Chronic Illness
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Women Are Bearing The Brunt of Financial Stress
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The 2008 Stress in America Findings indicated that women are more and stressed out over the economy than men. Statistics reported in this post are from the APAPractice.org article “Americans Stressed over the Economy, More Report Symptoms.
It is not surprising that Americans are experiencing increased stress and physical symptoms over the economy. What was surprising is […]
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Little Irritating Things
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It was the third time she had been diagnosed with cancer. An elderly woman with a history of depression. I met with her, her husband and daughter. We met together to support her during this time of crisis.
I was not sure what to expect. There has been a long history of emotional disconnect and conflict in […]
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I Don’t Care!
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Consciously, most of us probably have sometimes been motivated by a “I don’t care” attitude. Sometimes out of anger, disappointment, fear or anxiety, we say or act-out the “I don’t care” attitude.
Sometimes people are unconsciously motivated by the “I don’t care” attitude. We see this attitude in people when they are indifferent to their health […]
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Psychic Growth Following Trauma
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How have you managed the traumatic stress in your life? Traumatic stressors could include disasters such as the fires in California or any of the floods that have hit the United States in the last few years.
Other sources of traumatic stress are the
loss of a loved one
chronic or acute ailments
violent or abusive crime
accident or injury
financial […]
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Are You Shortchanging Yourself?
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How important is it to treat the mind as well as the body, after a person has been diagnosed with a serious illness?
The American Psychological Association answered the question. Here is the answer.
“When people are ill, it’s important to deal with the illness on the physical, emotional and spiritual levels. If you treat just the body, you […]
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Are Signals Bad?
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There is no doubt that some signals are inconvenient and irritating. How many times has the red light inconveniently brought your drive to a halt, even when there is no traffic in sight? Yes, red lights are sometimes frustrating, inconvenient and perceived to be unnecessary.
Likewise, we sometimes get very inconvenient and irritating medical and psychological […]
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Symptoms Are Signals
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In my last post, I wrote about a finding from the American Psychological Association survey. I could hardly believe that 35% of diagnosed clients with a serious medical condition do nothing to change their behavior or lifestyle. These people are in serious trouble.
From a mental fitness perspective, medical symptoms are signals. Many of us fail to […]
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Would You Give up If Diagnosed with a Chronic Medical Condition?
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This is a question we all hope that we never have to answer. Yet it is a realistic question. A questions faced by many Americans every day.
What would you do if you were diagnosed with a chronic medical condition?
Would you lack the mindset, mental fitness, emotional determination and motivation to make lifestyle and behavioral changes following the diagnosis?
Probably […]
