tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279965730809022040.comments2023-03-29T02:20:44.467-07:00Mental Health MattersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279965730809022040.post-10543279990132826012011-11-16T04:14:09.041-07:002011-11-16T04:14:09.041-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Michael The Archangelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14672561955187915379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279965730809022040.post-26090307722030548772011-11-04T16:08:48.438-07:002011-11-04T16:08:48.438-07:00Love it! Thanks for postingLove it! Thanks for postingD.L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14796161488987266068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279965730809022040.post-57499688553255412502011-11-03T15:38:45.647-07:002011-11-03T15:38:45.647-07:00I'm curious to hear more of what your opinion ...I'm curious to hear more of what your opinion is of this struggle? What do you think?Dr. Jenn Bothamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08346837949328928842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279965730809022040.post-21838593326475310812011-11-03T03:40:42.247-07:002011-11-03T03:40:42.247-07:00Well said. Have been struggling with this for some...Well said. Have been struggling with this for some time. Not as a healer, but as a witness.Misplaced Musingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15170721096761340113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279965730809022040.post-91656906944261744912011-08-08T15:24:37.669-07:002011-08-08T15:24:37.669-07:00Good point, Joe. Perhaps I projected my own adult ...Good point, Joe. Perhaps I projected my own adult need "to escape" from the real world onto them--seeing it as escaping into the imagination, when in reality it is being present. Do you think this ever breaks down, where it ceases to be a living more fully in the moment? And if so, under what circumstances is imagination no longer a being present?Dr. Jenn Bothamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08346837949328928842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279965730809022040.post-48059319935592807502011-08-06T20:52:13.347-07:002011-08-06T20:52:13.347-07:00Children live much more fully in the moment. The m...Children live much more fully in the moment. The more literate we become, the more self-conscious we become (identifying levels of value based on how well we think [about every other moment, ostensibly], according to Buhner), the more every other moment weighs in on this one, requiring this "shakedown" to enter the moment on the beach, or under the shadow of the mountain, or sitting at the table with another person. <br /><br />In reality, I feel as if children don't enter another place at all (with their imaginations), but, much like adults who use their imaginations, they more fully enter where they are. Sort of the way good writers rename the ordinary to show it to the reader anew. Not as an escape, but as an interpretation of what we already know, of where we already are.joebloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10791591557982890358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279965730809022040.post-59608777320267870992011-07-11T17:09:06.188-07:002011-07-11T17:09:06.188-07:00I think the lesser clutter is part of it and yet n...I think the lesser clutter is part of it and yet not all of it. I think their imaginations save them, taking them more fully to another place. In their play, they are able to abandon themselves to such a degree that they forget much of the real-world shit. Their imaginary play is almost akin to meditation and if I had to hazard a guess, it might have similar health benefits. Perhaps, the ill health among many children now is not so much attributable to the usage of video games themselves, but rather that the high volume of video gaming takes the place of this kind of imaginative play and fosters a lack of imagination and creativity? (an interesting but purely speculative thought). Thanks for your comments.Dr. Jenn Bothamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08346837949328928842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279965730809022040.post-74907766210023256442011-07-11T04:59:34.736-07:002011-07-11T04:59:34.736-07:00Do you think they shed the clutter more quickly be...Do you think they shed the clutter more quickly because they are younger and have less? We went to the beach recently for our anniversary and I felt like it took the first half of the trip for me to shake off my stuff and just Be There.Misplaced Musingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15170721096761340113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279965730809022040.post-60637671500205062692011-06-27T14:34:47.755-07:002011-06-27T14:34:47.755-07:00Thanks. I suspect you'd fit well straddling th...Thanks. I suspect you'd fit well straddling the line between the naturopathic/conventional medical communities, since you have a foundational understanding of both. (perhaps I should use the word integrative?) What I love about naturopathic medicine is that there is a level where art enters in. While there is certainly a science or underlying philosophy surrounding the rx of certain homeopathic remedies, a particular dx does not equal one particular remedy. Rather, I'm looking for the "homeopathic flavor" of the depression and there is an art to figuring that piece out. I love the process of trying to figure this out. I have this suspicion that you'd like it too. ;)Dr. Jenn Bothamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08346837949328928842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279965730809022040.post-28799756178753670872011-06-27T05:10:00.598-07:002011-06-27T05:10:00.598-07:00This is nice. I am currently trying to figure out ...This is nice. I am currently trying to figure out where a creative (though not creatively gifted, per se) person such as myself fits into the medical world. So far the answer seems to be: Nowhere. But i keep searching. Alzheimer's care probably came the closest.Misplaced Musingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15170721096761340113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279965730809022040.post-54079689211881526682011-06-19T06:48:35.451-07:002011-06-19T06:48:35.451-07:00Excellent.Excellent.Misplaced Musingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15170721096761340113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5279965730809022040.post-8563993155832699442011-06-13T11:37:26.212-07:002011-06-13T11:37:26.212-07:00Very honest Jenn. It is a journey for us all. Enjo...Very honest Jenn. It is a journey for us all. Enjoy the growing process.elana.gelmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14399686415513365335noreply@blogger.com