12 Ways to Keep Going with Depression
About once a week I hear the same question from a reader, “What keeps you going?” The short answer is lots of things. I use a variety of tools to persevere through my struggle with depression because what works on one day doesn’t the next. I have to break some hours into 15-minute intervals and simply put one foot in front of another, doing the thing that is right in front of me and nothing else.
I write this post for the person who is experiencing debilitating symptoms of depression. The following are some things that help me fight for sanity and keep me going, when the gravity of my mood disorder threatens to stop ...
Source: World of Psychology - February 7, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: Depression Inspiration & Hope Mental Health and Wellness Motivation and Inspiration Personal Self-Help Stigma Depression Support Depressive Episode Personal Growth Sleep stress reduction Source Type: blogs
7 Triggers that Get Teens Reaching for Their Phone When They Shouldn ’ t
Parents everywhere are complaining that kids are using their phones way too much. They are glued to their screens at dinnertime, staying up when they should be asleep and are opting for virtual interaction over real-life conversations. It’s a growing problem, and even 50% of teens themselves think they’re addicted to their smartphones.
Such a high level of usage makes it easy for teens to develop an addiction to their phones and many parents and teens are oblivious to the dangers this presents. For starters, dangerous levels of phone use could lead to internet addiction. This could in turn spiral to serious issues such...
Source: World of Psychology - February 6, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tyler Jacobson Tags: Children and Teens Family Habits Parenting Students Technology Adolescence Smartphone Source Type: blogs
Understanding the Loneliness Epidemic
Much like the opioid crisis, loneliness is an epidemic. According to results from Cigna’s U.S. Loneliness Index, a survey of more than 20,000 American adults ages 18 and older, nearly half of Americans report sometimes or always feeling alone or left out. One in four Americans rarely or never feel as though there are people who understand them. Two in five Americans sometimes or always feel that their relationships are not meaningful and that they are isolated from others. And one in five people report they rarely or never feel close to people or feel like there are people they can talk to.
According to the General Socia...
Source: World of Psychology - February 5, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Therese J. Borchard Tags: Family Friends Happiness Mental Health and Wellness Relationships Loneliness Moderation Sleep Social Isolation social media Social Withdrawal Source Type: blogs
Real Life Advice on How to Let Someone Down Easy
Ghost them or be upfront?
Let’s be real: the whole dating process comes with a ton of tough situations to navigate. Case in point: trying to figure out how to let someone down easy after going on a date with them. Should you feed them some line about not being interested, despite the “great time” you had? Or just skip the communication altogether and hope that your silence sends the message? Is there any good way of doing this?
When you’re looking for dating advice, look no further. We asked 20 men and women to weigh in on what they’d prefer when it comes to being let down after a date, and we...
Source: World of Psychology - January 22, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Psych Central Guest Author Tags: Publishers Relationships YourTango Break Up Dating ghosting Source Type: blogs
A New Look at Grief Beyond Elisabeth Kubler-Ross ’s Five Stages
A few weeks ago, I said goodbye to a long time, dear friend who had become a sister of choice, a traveling companion, a ‘kvetch and moan’ sounding board, as well as a compassionate confidant who didn’t hesitate to call me on my stuff when needed. She died after a nearly two-year encounter with cancer.
I hesitate to call it a battle as many do when given the diagnosis that she was. She was more a reluctant dance partner with the disease, attempting to improvise her way through the steps and turns, choreographing her own strut and sway. No tiptoe through the tulips.
Ondreah was a career nurse who knew her way through...
Source: World of Psychology - January 4, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW Tags: Family Friends Grief and Loss Health-related Inspiration & Hope Personal Relationships Bereavement Coping grieving Source Type: blogs
Distinguishing between Orbital and Preseptal Cellulitis
Some medical conditions have signs and symptoms that significantly overlap, making a diagnosis a little more difficult. Epididymitis, testicular torsion, and torsion of the testicular appendage are examples, but orbital and preseptal cellulitis are others that can cause significant diagnostic confusion.Both conditions are more common in children than in adults, and preseptal or periorbital cellulitis is more common in children under 5. The preseptal and orbital spaces are separated by only a thin membranous septum that originates in the orbital periosteum and inserts into the tarsal plates. It is only this thin septum t...
Source: M2E Too! Mellick's Multimedia EduBlog - December 31, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
5 Signs of Emotional Abuse in Your Relationship
They are tempting to overlook but toxic over time.
Over the past few months, many readers have contacted me after seeing my posts on the signs of emotional abuse in controlling relationships and how to begin to extract yourself from one. It is startling the number of otherwise “normal” people who are trapped in a long-standing abusive relationship that might make most people’s hair stand on end.
Even more subtle, however, are the toxic behaviors that a lot more of us have come to consider as “normal.”
Your relationship may be far from a classically controlling one, but there could still be ind...
