist Staff Tags: Book emotions Life Video kiss kissing photo riot science of kissing Sheril Kirshenbaum Vancouver Source Type: blogs
Sue’s Patient Rights, Responsibilities, and OpportunitiesEmail this article to a colleague.
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You have the right to life as long as you realize it might not be quite as you planned.
You have the opportunity to change what you can and accept that which you cannot change. Just remember the word impossible is a relative term.
You have the responsibility to seek options, be they health care, marital status or parenthood. All three require early action rather than late.
You have the responsibility to judge each situation you face with candor, good judgment, and valor.
If you choose not to do the above, you have the right to screw things up. It is your life, after all.
You have the responsibility to maintain your bo...
Source: Life with Chronic Pain - June 16, 2011 Category: Other Conditions Authors: admin Tags: Chronic pain Chronic pain community Chronic pain lifestyle Chronic pain treatment Emotional Health balance doctor-patient relationship happiness chronic pain and emotions chronic pain blog living with chronic pain living with pain ti Source Type: blogs
I am ready for convalescenceEmail this article to a colleague.
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But first the latest in breast cancer detection is a sheep. Yes, really. Read more here.So after cancer, there is depression and anger and all sorts of other emotions. The Victorians did one thing right, aside from introducing extreme modesty to piano legs (that's why everything was draped - so legs didn't show), after a significant illness they sent everyone off to convalescent clinics in the Swiss alps or the Adirondacks or some other remote place. This allowed emotional recovery from the illness as well as physical.Now they say 25-40% of those of us lucky enough to get cancer suffer from depression. Who would have thunk...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - June 16, 2011 Category: Cancer Tags: cancer diagnosis emotions recovery Source Type: blogs
The Seed: 9 Pieces of Advice for GraduatesEmail this article to a colleague.
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In his new book, The Seed: Finding Purpose and Happiness in Life and Work, international and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Jon Gordon tells the story of Josh, a guy who, like so many of us, has lost his passion at work. When Josh’s boss challenges the young worker to take two weeks off to assess his attitude and intentions, Josh heads to the country. There, a farmer hands him a seed and tells him that when he discovers the right place to plant the seed his purpose will be revealed to him.
This tale takes readers on a quest to explore their own passion, purpose, and happiness in life and work. The themes presente...
Source: World of Psychology - June 9, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: General Happiness Industrial and Workplace Mental Health and Wellness Motivation and Inspiration Self-Esteem Self-Help Spirituality Advice For Graduates Attitude Bestselling Author Boss brain Co Workers emotions Floods Focu Source Type: blogs
Alcohol, the Ism’s and FearEmail this article to a colleague.
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This article will discuss the ism’s and associated fears.The Ism’sThese ism’s are part of normal life, everyone has them to varying degrees. Specifically, the ism’s are an attempt to make life bearable, as a way of “interpersonal control and coping.” This is, of course, what we all strive to do on a day-to-day basis, we need these thinking patterns and behaviours to cope, most people seem to be doing alright, while the alcoholic seems to be sinking fast.One of the main ism’s with alcoholism is the ism of fear.FearsRecovery is mostly about letting go of fear. In fact, fear produces most all my insane m...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - June 8, 2011 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: Alcohol Alcoholism emotions Faith Higher Power Recovery Sobriety Spirituality addressed in recovery fear ism's letting go of fear Source Type: blogs
Why These 6 Happiness ‘Boosters’ Might Actually Make You Feel WorseEmail this article to a colleague.
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Everyone has a few tricks for beating the blues. It turns out, however, that several of the most popular strategies don’t actually work very well in the long term. Beware if you are tempted to try any of the following:
1. Comforting yourself with a “treat.”
Often, the things we choose as “treats” aren’t good for us. The pleasure lasts a minute, but then feelings of guilt, loss of control, and other negative consequences just deepen the lousiness of the day. So when you find yourself thinking, “I’ll feel better after I have a pint of ice cream… a cigarette… a new pair of jeans,” ask yourself &#...
