Psychology Around the Net: July 25, 2020
This week’s Psychology Around the Net takes a look at what causes revenge bedtime procrastination (a phenomenon I’m way too familiar with), the psychological toll of rude emails, why “I did by best” is a sorry (pun intended) excuse, and more.
Stay well, friends!
Don’t Fall Into the Trap of ‘Revenge Bedtime Procrastination’: Ever find yourself staying up late at night, even if you spent the entire day ticking item after item off your to-do list, even if there isn’t really anything else you need to do, and even if all your body wants to do is sleep? It’s called revenge b...
Source: World of Psychology - July 25, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Alicia Sparks Tags: Psychology Around the Net alzheimer's Body Dysmorphic Disorder Boundaries Codependency Eating Disorders Oxytocin Postpartum revenge bedtime procrastination Sleep Source Type: blogs
Got Bored? A Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention Plan
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. – J.R.R. Tolkien
I question. I question my clients. “What’s been coming up for you?” or “How are you experiencing life these days?”
For many clients in addiction recovery, the experience of boredom will surface. Boredom, if not taken seriously, is a fast track to relapse.
When we remove elements of our life that we no longer have interest in (i.e. drugs, alcohol, people, places, and things) we are left with “empty space” — and many of us, not skillful with the use of our time, will call that empty spa...
Source: World of Psychology - July 24, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Laura C Meyer Tags: Addiction Habits Mindfulness Recovery Substance Abuse Boredom Habit Change Relapse relapse prevention Source Type: blogs
For Procrastinators Who Believe They Work Better in a Crisis
Sometimes you can’t help it. You don’t have time to address a task until the deadline date is staring you in the face. Then you work frantically to get it done!
But be honest with yourself. Is it possible you’re an 11th hour specialist, someone who has a habit of creating unnecessary, pointless crises by letting things go until the last minute?
“I work best under pressure!” is the battle cry of the crisis-maker procrastinator. You may proclaim it proudly, intimating that you have special last minute “rush to the rescue” capabilities. Or you may utter it sheepishly, realizing that any skill you have in...
Source: World of Psychology - July 24, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Linda Sapadin, Ph.D Tags: Motivation and Inspiration Perfectionism Self-Help Source Type: blogs
I ’ve Kept an Expressive Writing Journal for 4 Decades — Here’s Why
This week, at the end of an online poetry class, our on-screen instructor asked, “Why do you write?” Then, she added: “In writing, what is your greater purpose?”
Now, I’ve been writing for myself and for publication since the mid 1970s. And, over the years, as I teach or lead narrative writing workshops, I’m sure I’ve posed that why-do-you-write question to my own writing students. But, shame on me, I had never really posed the question to myself.
Truthfully, for the rest of that day, as I tended to my usual work and deadlines, the instructor’s question niggled at me. Then, next morning, instead of penn...
Source: World of Psychology - July 23, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Aine Greaney Tags: Creativity Habits Personal Self-Help benefits of writing Journaling Source Type: blogs
Podcast: Is Life Coaching the Same as Therapy?
Would you benefit from a therapist or a life coach? What’s the difference? Today, we welcome Dr. Jen Friedman, a consultant and coach with a doctoral degree in psychology, who helps explain the distinction between therapy and coaching. She breaks down the purpose and benefits of each and details which practice could help you the most.
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Source: World of Psychology - July 23, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: The Psych Central Podcast Tags: General Interview Podcast The Psych Central Show Treatment Source Type: blogs
Small Ways You May Be Undermining Each Other as Parents
Being a parent is a tough job under the best of circumstances. Even strong parenting partnerships can struggle when things get difficult. Unfortunately, there is no manual or black and white solution for many situations. Of course, there are plenty of people who love to tell other people what to do and how to do it according to their own logic. There is, however, one huge parenting no-no that couples regularly and often unknowingly commit, and that’s when one parent undermines the other in front of the kids.
As big of a blessing and joy as children can be, they often have a way of testing the patience and resolve of thei...
Source: World of Psychology - July 22, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Kurt Smith, Psy.D., LMFT, LPCC, AFC Tags: Parenting Children Marriage undermining Source Type: blogs
Suicide Loss: The Double-Edged Sword of Blame and Shame
After spending over a decade listening to the pain of those who have lost loved ones to suicide, I have felt, vicariously, the two sides of that double-edged sword thousands of times. Blame and shame are two of the words that describe what makes suicide loss so different. They are connected and can come from words someone says to the bereaved or — worse — from inside a survivor’s own heart following a death which is still, in most places, a societal taboo.
What these words carry forward are speech and actions that make the aftermath of this kind of loss infinitely more difficult. Ironically, both are undeser...
Source: World of Psychology - July 22, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jan McDaniel Tags: Grief and Loss Self-Help Suicide Bereavement grieving Shame Survivor Guilt Source Type: blogs
Why Suffering Matters
It is difficult not to notice the suffering that is taking place in the world. You need only wake up to be alerted of a new tragedy that has befallen humanity. In fact, suffering seems to be an unwanted element of the human existence. People die, people are hurt, people are scarred and bruised.
From the moment we are born, our suffering begins. We cry out when our stomachs are empty. We even cry out when our stomachs are full. We cry out more and more as we begin exploring the sharp corners of life.
