physical you 101

welcome to physical you, 101!

part of the emotional feelings network of sites!

all ages... need help with recovery...

all cultures, all races, all people need recovery

As you may already know, the emotional feelings network of sites is all about recovering from whatever it is that's been hurting you in your lifetime. Whether it be physical illness, mental illness, an eating disorder, an addiction or whatever life dysfunction you may have experienced... the emotional feelings network of sites is a compilation of sites that can help you recover on your own or as an added helpful insight to your current recovery program - have physical & mental well-being.

Why would someone spend 1000's of hours designing & keeping up these websites to offer free information to others?

I often receive e-mail that asks, "Who are you anyway? Why do you do this? It must take 1000's of hours to work on these sites!"

I have to reply - "You're absolutely right! It does take many, many hours each day to work on these sites. Why do I do it? I use the opportunity to work on these sites to help others as well as learning for myself - the information that's included in them.

I read every article & implement as much of the information I take in to benefit my own recovery process. Helping others is so worthwhile for me.

I enjoy working on the computer, receiving e-mail from those trying to help themselves & are stuck, meaning that they may need help & most of all - you can learn so much more from helping others.

I believe that you may learn things you may have never understood before, if you weren't trying to help someone else with their problem. You look at things from a different perspective & it forces you to keep your mind sharp, being open & aware of thing at all times.

I can only urge you to take the opportunity to send me an e-mail pertaining to your specific needs & to utilize the underlined link word opportunities - they're really extremely beneficial! I consider each one of them to be an open door, to understanding something new & exciting.

Some of you may have heard of the concept that you never know what will trigger a very important treasure chest of individually important information that's exactly what you needed to find! It could be talking to a stranger, or sometimes someone very close to you just says something that you're particularly keyed in on. It could be a book, a magazine or a newspaper article... the odds here are large that something will be of interest to you because of the vast opportunity of information!

Just try to enter the site pages with an open mind, breathing slowly & deeply with your emotional feelings experience to enable your brain & your thought processes to do their job in helping you to be aware of information that may be useful to you in your recovery from whatever's holding your personal growth back.

kathleen

p.s. as for "who am i?" i'm just someone that is just like you - searching for answers in recovery of many life dysfunctions & mental illness (post traumatic stress disorder & others) that has made a personal commitment to helping others.

feature #1: underlined link words

I believe & work very hard to offer this special feature within all of the emotional feelings network of sites webpages because I also believe with all my heart that all of you are special as well. When you read thru the articles, definitions or quotations - you'll see the underlined link words (all emotion & feeling words, as well as other specifically pertinent to recovery & personal growth words) that are offered for you to delve even further into the meaning of the information being displayed.

The reason I believe this so important for you in recovery from many dysfunctions or personal growth efforts is that often we can't make progress until we allow ourselves to be open to all possibilities & allow ourselves to develop a sense of curiosity.

When you click on the underlined link words - a new window will always open - leaving you with the original window of information that you began with. You don't have to delete your original window, just minimize it until you have looked over your new & additional information concerning the emotion or feeling underlined link word you clicked on.

There are also underlined link words for additional resources offered to you as in:

It's in the News... article titles you can click on that will open in a new browser window as well - that are pertinent & up to date with information concerning the emotion or feeling word featured on the page
Very Important Additional Resources....article titles or website addresses for additional resource information that's very valuable - no need to search the web on a search engine - these sites are pertinent & timely in their presentations
Article & Book Titles within an article.... you'll find article links for articles copyrighted & not posted at the authors request, but too valuable to leave out, additional referred to articles as posted by the author of the article & links to websites that the author refers to within the articles.

do you have children or transport children?

click here... it's an emotional feeling "you tube video" that'll cause you to be more careful in how you transport your child(ren).

if you clicked on the animation immediately left & you read the article.... click the underlined link below

What You Can Do & if you want more info....

click here!

feature #2: the emotional feelings network of sites

Throughout the 3 years I've been working on these sites, the information base has grown immensely. I found that personally, while my research began with learning about mental illness, I progressed in my personal growth & recovery until I realized that it was essential that I work on my unresolved feelings & emotions - learning to identify what I have been feeling & not dealing with throughout my life - to begin to resolve dysfunctional events in my life.

In beginning to study emotions & feelings I found that so many emotions & feelings were intertwined with each other that I began to have to add more emotions & feelings to my original "one" emotional feelings site.

Then I discovered as well that our unresolved emotions & feelings are directly tied into our mental illnesses, dysfunctional thinking, false or misguided beliefs, eating disorders, lifestyle habits, etc. until I realized that the only possible option was to include a network of sites that would link everything together.

