Psychology Around the Net: July 11, 2020
This week’s Psychology Around the Net explains the difference between emotional baggage and emotional success, dives into stereotypes and how to combat them, discusses mental health services for police officers amid today’s climate, and more.
Stay well, friends!
Mental-Health Advocates Push for More Services for Officers Amid Protests Over Policing: Law enforcement and mental health experts agree that mental health support programs for police officers are especially important now, during the nationwide protests over police brutality and racism. According to Dr. Michael Bizzarro, the director of clinical servic...
Source: World of Psychology - July 11, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Alicia Sparks Tags: Psychology Around the Net Adolescents bullying coronavirus Emotional Baggage emotional success pandemic Patty Duke Police brutality racial diversity Racism Sean Astin Sleep Stereotypes Teens Source Type: blogs
Purposeful Parenting the Infant or Toddler
Purposeful parenting can begin even before a child is born. It can even begin before pregnancy. It is recommended that a woman who plans to become pregnant begin taking prenatal vitamins at least a month prior to conception, if possible. This ensures the proper vitamin balance for optimal development and decreases the likelihood of developmental defects occurring such as spina bifida.
Even after pregnancy, there is much to prepare before the baby arrives. The mother’s regular prenatal care, diet, sleep, exercise, and stress levels all impact the growing child in utero. This time of preparation can be great practice f...
Source: World of Psychology - July 10, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Bonnie McClure Tags: Children and Teens Communication Parenting Pregnancy Students Child Development Education language acquisition Learning motor skills National Purposeful Parenting Month Source Type: blogs
Lessons in Self-Talk
Self-talk is a constant stream of conversation running along inside of our heads — it is happening whether we are aware of it or not. Should I call her? Should I eat another doughnut? It can be positive or negative, motivational or instructional. It can be empowering, and it can be debilitating.
All of our environments are filtered through ourselves — we interpret the world and environments and people around us, and it is that interpretation which becomes the truth of our world. Self-talk influences how we see the world. We should take note.
The Filter
Imagine you live in an apartment building in Chicago. If ...
Source: World of Psychology - July 10, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jim Davis Tags: Memory and Perception Mindfulness Self-Esteem Self-Help Optimism Perspective Pessimism Self-Talk Source Type: blogs
Three Steps for Finding Purpose and Why It Matters
As I opened my front door on a recent May morning, I was greeted by the welcoming sight of two small, dark eyes and a tiny head. She was up above me, by the light on our porch, sitting in her nest, devotedly protecting and warming her eggs. I had seen a flurry of activity over the past month — a scuttering of wings back and forth, day after day, as she built this nest, an architectural feat balancing on the tip of the lamp post.
I have observed this activity for at least five years now, each spring delighting in this bird returning (is it the same one?) to build her nest and care for her eggs. Each year I am fortuna...
Source: World of Psychology - July 9, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Beth Kurland, Ph.D. Tags: Happiness Mindfulness Motivation and Inspiration Self-Help Gratitude stress reduction Source Type: blogs
Podcast: Psych Central Turns 25 This Year
It’s Psych Central’s 25th anniversary! In today’s show, we celebrate the Internet’s largest and oldest independent mental health site with founder Dr. John Grohol. Just a few years after the World Wide Web became public domain, Dr. Grohol was inspired to create an online resource for everyone — a site where patients, clinicians and caregivers could come together to access and share valuable mental health and psychology information.
Join us as Gabe and Dr. Grohol talk about the past, present and future of Psych Central.
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Source: World of Psychology - July 9, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: The Psych Central Podcast Tags: General Interview Podcast The Psych Central Show Source Type: blogs
COVID-19: Too Much Time to Think
Slights, mistakes, embarrassments, accidents, catastrophes. Are these things flooding your mind? Is your self-esteem in the toilet? Have you stopped to ask yourself why?
Here’s the reason — COVID-19 is doing a number on our brain.
Pre-COVID, we had a million distractions. It was safe to roam the earth. You could go to a store for a little shopping without fearing for your life. You could venture out to a restaurant and have a meal cooked for you. Heck, you could even take your kid to a drama class, which is now being taught via ZOOM meetings.
Since March of 2020, there are just fewer things to do to take out mind o...
Source: World of Psychology - July 8, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Laura Yeager Tags: Personal Self-Esteem Self-Help Boredom coronavirus COVID-19 Embarrassment Memory pandemic quarantine Shame social distancing Source Type: blogs
Ridiculing the Experts Who Just Might Save Us: Why Is This Happening?
Years ago, when I was teaching a course on nonverbal communication, I read a research report on a topic relevant to that class. It had just been published. So that day, instead of starting with the lecture I had planned, I told the students all about the new study.
It is a small thing, I know, but I was proud of myself. I thought the students would appreciate having access to the most up-to-date findings in the field.
Maybe some of them did. But one of the students was indignant, and she let me know it. The new findings contradicted what she had just read in the textbook I assigned for the course. She thought she shoul...
Source: World of Psychology - July 8, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Bella DePaulo, Ph.D. Tags: Ethics & Morality Memory and Perception Minding the Media Policy and Advocacy anti-intellectualism coronavirus COVID-19 Fox News Masks Misinformation pandemic Source Type: blogs
Maintaining Sanity while Working at Home with Kids
I have been talking with neighbors, friends, and friends of my adult kids to see how COVID-time has impacted working parents with children. Some parents love working from home. They find they are more productive and more creative than ever. They are enjoying having so much family time. They hope and wish that they will never have to go back to 9 to 5, five days a week. “What’s not to love about working remotely?” they ask. No commute. Working in sweats. No distractions from difficult coworkers. And lots more family time. These are not the people I worry about.