Source: World of Psychology - June 8, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Gretchen Rubin Tags: General Happiness Self-Help Stress Bad Habit Beating The Blues Catharsis Hypothesis Cigarette Expressing Anger Extroverts Feelings Of Guilt Hook Negative Consequences Negative emotions Pair Of Jeans Pint Pleasure Plutarch Source Type: blogs
David Vitter, Eliot Spitzer, John Edwards, Jon Ensign, Mark Sanford, Chris Lee, and Now Arnold Schwarzenegger and Anthony Weiner: The Disposition Is Weaker than the SituationEmail this article to a colleague.
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During the summer of 2007, we published the post below in response to the sex scandal du jour involving U.S. Senator David Vitter (R-LA). We republished it in the wake of former New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer’s (D) “indiscretions.” Former U.S. Senator and Democratic Vice Presidential Nominee John Edwards’ confession had us dusting off this post yet again. We published it again when Senator Jon Ensign (R-NV)–who in 1998 urged President Clinton to resign following the Monica Lewinsky scandal–was added to the list and then again in response to the Mark Sanford scandal and for C...
Source: The Situationist - June 8, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Jon Hanson & Michael McCann Tags: emotions Evolutionary Psychology Ideology Life Morality Politics Video Anthony Weiner Arnold Schwarzenegger Source Type: blogs
Daily Moral InventoryEmail this article to a colleague.
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Twelve Step Fellowships suggest we ‘continue to take personal inventory’ as part of the program of continuing recovery.One way that many use is when we retire at night, we constructively review our day.Were we resentful, selfish, dishonest, or afraid?Tick Boxes daily. There might be one tick per line or there might be a tick in both sides or none Characteristics of Self Will Characteristics of Higher Power’s Will Selfish & Self-Seeking Interest In OthersDishonesty HonestyFrightened CourageInconsideration ConsiderationPride Hum...
Source: Recovery Is Sexy.com - June 3, 2011 Category: Addiction Authors: Sparrow Tags: 12 Step Fellowships Denial emotions Humility MP3 Recordings Recovery afraid continuing recovery dishonest moral inventory personal inventory resentful selfish Source Type: blogs
Mood Scores: Which Day Of The Week Has The Lowest Rating?Email this article to a colleague.
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You know that 1979 Boomtown Rats song, “I Don’t Like Mondays.” (This Youtube music video features a very young-looking Bob Geldof.) The song is about the 1979 shooting spree on a Monday morning at a San Diego elementary school. The shooter’s only state reason for doing it was that she didn’t like Mondays.
The silicon chip inside her head
Gets switched to overload
And nobody’s gonna go to school today
She’s gonna make them stay at home
It turns out that — contrary to popular impression that Mondays are the worst day of the week — Tuesdays are the worst day of the week. Accor...
Source: Better Health - May 29, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Steven Roy Daviss, MD, DFAPA Tags: Research Bad days Days of the Week Depression emotions HealthCentral Mood Mood Scores Psychiatry Psychology Self Reports Sunday Tuesday Worst day Source Type: blogs
Introduction to Social Psychology and Social CognitionEmail this article to a colleague.
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Source: The Situationist - May 27, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: The Situationist Staff Tags: emotions Social Psychology Video attribution theory disposition fundamental attribution error situation social cognition Source Type: blogs
Self-Exploration: Getting To Know ThyselfEmail this article to a colleague.
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Many of us go through life skimming the surface of our identities. That is, we don’t truly dig deeply into our thoughts, feelings, desires and dreams.
Part of the problem is that we’re always on the go. When to-do lists keep swelling, self-exploration takes a backseat. How can it not, when we barely find time for self-care?
Specifically, self-exploration involves “taking a look at your own thoughts, feelings, behaviors and motivations and asking why. It’s looking for the roots of who we are — answers to all the questions we have about [ourselves],” according to Ryan Howes, Ph.D, psychologist, writer...
Source: World of Psychology - May 24, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: Brain and Behavior General Mental Health and Wellness Personal Personality Psychology Self-Esteem Self-Help Artwork Backseat Challenges Creative Interests Deeper Understanding Desires Dreams emotions Feelings Fir Home S Source Type: blogs
Judge Rules That Mom With Breast Cancer Can’t ParentEmail this article to a colleague.
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I have been following the story of Alaina Giordano, the North Carolina woman whose two children (ages 5 and 11) have been removed from her care and placed in the custody of their father because she has stage 4 breast cancer.