This is another reason why the underlined link word system is so important. the underlined link words will take you throughout a network of sites that pertain to many important subjects.

See the index of sites included within the emotional feelings network of sites directly over in the right hand column!

using feature #2:

All emotions & feelings are in alphabetical order in each of the network's sites. You'll travel thru the network of sites by utilizing the underlined link words that are included on every page of every site!

This is the index of all the sites you'll find within the network:

Emotional Feelings: this site is the HOMESITE for the entire emotional feelings network of sites & contains all feelings & emotions that begin with “a”

Emotional Feelings, 3: containing all feelings & emotions beginning with the letter "b" - also new this april 2006 - the feeling of belligerance... it's taking time to find info, but there is some posted - keep an eye out if you're interested in that feeling in the future for more info!

Emotional Feelings, too: containing all feelings & emotions that begin with "c" - new feature here!!!! & d has moved out of the house, almost completely!” it's moved to this forwarding address....

emotional feelings, 4 which features all emotions & feelings beginning with the letter, "d" the move is being done gradually, so please be patient! stop in to see the new site anytime!

another new change in april '06 at emotional feelings, 4 is the addition of the following emotions & feelings!

defective - defiant - demeaned - depressed - truly desperate -

distracted

I've made lots of changes & additions this month so please be patient with my progress.... I'm typing as fast as I can!

Feeling Emotional, too: containing all feelings & emotions beginning with the letters “e & f ”

Feeling Emotional, 4: containing all feelings & emotions beginning with the letters "g thru i"

Feeling Emotional, 3: containing all feelings & emotions beginning with the letters "j thru n"

Feeling Emotional: containing all feelings & emotions beginning with the letters “o thru r”

extremely emotional: containing all feelings & emotions beginning with the letter "s thru w"

your "Un"emotional Side: This site highlights all feelings & emotions using the prefix "un" before them - then beginning with the letter "a" thru words beginning with "k."

A New Year's Added Element! your "Un"emotional Side 2 has just been opened as your "Un"emotional Side: has gotten too full of information to hold any more! This site highlights all feelings & emotions using the prefix "un" before them then beginning with the letter "l" thru the end of the alphabet!

the layer down under: this site offers more than feelings & emotions! the subjects contained in the layer down under are highlighted in the lefthand column to give you the feel of some important topics you'll need to consider in feeling & emotion work as well as general personal growth or recovery processes.

the layer down under that: a site for the continuation of additional information for feelings & emotions that started in any one of the emotional feelings network of sites! This site does contain additional information of it's own such as: fault finding, are you an abuser?, consistency, suicide, circumstances & coping mechanisms!

the self pages: containing the topics that are prefixed with the word, "self" - such as self acceptance, self actualization, self defeated, self help, self love, etc.

try recovering 101! check it out! it's new this year! 2007

different-religions: an opportunity to see how religion has affected the other lifestyle factors in your life!

physical-you 101: you're here now! taking the recovery concept to the fullest perimeter, I decided to include the physical aspect to the entire concept of recovering to achieve the optimal physical & mental well-being possible.

My husband suffered a heart attack in September of 2006, which brought many new opportunities for me to see how you need to change your lifestyle for physical wellbeing, which in turn adds to your mental well-being. I'm hoping this site proves a valuable resource to you all!

life-skills 101: This site is coming forth out of my needs in my own personal recovery to begin to learn life skills I was never taught growing up that will allow me to be independent, self sufficient & able to take care of myself & family in this crazy world!

anxieties 101: this site contains information concerning the following topics. you can click on any of the underlined title words to travel over to that specific page if you see something that you are immediately interested in!

what is mental illness?

anxiety disorders

generalized & social anxiety disorders: separation anxiety mentioned as well

caregiver anxiety

panic disorder: information regarding panic attacks included

phobias: specific phobias, social phobia, agoraphobia - additional page linked off of this page: the phobia list

obsessive compulsive disorder: mention of other obsessive compulsive disorder (tourettes, etc.)

post traumatic stress disorder: acute stress disorder

since depression is very often co-existing with the above anxiety disorders as well as emotions & feelings, eating disorders, abuse & other forms of dysfunction, there's plenty of information regarding depression & other mood, or affective disorders included.

depression page: links to other depression information within the site - additional pages linked off of this page: bipolar disorder, mood & affective disorders

how it all works: this page is offered because I found the information very important in understanding mental illness & recovery processes, how your brain works, how your brain is linked to many subjects, etc. as well as a glossary of mental health terms...