Source: World of Psychology - December 11, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Psych Central Guest Author Tags: Publishers Relationships YourTango Emotional Abuse toxic hehavior Toxic Relationships Source Type: blogs
Another Year, Another Birthday: Processing Getting Older
For the past few birthdays, I’ve been telling everyone I know that “I’m turning 24 again!” Huh. What are the odds? Now of course I’m kidding, but the reality is that as I’ve gone up in my 20’s the mentality of growing older becomes more and more evident. And before anyone wants to bite my head off (please don’t), I am aware that I’m still relatively young. But this year’s birthday stung just a tad — the number signifying my last year in this decade. The number that acknowledges adulthood in real, overt way with important responsibilities — a true marker of growing up.
And though I’d simpl...
Source: World of Psychology - November 24, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Lauren Suval Tags: Aging Personal Success & Achievement Coping Skills growing older Milestones Source Type: blogs
Why it ’s important to determine who’s truly penicillin-allergic
A true allergic reaction is one of the most terrifying events in medicine. A child or adult who is highly allergic to bee stings or peanuts, for instance, can die within minutes without a life-saving epinephrine injection. But one of the most commonly reported allergies — to penicillin — often isn’t a true allergy at […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 6, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/karen-s-sibert" rel="tag" > Karen S. Sibert, MD < /a > Tags: Conditions Infectious Disease Surgery Source Type: blogs
Stop Pushing – Start Trusting!
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"Write a book," they told me.
"It's easy," they said.
Ha!
Not when you are bearing your soul in 200 pages, and detailing your business failures, and you want to make a book that’s worth reading!
Not when you are blending in a controversial subject of BDSM and your past as a Dominatrix and turning that into advice for business owners.
No, that is a very different story altogether.
There were many times I would go ba...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - November 1, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: DanaPharant Tags: confidence featured self improvement advice become an entrepreneur dana pharant pickthebrain trust Source Type: blogs
David Bradley Music
I’m a science journalist by day, a photographer, dog walker and beer drinker most of the time I’m away from my desk, and a musician by night…
That is to say, I earn my living writing about science, I take lots of photos, drink a few pints, and sing and play in a couple of bands, including C5, and a choir (BigMouth). You can hear my latest solo and collaborative recorded music on SoundCloud and BandCamp.
Dave Bradley performing with C5 the band, photo by Clive Thomson. That’s lead guitarist Rich Blakesley blurred in the background.
I’ve always been in love with music, since my first baby r...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - October 17, 2018 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Music album dave bradley guitar Source Type: blogs
Arm Yourself with the Skills to Cope with Criticism
Nobody likes to be criticized, but it can be particularly difficult for individuals who are self-critical and/or socially anxious. Self-critical individuals often have high levels of unhealthy perfectionism. They frequently have ongoing internal dialogues that are harshly self-judgmental. Having someone else be critical can then act like salt to the wound and trigger feelings of shame and/or anxiety at being exposed as deficient. Individuals who are self-conscious and socially anxious are fearful of being judged and often avoid situations where they are at risk of being evaluated in some way.
When judged, there is a...
Source: World of Psychology - October 2, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Suma Chand, PhD Tags: Anxiety and Panic Bullying Communication Perfectionism Relationships Self-Esteem Self-Help Coping Skills Criticism Source Type: blogs
The Ring Cutter to the Rescue
It's a good idea to find the ring cutter in your department before you need it. Know where it is, what the box looks like, and if it's electric or manual. Some departments may even keep it in the PIXIS or medication dispensary machine. You will also want to know where you keep your vice grips, wire cutters, and spreaders.A patient with a hand injury must have his ring removed immediately. Lacerations, crush injuries, burns, degloving injuries, fractures, and even hand or finger contusions require prompt removal of any constrictive device. Swelling in the distal extremity can occur around the injury. The space in the han...
Source: The Procedural Pause - September 29, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
Burying beetles
A Burying Beetle turned up in the moth trap during the summer. At first, I could hear it’s beating wings, could see it black and yellow warning colours and assumed it was some kind of hornet until it landed and I got a proper look at it with its large club-like antennae.
Burying Beetle – Nicrophorus vespillo
These beetles are attracted to dead vertebrates, birds and rodents, by the volatile and very smelly organosulfur compounds produced by a carcass some time after death. If you’ve ever done any sulfur chemistry you know how unattractive you become after working with such compounds in the lab. The carcas...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - September 8, 2018 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Sciencebase Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, September 3rd 2018
Fight Aging! provides a weekly digest of news and commentary for thousands of subscribers interested in the latest longevity science: progress towards the medical control of aging in order to prevent age-related frailty, suffering, and disease, as well as improvements in the present understanding of what works and what doesn't work when it comes to extending healthy life. Expect to see summaries of recent advances in medical research, news from the scientific community, advocacy and fundraising initiatives to help speed work on the repair and reversal of aging, links to online resources, and much more.
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Source: Fight Aging! - September 2, 2018 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