Some parents, like those quoted below, are finding stayin...
Source: World of Psychology - July 7, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Marie Hartwell-Walker, Ed.D. Tags: Children and Teens Parenting Self-Help Students coronavirus COVID-19 home school summer work from home Source Type: blogs
Podcast: Religion ’ s Role in Mental Illness Treatment
Does religion help or harm people with severe mental illness? In today’s Not Crazy podcast, Gabe and Lisa welcome Rachel Star Wither, host of the Inside Schizophrenia podcast, to discuss religion’s role (or lack thereof) in treating those struggling with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. Rachel relates her personal experiences of mixing religion with her illness and shares how she currently manages to believe in God while keeping her faith “separate” from her symptoms.
Tune in for a deep discussion on religion and severe mental illness, including Rachel’s 3-day exorcism experience at age 17.
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Source: World of Psychology - July 7, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Not Crazy Podcast Tags: Disorders General Interview Not Crazy Podcast Schizophrenia Spirituality Source Type: blogs
Midlife Eating Disorders in Quarantine
With the spread of coronavirus in the United States, our lives are changing in ways we never anticipated. Along with feeling heightened emotions like anxiety, uncertainty or even panic, many are experiencing unprecedented changes to their daily lives. Mass unemployment and job insecurity have impacted millions of Americans, and many of whom are fortunate to remain secure in their employment have adjusted to a new work-from-home lifestyle.
While such disruptions are harmful for everyone, quarantine has been particularly difficult for those who suffer from an eating disorder, such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and b...
Source: World of Psychology - July 6, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Laura McLain, PsyD Tags: Anorexia Binge Eating Bulimia Eating Disorders Body Image coronavirus COVID-19 diet culture Emotional Eating Isolation pandemic panic buying social distancing teletherapy Source Type: blogs
Do You Have Too Much Self-Doubt — or Not Enough?
Do you often think that you make poor decisions? Do you constantly question yourself when you make a difficult choice? Do you lack confidence in yourself?
Self-doubt can have a paralyzing effect on our lives — keeping us spinning on the sticky wheels of insecurity. Doubting ourselves at every turn, we become overly-cautious, which can stifle our creativity and restrain us from taking risks.
Self-doubt is often a nagging remnant from our past. If we were often told that we’re wrong or won’t amount to anything, we internalize the message that we can’t succeed in life. We need positive mirroring in order to devel...
Source: World of Psychology - July 6, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: John Amodeo, PhD Tags: Communication Creativity General Psychology Relationships Self-Esteem Self-Help Confidence Self-Doubt Shame Source Type: blogs
Psych Central: Reflections & Gratitude After 25 Years
Long before Google, Facebook, Twitter, and even WebMD, Psych Central began its life in 1995 as a side project I created to highlight great mental health resources online at the time. Over its 25-year lifespan, we’ve gone from a dozen simple pages to tens of thousands of referenced articles.
After 25 years, it’s time to reflect on Psych Central’s past, present, and the future yet to come.
If you’re not familiar with the background on the inspiration for founding Psych Central, you may want to check it out. (You can also read this interview with me about 25 years of Psych Central.)
The Past
I began P...
Source: World of Psychology - July 6, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: John M. Grohol, Psy.D. Tags: General Mental Health and Wellness Psychology Anniversary best of psych central Source Type: blogs
How to Release Worry and Embrace Uncertainty
“Fear, uncertainty, and discomfort are your compasses toward growth.” ~ Celestine Chua
Uncertainty can be the glue for anxiety if you allow it. One thing can snowball into another and soon you are looking at the road ahead, absolutely dumbfounded about which way to go. It shakes us to our core; it disrupts our security, our stable foundation and makes us feel unsettled, even a bit lost.
But can our lives change without uncertainty?
I don’t believe they can.
Two years ago, I found myself wondering: Is this all there is? The road I’ve been on is where I’ll stay; no passionate youthful ambitions, no joyful ...
Source: World of Psychology - July 5, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Psych Central Guest Author Tags: Publishers Tiny Buddha anxiety change Passion Uncertainty Worry Source Type: blogs
Surviving Your Family by Setting Boundaries
This year is different. Disagreements, misunderstandings, and stress combine as political, economic, social, and health-related concerns merge to make this one of the most challenging years any of us have faced. If you are grieving on top of everything else, your pain and griefwork have been interrupted by isolation, fear, anxiety and, possibly, numbness. Now it is summer. Upcoming special days can be difficult enough to endure anytime, but trips and gatherings of families and friends this year are sure to be challenging even if they are virtual.
Everyone needs a guide and a little concrete advice because everyone knows ...
Source: World of Psychology - July 5, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jan McDaniel Tags: Family Relationships Self-Help Boundaries Communication Estrangement Personal Boundaries Source Type: blogs
Why (and How) You Should Practice Gratitude Daily
Build daily habits that focus on using gratitude to get happier.
Gratitude is a way to quickly pivot from one negative feeling to a more positive state of mind.
Everyone faces struggles and strife in their life, especially now. Some people are just so good at dealing with the stress, that it seems like their life is perfect.
Although establishing healthy practices is super helpful, no one’s life is perfect. Let’s face it, some days are just better than others.
Given how hard life can be when your luck is down, it’s easy to fall into a slump. At times like these, feeling sorry for yourself is natural, even inevit...
Source: World of Psychology - July 4, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Psych Central Guest Author Tags: Publishers YourTango Gratitude habits Kindness Self-Esteem Source Type: blogs
