Ways You Can Help Your Child Quiet Their Negative Self-Talk
We all have an inner critic who feeds on negative self-talk, unkind unsupportive words from others and criticism. While most of us have developed ways to cope with this harsh inner voice, kids and teens often lack the tools to effectively deal with it.
As a result, they are often too hard on themselves, highlighting their (real or perceived) faults and flaws and spending lots of time dwelling on the negatives. They take criticism to heart, compare themselves with others and keep thinking they just can’t do anything well.
Teenagers are especially vulnerable to the unrealistic images on social media, so it’s no surpris...
Source: World of Psychology - June 4, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tyler Jacobson Tags: Children and Teens Parenting Perfectionism Self-Help Confidence Negativity Optimism Pessimism Self-Esteem Self-Talk Source Type: blogs
The 5 Healthy Ways People in Happy Marriages Fight
Amazing love doesn’t happen by accident.
Oftentimes, couples are negative and sarcastic in their communication with one another. This often happens when they feel they haven’t been heard by their spouse, or that their spouse just doesn’t care about what they have to say.
Unfortunately, when people feel put down or unimportant, they become angry and resentful. Negativity and sarcasm become even more pronounced in their relationship. Everything that is said between the two people becomes destructive and damaging for people who don’t know how to communicate effectively.
These couples begin to put up walls...
Source: World of Psychology - May 26, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Psych Central Staff Tags: Communication Marriage and Divorce Publishers Relationships YourTango Couples fight Love Source Type: blogs
Profiles of Every Terrorism Vetting Failure in the Last 30 Years
In my newpolicy analysis released today, I identify 65 vetting failures where the visa vetting system allowed a foreign-born person to enter the United States as an adult or older teenager when they had already radicalized —80 percent occurred before 9/11. Just 13 vetting failures have occurred since 9/11, and only one—the last one (Tashfeen Malik)—resulted in any deaths in the United States. That’s one vetting failure for every 29 million visa or status approvals, and one deadly failure for every 379 million visa or status approvals from 2002 to 2016.As I note, 9/11 is reasonable point of analysis because after th...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - April 17, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: David Bier Source Type: blogs
How to Do the Right Thing
“With integrity, you have nothing to fear, since you have nothing to hide. With integrity, you will do the right thing, so you will have no guilt.” – Zig Ziglar
When faced with deciding on how to act, sometimes the toughest part is figuring out how to do the right thing. Of course, how you view the right thing, what you think of as the right thing, makes all the difference. And this is often not clear. You may experience conflicting emotions, feel ambivalent about potential choices, or strongly for or against certain action — whether you are convinced that it either is or isn’t the right thing to do. How...
Source: World of Psychology - April 15, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Suzanne Kane Tags: Brain and Behavior Ethics & Morality Inspiration & Hope LifeHelper Motivation and Inspiration Self-Help Compassion Core Values Decision Making Pay It Forward Source Type: blogs
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 233
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Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, you realise that it would rather be challenged with some good old fashioned medical trivia FFFF…introducing Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 233.
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Source: Life in the Fast Lane - April 6, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Neil Long Tags: Frivolous Friday Five Bircher Bircher Museli Clare Stanton Ekbom syndrome II Ernest W Goodpasture Essex Lopresti Goodpastures disease hugo flecker irukandji irukandji syndrome jack barnes John Range Maximilian Bircher-Benner Pa Source Type: blogs
A Lot of Buzz Around STING
By Gertrud U. Rey Gertrud Rey is a trained virologist residing in Atlanta, Georgia. During the day, she works as a consultant in a biotech patent law firm, but spends much of her free time as a science communicator. She was a guest on TWiV 179 and 424. The lack of a suitable animal model […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - March 30, 2018 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: Basic virology Gertrud Rey Information animal model dengue virus innate immunity interferon STING viral viruses Source Type: blogs
TWiV 484: Float like a mimivirus STING like a bat
The TWiVumvirate discuss the giant Tupanvirus, with the longest tail in the known virosphere, and dampened STING dependent interferon activation in bats. <span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”></span><span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”></span> Click arrow to play Download TWiV 484 (53 MB .mp3, 87 min) Subscribe (f...
Source: virology blog - March 11, 2018 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: This Week in Virology aaRS bat cGAMP cGAS DNA sensor IFN interferon irf3 mimivirus phosphorylation positive selection ribosome STING tailed capsid Tupanvirus viral viruses Source Type: blogs
DAMPs May Link Age-Related Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Chronic Inflammation
Mitochondria-derived damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) are a range of DNA and protein fragments that are thought to be generated as a result of mitochondrial damage, insufficient mitochondrial quality control, or some combination of the two. Mitochondria are the power plants of the cell, each cell having its own small herd of these descendants of ancient symbiotic bacteria. They have long since evolved into integrated cellular components, but retain a little of their original DNA. There is copious evidence to point to a sizable role for mitochondria in the harms caused by aging. In the SENS view, the most import...