It doesn’t matter that Giordano’s cancer is under control; it doesn’t seem to concern Judge Nancy Gordon that the children’s father lives in Chicago and that she is relocating the children far from their home. It only matters that this judge feels they will do better by being with the non-ill parent. Is Judge Gordon surmising that women with breast cancer can no longer parent? Since when d...
Source: Life with Breast Cancer - May 16, 2011 Category: Cancer Authors: admin Tags: Breast cancer diagnosis Breast cancer lifestyle Breast cancer survivor cancer in politics family self esteem breast cacner survivor breast cancer and family breast cancer and politics cancer and emotions children Source Type: blogs
Self-Fulfilling Doomsday PropheciesEmail this article to a colleague.
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In a world experiencing global climate change and massive environmental degradation, could it be that doomsday prophecies are a cause and consequence of the seeming indifference and recalcitrance of so many Americans?
From NPR’s Here and Now:
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Margaret Pease stands on a corner in downtown Pittsburgh, handing out doomsday pamphlets.
“JUDGMENT DAY FOLKS!” she yells with a volume that would make a drill sergeant proud. “May 21, 2011!”
For the past seven months, Pease has been crisscrossing the country in a caravan with eight others, warning anyone who will listen that God’s wrath is ne...
Source: The Situationist - May 13, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: The Situationist Staff Tags: emotions Environment History Ideology System Legitimacy Source Type: blogs
Choices for Good or Choices for Evil: It’s Up to YouEmail this article to a colleague.
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Each day, as mere mortals, we have decisions to make. Choices surround us 24 hours a day. We are assaulted by choices even when we’re asleep. For instance, during the night, are we cold, are we hot, do we get up to urinate or is it worth the effort? Do we feel enough pain to check the clock and see if it’s time for a pain pill or perhaps, a muscle relaxant? Does that mean we have to get up or did we plan ahead and put some water or juice at the bedside, trying to avoid that long, long hobbling walk to the bathroom in the middle of the night? When we try to get back to sleep we wonder about life, decide we need a new ma...
Source: Life with Chronic Pain - May 12, 2011 Category: Other Conditions Authors: admin Tags: Chronic pain Chronic pain lifestyle Depression Emotional Health Pain treatment doctor doctor-patient relationship A Life With Chronic Pain choices chronic pain and emotions living with pain self-pity Source Type: blogs
Holder on the Situation of ViolenceEmail this article to a colleague.
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In 2010, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced the launch of the “Defending Childhood” initiative to help prevent children’s and young people’s exposure to violence, mitigate its effects and put an end to cycles of violence that undermine the public’s health. During this webcast, he described his vision for this initiative and its progress so far.
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Source: The Situationist - May 11, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: The Situationist Staff Tags: Life emotions Conflict Video Education Distribution violence Eric Holder Source Type: blogs
Do We Need a Longer Hospital Stay After a Mastectomy?Email this article to a colleague.
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Even though the scientific evidence shows that women recover just as well at home after a mastectomy, I don’t believe women should be sent home the day after surgery.
In the late 1990s, the switch was made to sending women home quickly after surgery to remove a breast. The evidence suggested that women recover just as well at home as in the hospital. Prior to that decision, many women were in the hospital for several days — now it is up to doctors whether to keep a woman longer than the initial day of recovery. They need a medical reason for insurance to pay for the extended hospital stay.
But the evidence doesn...
Source: Life with Breast Cancer - May 10, 2011 Category: Cancer Authors: admin Tags: Breast cancer research Breast cancer treatment Breast reconstruction surgery body image masectomy self esteem breast cancer blog breast cancer surgery cancer and emotions hospital stay mastectomy Source Type: blogs
The Situation of Train Crossing AccidentsEmail this article to a colleague.
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From the Boston Globe:
On average, 10 people die daily by being hit as they’re crossing the tracks. Track trespassing is the largest everyday cause of unnatural deaths in Mumbai.
For just over a year, however, an experiment at Wadala station, on the Central Line, has been hinting at unorthodox solutions to this problem.
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In the six months before the experiment went live in December 2009, Wadala had recorded 23 track-crossing deaths, said M. C. Chauhan, a manager with the Central Railway’s Mumbai division. Between January and June 2010, that number had dropped to nine; in the next eight months, up until February 20...
Source: The Situationist - May 10, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: The Situationist Staff Tags: Choice Myth emotions Source Type: blogs