the more you learn about mental illness, the more you begin to realize about how prevalent it is within different age groups. therefore, i've broken it down into different age levels on each of the following pages...

children & mental illness: topics concerning children & mental illness as well as info concerning the currently being developed site, children 101 - this site can be accessed while being developed! additional pages linked off of this page: parenting 101

teens & mental illness: different topics concerning teens & mental illness for parents to look over as well as info about the teenscene site!

young adults & mental illness: what concerns young adults directly in relationship with mental health & well being, i.e., college, eating disorders & other issues

men & mental illness: what concerns men directly with mental health & lifestyle, parenting, job related issues

women & mental illness: what concerns women directly in relationship with mental health, parenting, career & other issues -separate page for women about hormonal changes & connection with mental illness

seniors & mental illness:what concerns seniors directly in relationship with mental health, life transitions & other issues

lifestyle factors have a huge link to our mental health. thru my research i found that i needed education concerning my lifestyle habits that had a great bearing on my well being, so i included lifestyle pages on this site as well.

lifestyle diet: it's surprising to learn the ramifications of a nutritious diet in relationship with your mental health & well being!

lifestyle exercise: a direct connection to mental health! the importance of exercise in your life!

lifestyle sleep: information regarding sleep habits, sleep, sleep hygeine & the importance of sleep in relation to mental health....additional pages linked from this page: insomnia, special sleep problems in children

lifestyle relaxation: descriptions concerning different relaxation techniques & explanations as to how important relaxation is in our lives

lifestyle counseling: explanations of different kinds of counseling, the importance of counseling, definitions concerning counseling, etc.

lifestyle medications: information concerning medications used for different mental illness & sleep disorders

disasters unpredicted: page accessed from this page: understanding trauma

the following is a separate site you may visit with the emotional feelings network of sites!

night eating: i experienced this eating/sleeping disorder for most of my life & finally beat it. this website offers information concerning eating & sleeping disorder & pays particular attention to night eating syndrome!

teenscene: this site is for teens, similar to anxieties101! - & just a quick heads up to your parents with teens! i began to monitor where the people who visit teenscene 101 were coming from & lo & behold !!! - there were lots of hits coming from other sites concerning teens, PORN SITES - and some of them very disgusting to say the least.

so i added a new, "fake" home page onto teenscene to monitor how many hits i would get on the real homepage, after seeing how many people came to the new "fake" home page. i put a short sweet little note on there that says, " this is teenscene 101. it's a site for teens who are searching for info concerning teen life. it's not a porn site! but if you were looking for a porn site - click here - and i sent them to the addictions page at the layer down under that features my thoughts on porn addiction....

sexual predators are everywhere... make sure your significant other isn't surfing the web for anything that says "teen" on it & watch where your kids are surfing, because believe it or not, it's one of the newest teen pasttimes!

Because teenscene has has such growth, I'm in the process of breaking up the site, offering angels & princesses for the girls & I haven't named the individual boy's site yet. Teenscene will remain with information for all teens & parents.

Hope to see you there soon!

kathleen!

feature #3: special word definitions!

Some authors use some pretty strange words in their articles, so I highlight words that may be difficult to understand with the color pink! The definition is then included at the bottom of that page!

feature #4:

At the bottom of each page there's a link to the site where the articles displayed on each page came from, unless, of course, i have accessed that information somewhere & an unknown source was listed.

feature # 5: some articles by yours truly!

you'll find the notation, "personal note:" or sometimes just an article with my name, "kathleen," or "kathleen howe" as the author. i try to write on each homepage an article entitled, "i just gotta say it!" all participation by yours truly is totally dependent on how much time i have available for it...

Visiting The Layer Down Under: click the underlined link!

The Layer Down Under at one time, was included in the spare space on each site & consists of additional information that wasn't accessible thru our navigational menu on the left hand side of each page.

The Layer Down Under is a source of information concerning the tools that you'll need to "dig in deep" while exploring your emotions & feelings.

I named it The Layer Down Under because as you'll soon discover, if you haven't already, that there are layers & layers of unresolved emotions & feelings buried deep within each of us.

To get down beneath the very first layer of them all, you need to learn some additional information that will help you understand how to resolve those old hurts, raw open & sore emotions that have been underlying everything you've done in your life.

Discover one emotion & be sure that it's secondary to the original or another emotion that's above the original emotion experienced during your traumas. That's the way it works.... Just peel back the layers down under to learn more & more buried information.

