WE ARE KNOWMADS
A blogsite for liquid navigators
health is often overrated
Are you healthy? Do you have a ‘complete’ state of health? Please, be honest…
Why the WHO defined ‘health’ as a complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity when, everybody knows, ‘almost’ nobody has?
Chocolate Ice Cream
Usually you have an idea, you take a decision that you consider appropriate, and you put it into action.
Typically, more often than not, the move goes wrong. You screw up. You spill it all over, sh*! happens, and you make a mess. Damn, it seemed so easy...
Gelat de xocolata
Habitualment tens una idea, prens una decisió que consideres adequada, i la poses en marxa.
Habitualment, o més aviat sovint, et surt malament la jugada. La cagues. L’espifies o emboliques la troca. Punyeta, semblava tan fàcil…
What a weekend, man
I don’t know if you have experienced this situation in the past.
This story begins with something really unusual: a whiskey shot.
Un día en las carreras
Como hemos estado hablando de psicooncología estos últimos días, me gustaría explicarles una historia breve, pero cierta.
Trata de un músico que un día, tras llevar a sus hijos a la escuela, desarrolla un principio de psicosis por haber dormido poco.
One second of life (or two)
At the intersection between psychiatry and oncology, there is a branch of clinical practice known as psycho-oncology. It involves health professionals from medicine, psychology, nursing, and many others.
You may well have had the opportunity to have met or been treated by one of them, just because cancer and mental health go hand in hand.
Un minuto de vida
En la intersección entre la psiquiatría y la oncología, existe una rama de la clínica que se conoce como psicooncología. En esta trabajan profesionales de la salud de medicina, psicología y enfermería, y muchos otros.
Es muy posible que hayan tenido oportunidad de haber conocido o ser atendido por alguno de ellos, porque el cáncer y la salud mental van cogidos de la mano.
Spaces for brain restoration: reserve and resilience
Why do some people who lived through war, abuse or terrible loss overcome these situations, becoming stronger? In physics, a material is resilient when deformed by a force, recovering after its original shape. In recent years, neuroscientists have realized that the brain behaves similarly.
For different reasons, our brain can react and restructure itself in traumatic situations, although the 'restoration' capacity varies across the population. The scientific community has focused on this capacity in the last decade to understand it, delve into its mechanisms, and try to find out how to enhance it.