Source: Fight Aging! - February 22, 2018 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Best of Our Blogs: February 16, 2018
At some point in your life, you ran into someone with an illness.
The problem is you know and like them. You might even love them. But this thing you don’t understand is causing cracks in your relationship, and it’s hurting you.
You have two choices.
You can leave the relationship or you can find ways to work through it. You just can’t do it alone. That’s why you’re here and I’m glad. It’s a good week to tune in. We’ve got posts on dealing with difficult people, signs you should say goodbye to that toxic person in your life and how to nourish yourself especially when you̵...
Source: World of Psychology - February 16, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Brandi-Ann Uyemura, M.A. Tags: Best of Our Blogs Source Type: blogs
A doctor answers 5 questions about dry skin
In the winter months, I wash my hands regularly and use a squirt of hand sanitizer from time to time in an effort to ward off colds. It may be a good health habit, but it also pretty much guarantees that I’m plagued by dry, cracked skin and tiny cuts around my fingers until spring.
Dry skin in the winter months is common, partly because people ramp up their hand washing, but the combination of cold air and the lack of humidity also plays a role. Your skin spends the winter months fighting to retain moisture, not to mention fending off other insults from cold-weather staples like scratchy wool clothes and crackling wood f...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - February 9, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Kelly Bilodeau Tags: Health Skin and Hair Care Source Type: blogs
Best of Our Blogs: February 9, 2018
It’s that time again. Flu season.
We get flu shots and take other preventative measures to avoid catching it. But it got me wondering how much effort is spent protecting our ongoing emotional health.
Things like getting enough rest, seeing a doctor, and healing your past are all essential to keeping our mental health in check. Why not spend as much energy on protecting it as you do your physical health during flu season?
You can start by reading ways to tackle insomnia (who knew sugar cravings could signal inadequate sleep?), how to effectively heal a broken heart, and to feel, not just numb your emotions with food, ...
Source: World of Psychology - February 9, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Brandi-Ann Uyemura, M.A. Tags: Best of Our Blogs Source Type: blogs
Has Medutainment Replaced Education?
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At last year’s ANZICS ASM in the Gold Coast I took part in a debate concerning the question ‘Has Medutainment Replaced Education?’.
With Jeremy Cohen’s encouragement, I got to play the part of ‘Christian’ being thrown to Prof Venkatesh’s lions.
The irony of being defeated by such an ‘edutaining’ presentation is the bit that stings
Here are the presentations via the ANZICS Youtube channel:
To learn more about ‘med...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - February 3, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Chris Nickson Tags: Education Video ADRENAL ANZICS bala venkatesh Chris Nickson medutainment SEPSIS simon carley Source Type: blogs
Sourcing Painkillers from Scorpions ’ Stings | The Scientist Magazine
Studying scorpions comes with its share of danger, as biologist Bryan Fry of the University of Queensland knows all too well. On a 2009 trip to the Brazilian Amazon, Fry was stung while trying to collect the lethal Brazilian yellow scorpion (Tityus serrulatus), and for eight hours he says it felt as though his finger was in a candle flame. Meanwhile, his heart flipped between racing and stopping for up to five seconds at a time."At least the insane levels of pain helped keep my mind off my failing heart," Fry writes in an email to The Scientist.More ...https://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/51210/...
Source: Psychology of Pain - January 24, 2018 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: blogs
Shocked that Your Spouse Left? Here ’ s the Secret to Recovery
I’ve been thinking a lot about a growing trend in divorce — one that seems to happen right after the holidays.
The case of spouse abandonment, aka when you thought the marriage was fine and you were looking forward to your future together, and then POOF! Your spouse, out of the blue, says those shocking words…
“I’m leaving.”
“I want out of this marriage.”
“We both know this isn’t working (but you didn’t know!). I’m moving out.”
“I want you out of the house. I don’t want to be married to you anymore.”
It’s devastating when your spouse ends things without warning, especially when things ...
Source: World of Psychology - January 12, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Martha Bodyfelt Tags: Marriage and Divorce Psychology Relationships Self-Help Abandonment Breakups Dating Heartache Recovery Source Type: blogs
5 (Subtle) Signs Your Mother Is a Covert Narcissist
After all — It is all about her, not you.
Not every narcissistic mother fits the fading movie star image — braggadocious and vain saying, “I’m ready for my close up Mr. DeMille.”
Because women have been socialized to appear accommodating and self-effacing, these learned behaviors could obscure an underlying narcissistic personality disorder. Mom might be the helicoptering PTA president, squeaky-clean Sunday school teacher or long-suffering martyred momma who appears to put her children first. Don’t be fooled.
Many covert narcissistic mothers have much more subtle telltale moves. Here is how to spot fi...
Source: World of Psychology - January 8, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Katherine Fabrizio, M.A., L.P.C. Tags: Family Narcissism Parenting covert narcissist Narcissistic Personality Disorder Source Type: blogs
