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About Me

http://thebadwebsite.com/qanda/psychiatristwalter/http://www .WalterJacobsonMD.medem.com

My Interests

Movies, tennis, horseback riding, my dog Juno, learning to surf, comedy, writing, spirituality, mysticism, synchronicity, I-Ching, no limit texas hold-em, forgiveness, A Course In Miracles, the number 22.

Music:

Grateful Dead, Talking Heads, Dylan, Sting, The Rolling Stones, The Doors.

Movies:

It's A Wonderful Life, The Devils, Casablanca, Groundhog Day, M.D.TV, Broken Soldiers, Being There, House of Games, The Big Lebowski, The Matrix, The Dirty Dozen, Captain Newman, MD, Annie Hall, Manhattan, Raging Bull

Television:

24, Deadwood, The Fugitive, Twilight Zone, The Sopranos, Seinfeld, Taxi, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica

Books:

Dune, A Course In Miracles, I-Ching, Be Here Now, The Erroneous Zones, The Neo Testament, The Lazyman's Guide To Enlightenment, Sherlock Holmes

Heroes:

Jack Bauer, Humphrey Bogart, Jesus Christ, Gandhi, George Bailey, the Christic Institute, Carl Jung, Albert Einstein

My Blog

Half-full vs Half-Empty

"What is the best way to see the glass as half-full as opposed to half-empty?" Without having a specific situation to refer to, the best I can do is provide generalizations as to how to see things...
Posted by walter on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 12:40:00 PST

What Are The Best Was To Stay Mentally Fit?

There are, certainly, a great many ways to stay mentally fit. Many of the points I made about reducing stress (in my blog, "How To Deal With Stress") apply to this concept of staying mentally fit as w...
Posted by walter on Sat, 24 Nov 2007 08:29:00 PST

How To Deal With Stress

"What are symptoms of stress, how can it affect your health and what's the best way to manage it?" Common symptoms of stress, particularly prolonged stress, are depression, anxiety, insomnia, irri...
Posted by walter on Sat, 10 Nov 2007 09:29:00 PST

"When trust in a relationship has been broken, can it be repaired?"

Yes, it is possible to restore trust and rebuild a relationship. Were I to have some specifics regarding the relationship, the incident that was a breach of trust, whether this was a single incident v...
Posted by walter on Sat, 27 Oct 2007 02:43:00 PST

life is a dream

life is a dream.laugh as much as you can.for tomorrow we die.and live again.
Posted by walter on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 09:55:00 PST

To Rant or Not To Rant, That is the Question

my friend kristine asked me to respond to the taser incident...hi, kristine,i'm sorry to have taken so long to respond and i appreciate the feedback that my past rants have been food for thought....un...
Posted by walter on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 10:30:00 PST

Anger Is A Choice

Anger is the cause of much of the world's ills. At a global level, anger is the stuff that wars are made of. At a more personal level, anger is what destroys marriages, what splinters families, what...
Posted by walter on Sat, 08 Sep 2007 11:03:00 PST

INTUITIVE HEALING: A Conversation with Judith Orloff, MD

A Conversation with Judith Orloff, M.D.by Walter Jacobson, M.D.Re-printed from the Newsletter of the Southern California Psychiatric SocietyVolume 49, Number 2, October 2000 Judith Orloff, M.D., is a ...
Posted by walter on Sun, 15 Jul 2007 03:36:00 PST

Marriage / Relationships: What's Love Got To Do With It?

By Walter E. Jacobson, MDIt is the irony of many relationships that we often treat our loved ones worse than strangers and business acquaintances. We seem to operate under the premise that the closer ...
Posted by walter on Sat, 30 Jun 2007 10:22:00 PST

Burnout Syndrome

How To Beat Burnout Caused From StressBy Walter E. Jacobson, MDBurnout is a form of physical or emotional exhaustion resulting from excessive and/or prolonged stress which is not effectively recognize...
Posted by walter on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:23:00 PST