Suffering is an unfortunate component of the human experience. There are moments in our lives where suffering can appear endl...
Source: World of Psychology - July 21, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dennis Steelman, LPC, LCDC Tags: Grief and Loss Coping Skills grieving Resilience Source Type: blogs
Podcast: Life with Binge Eating Disorder
At one point, Gabe weighed more than 550 pounds. Today, he and Lisa remember and discuss the extreme pain and slow healing process of living with binge-eating disorder. Gabe shares his shame in being so overweight, his intense relationship with food, the story of his gastric bypass and the difficult process of learning new coping mechanisms.
How did Gabe’s bipolar and panic attacks tie in with his binge eating? And, importantly, how is he managing the illness today? Join us for an open and honest discussion on living with an eating disorder.
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Source: World of Psychology - July 21, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Not Crazy Podcast Tags: Binge Eating Disorders Eating Disorders General Not Crazy Podcast Source Type: blogs
Just What We Need in a Pandemic: The Walking Cure
As life continues to be disrupted by the coronavirus outbreak, lots of people are feeling out of sorts and would love to find some straightforward, free, and accessible way of remedying that. Even people who have been thriving wouldn’t mind an easy way of maintaining their good spirits.
Professor Shane O’Mara, a brain researcher at Trinity College Dublin, may have an answer. He thinks that “physicians the world over [should] write prescriptions for walking as a core treatment for improving our individual and aggregate health and well-being.”
Walking, Professor O’Mara believes, “enhances every aspect of our ...
Source: World of Psychology - July 20, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Bella DePaulo, Ph.D. Tags: Depression Exercise & Fitness General Mental Health and Wellness Research coronavirus COVID-19 Source Type: blogs
Purposeful Parenting the Upper Elementary Child
With a firm grounding in most academic concepts, an ability to think abstractly, and a well-defined social network, the upper elementary child now turns her attention to understanding and developing a sense of ethics and morality.
Lower elementary children typically have a healthy respect for rules and authority as long as they have been consistently presented and reinforced. However, the lower elementary child often lacks the ability to accept exceptions to the rule or use moral judgment outside of a predetermined set of rules.
By upper elementary ages and on into middle school, children begin to notice and accept the...
Source: World of Psychology - July 20, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Bonnie McClure Tags: Children and Teens Parenting Child Development Communication Ethics Friendship Learning Relationships School Source Type: blogs
Fight Loneliness by Expanding Your Circle of Concern
You never know what you might find at a rummage sale.
Last year, I found a lonely soul. I was one of the vendors at a rummage sale hosted by our local community center. It was the end of the day, and I was already packing up my leftover items when Eva, a potential buyer, asked about a coffee maker I had for sale.
“I live alone,” she said, “but I make six cups of coffee every morning. I drink just one or two cups, but I make more hoping someone might stop by. Never one ever does.”
I sensed a sadness and loneliness in her voice. Since that incident, I read reports about a loneliness epidemic in our country and other...
Source: World of Psychology - July 19, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Psych Central Guest Author Tags: Publishers Spirituality & Health loneliness epidemic Lonely Source Type: blogs
Your Bereavement Return to Work Plan
One of the most challenging experiences the recently bereaved face is the return to work. The pressure to step back into professional roles or to find employment may be urgent for economic welfare. However, significant loss such as the death of a loved one cannot be escaped or put aside by an eight-hour shift. Additionally, many people routinely work much more than forty hours a week, sometimes on more than one job, and work often “comes home” with us as cell phones, deadlines and after-hours meetings have become the norm. Add the newer stress caused by COVID-19’s effect on work-related issues, and you have a recipe ...
Source: World of Psychology - July 19, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jan McDaniel Tags: Grief and Loss Industrial and Workplace Self-Help Bereavement grieving Source Type: blogs
The Method of Loci: How Can It Improve Your Memory?
Many people have probably heard of the method of loci, but have no idea what it is. Let me paint you a picture: it is sometime in the fifth century, BC. Simonides, a Greek poet, had just finished reciting one of his poems at a banquet when he was called outside by another guest. While he was outside, the building that the banquet was being held in suddenly collapsed, leaving all of the guests gruesomely crushed underneath. In order to properly bury the guests, their names were needed, but it was next to impossible to identify the mangled corpses. Enter: Simonides. By picturing the banquet hall in his mind, Simonides rememb...
Source: World of Psychology - July 19, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Emma Parker Tags: Memory and Perception Cognition Cognitive Psychology method of loci Mnemonic device recall Source Type: blogs
Is Asperger ’ s Your Superpower?
Do you think maybe you have some of the characteristics of people with autism? Did your score on the Autism Quiz on this site suggest that you might be autistic? Has someone suggested that your behaviors are a little or a lot unusual might be “spectrumy”? Are you worried that having autism can be stigmatizing or that it makes you crazy? Not so fast. Get the facts.
People with autism with average to high intelligence but who have difficulty with social skills used to be diagnosed with Asperger syndrome (named after the pediatrician who first characterized the condition in the 1940s). In the latest edition of the Diagnos...
Source: World of Psychology - July 18, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Marie Hartwell-Walker, Ed.D. Tags: Aspergers Autism Books Asperger’s Syndrome Autism Spectrum neurotypical Source Type: blogs
