<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040535541717598673</id><updated>2011-07-30T18:24:34.131-07:00</updated><category term='motivation'/><category term='rituals'/><category term='media'/><category term='definition'/><category term='theory'/><category term='Contaminated thinking'/><category term='opinion'/><category term='avoidance'/><category term='facts'/><title type='text'>Contaminated Thinking</title><subtitle type='html'>I am just not going to believe everything I think anymore..</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://contaminatedthinking.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8040535541717598673/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contaminatedthinking.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Anna Sellers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12038876423086955521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_C0djotUQ7BY/R9z8eYNjpbI/AAAAAAAAAT4/0FCLusR0Gcc/S220/spref1small.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040535541717598673.post-3390094691863361653</id><published>2010-06-01T05:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-01T05:39:06.756-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rituals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='avoidance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='motivation'/><title type='text'>Rituals of Avoidance</title><summary type='text'>The last few days I have been whining in my morning journal like a child about getting started.  Once I am actually moving and doing it, I like excuses to quit, but getting started seems to be a much bigger problem.  I have rituals of avoidance.  (I am giving it a name)

One more cigarette and I will go do this.  (yes, I smoke, yes, it is a horrible habit, yes, I need to quit)  I will start after</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8040535541717598673/posts/default/3390094691863361653'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8040535541717598673/posts/default/3390094691863361653'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contaminatedthinking.blogspot.com/2010/06/rituals-of-avoidance.html' title='Rituals of Avoidance'/><author><name>Anna Sellers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12038876423086955521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_C0djotUQ7BY/R9z8eYNjpbI/AAAAAAAAAT4/0FCLusR0Gcc/S220/spref1small.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040535541717598673.post-3112054389226140117</id><published>2010-05-27T12:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-27T12:09:51.172-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='theory'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='definition'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Contaminated thinking'/><title type='text'>What is Contaminated Thinking?</title><summary type='text'>Contaminated thinking is about living on autopilot without questioning what you believe. It can be an external belief like religion. Sometimes it manifests in learned behaviors. If someone asks you why you do or say something and you don't know the answer immediately, it is probably a contaminated thought. Most contaminated thoughts do not get their origin from your own conscious decision. It is </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8040535541717598673/posts/default/3112054389226140117'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8040535541717598673/posts/default/3112054389226140117'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contaminatedthinking.blogspot.com/2010/05/what-is-contaminated-thinking.html' title='What is Contaminated Thinking?'/><author><name>Anna Sellers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12038876423086955521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_C0djotUQ7BY/R9z8eYNjpbI/AAAAAAAAAT4/0FCLusR0Gcc/S220/spref1small.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040535541717598673.post-4372495290670965279</id><published>2010-03-08T13:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-05-25T10:11:37.452-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='opinion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='facts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='media'/><title type='text'>Inside Twisted Minds</title><summary type='text'>
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Were these people deranged?  Or were they desperate? Is the internet truly to blame for these tragic responses?  Did these men truly need "validation" from the internet to do what they did?  Is monitoring the internet a solution to the root problem? or a solution to a symptom?

Why did these guys do what they did?  Why is it happening more and more frequently?  Is </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8040535541717598673/posts/default/4372495290670965279'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8040535541717598673/posts/default/4372495290670965279'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://contaminatedthinking.blogspot.com/2010/03/inside-twisted-minds.html' title='Inside Twisted Minds'/><author><name>Anna Sellers</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12038876423086955521</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_C0djotUQ7BY/R9z8eYNjpbI/AAAAAAAAAT4/0FCLusR0Gcc/S220/spref1small.jpg'/></author></entry></feed>