Subjects covered in The Layer Down Under....

Addictions - Drug & Alcohol Abuse, Gambling, Smoking & more addiction factors... Becoming addicted to something is a negative coping mechanism that we use to keep us from feeling the pain we have inside us...

Attitudes... What's yours?

We all have attitudes. Learn more about how your attitude affects your daily life & impedes your progress in self growth & discover.....

Beliefs - Extracting False Ones....

We all have beliefs. Most of our belief systems were formed when we were children living in a dysfunctional world... often times learned from our parents who were dysfunctional themselves....

Body Image....

I myself have lived with an eating disorder for most of my life, "night eating syndrome." Professionals aren't quite sure what to do with this disorder yet. Although it was discovered in the 1950's, professionals haven't studied much about it.... I believe that my negative body image sold me on eating at night for comfort among other things.... Read more about what people are facing these days with their own body image issues....

Accepting Change....

Change isn't easy. We all get used to doing things a certain way & although we may know it's not the "best" way for us that we do these things... it's so hard to accept that we have to change. Acceptance is the first detail to work on when we're talking about changing ourselves....

Emotions

This page isn't just about emotions, not one in particular, but about how we deal with our emotions, the importance of emotions, what happens to our emotions if we don't feel them & end up stuffing them - also about kids & their emotions as well as teens!

It's also about emotional intelligence, a very important topic to understand!

Feelings

The same goes for this "feelings page." About feelings generally, why we experience feelings, what we do with them, what we don't do with them that we should as well as other general information concerning feelings... it's an interesting page!

Insight

While professionals & experts, well - you know - those educated people, maybe like you, are out their in their worlds of business, finance & other mainstays of our modern world, there seems to be an elemnet of doubt concerning some of the subjects contained in The Layer Down Under...

Like... how important is it for us to look for insightful information in our every day lives?... After being raised by well educated parents who didn't know anything about "insight" I can rightfully say that most people are letting their educations get in the way of this important factor that they're missing out on in their educated lives.... that's right, i said it.... don't be too educated to miss out on concentrating on the insightful information you may be missing in your daily life, this page talks about that abit!

A list of articles within the site!

Listening to the Female Heart

Health Tip: What Happens During Coronary Bypass Surgery?

Coronary Artery Disease

Sleep Disorders & Breast Cancer Treatment

The 18-Second Doctor
By Nancy Shute
Posted 3/18/07

Jerome Groopman knows a thing or two about medicine. A noted researcher on cancer & AIDS at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston & a professor at Harvard Medical School, he also writes about the practice of medicine for the New Yorker.

But he had to start from scratch to understand the subject of his new book, How Doctors Think. Groopman explains how faulty thinking by doctors can lead to tragically wrong diagnoses & what patients can do to better the odds of getting the right care.

Why did you decide to look into how doctors make decisions?

I had become aware of misdiagnoses of family & friends. I was teaching 3 years ago & I found that many of the students were very smart.

But they were latching on to these algorithms, making very quick judgments & following cookbook-type recipes for diagnosis & treatment.

I thought to myself, "How can I teach them to think better? How is it that I've made misdiagnoses & senior colleagues of mine sometimes miss very important diagnoses?" To do that, I had to understand how doctors think.

You'd think the process had been studied to death.

No, it hasn't. So what I did was begin to interview physicians all across the country & talk to them about their triumphs, when they came to the correct diagnosis & when they failed. I also very critically examined my own thinking & particularly my own errors.

You tell the story of Ann Dodge, who suffered for 15 years despite seeing almost 30 doctors.

They said she had:

anorexia
bulimia
irritable bowel syndrome

She developed anemia, osteoporosis & was down to 82 pounds, even though she was eating 3,000 calories a day.

She was literally wasting away. As physicians, we rely on pattern recognition to make diagnoses & too often we come to snap judgments. We tend to stereotype patients. You'll just rubber-stamp what's been said & done over the past 15 years.

And yet here's a doctor, Myron Falchuk, who pushes all that to the side & returns thru language to her story. He asks himself one of the key questions, which is, what else could it be?

Or could two things be going on simultaneously?

He thinks more broadly & makes a diagnosis that had been missed for 15 years. And saved her life. She had celiac disease, an autoimmune disorder that's essentially an allergy to gluten in food.

That doctor really listened to his patient, which is what we all hope for when we walk into a doctor's office.

We want to be listened to & in a high-tech age, the key to accurate diagnosis & the basis of insightful thinking comes from listening & language.

The errors that we make in our thinking often come about bec