Episode # 23: The Mindful Use of Technology with Dr. Dustin Weissman

Your Anxiety Toolkit - Practical Skills for Anxiety, Panic & Depression

Kimberley Quinlan, LMFT | Anxiety & OCD Specialist

Self-improvement, Education, Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 882 Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2017

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

The Mindful Use of Technology

Hi everyone! I hope this finds you well.

mindfulness OCD Technology Cell Phones Anxiety Fear Reassurance Compulsive Internet Use

This podcast is about a topic that is so important and so interesting to me. In this episode, we speak with screen time expert, Dr Dustin Weissman about how to use technology (smart phones, tablets, internet etc) in a mindful and healthy way. We specifically discuss how to manage Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), OCD Spectrum Disorders such as Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD), and Eating Disorders. In this episode, we discussed:

Does technology improve or harm our Self-Esteem?
How can we create a Balanced lifestyle when using technology?
How can Parents monitor and moderate their children's use?
How can Parents practice sound and mindful discipline using technology as the reward or consequence?
How can we, as adults, monitor and manage our use of technology in this era of information?
How can we manage the compulsive use of internet/mobile devices for those with OCD and BDD?
How can we manage reassurance seeking behaviors related to technology use?

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Special tips for those with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) and Eating Disorders. Earlier this year, Dr Weissman published his dissertation titled, Impacts of Playing Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs) on Individuals' Subjective Sense of Feeling Connected with Others. Some links we discussed in the Podcast: Quality Time APP: http://www.qualitytimeapp.com/faq/ MindSpace Meditation APP: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mindspace/id967886308?mt=8 About Dr. Weissman: Dr. Dustin Weissman holds a Psychology Doctorate and works in private practice in Westlake Village, CA. He works with clients who are struggling with any form of internet addiction or problematic internet use, which include: online gaming, gambling, pornography, or smartphone addiction. Earlier this year, he published his dissertation, Impacts of Playing Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs) on Individuals' Subjective Sense of Feeling Connected with Others. A link can be found from his personal website, DustinWeissman.com. He was recently featured as an expert on screen time in an online article and has given numerous workshops. I hope you found this episode helpful. I know I did! Warmly, Kimberley

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0:00.0	Okay, well, welcome. My name is Kimberly Quinlan, and this is a special edition of your
0:18.4	Insighty Toolkit podcast. Today I have a special guest,
0:22.8	Dr. Dustin Weissman, and the title of today's podcast is going to be speaking about the
0:29.2	mindful use of technology, which is such an important topic right now, I think,
0:35.0	given that technology is so widely available, but also in that there
0:40.5	are so many mental health apps out there that are out there to help, but my goal for today
0:47.0	was really to talk about how we can have some moderation and use technology in the most
0:52.2	mindful way possible.
1:00.0	So let me sort of review quickly some of the topics that I want to go over today with Dr. Weissman.
1:01.5	I particularly get asked in sessions with clients about whether social media is helping or
1:10.5	hindering self-esteem, how to create a balanced lifestyle around it.
1:15.6	Is there a way to moderate without it being affecting the parent-child relationship?
1:23.6	And most important for those who have OCD is how to moderate the compulsive use of technology.
1:31.3	So welcome Dr. Weissman.
1:34.3	Thank you. Glad to be here.
1:37.3	So Dr. Weissman is considered an expert in screen time.
1:42.3	And let me, I'm going to read off my notes here. Earlier this year,
1:45.9	he published his dissertation titled Impacts of Playing Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games
1:53.7	on Individual's Subjective Sense of Feeling Connected with Others. So can you tell me what that means and what you found?
2:04.1	Yeah, so I looked at the relationship between how much time people were spending gaming online
2:10.4	and how it affected not how they were doing socially, but how they thought they were doing socially.
2:17.3	And for the most part, it was actually good.
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