How to Feel Better When Depressed

By Cecelia C. Dawson


Do you feel less healthy than you'd like? Do you have health issues that don't want to go away no matter what you do to try to alleviate them?Have you been to doctors, only to have them tell you there's nothing wrong with you?Health is not the absence of disease. It is a state of well being in body, mind and spirit. When you are truly healthy, you'll feel a zest for living, an abundance of energy to get up and go do the things you love to do. Anything less is not real health.

Now take a fresh sheet of paper and write down all the things that you appreciate about yourself. What's great about you? Are you a good friend? A great listener? Maybe you're really good at drawing or a great cook? Be honest because if you look hard enough there is something amazing about all of us. Again keep writing until you can't think of anymore or your arm hurts through writing whichever comes first.

Now just think about these things, who you are as a person and what you have to be grateful for and you should begin to feel a heck of a lot better. There is always a way out, you just need to believe in it. Do not beat yourself up over what you haven't done just give yourself credit for what you have done. Don't ponder of what you haven't got, be grateful for what you have and I assure you, you will start to feel a whole lot better.

How are you feeling today? Would you like to feel better tomorrow? If so, here's some good news: You can feel great in just 24 hours by making small changes in your diet and lifestyle.These changes don't require you to do anything extraordinary. In fact, these are the little rules that we know we need to live by for optimal health and happiness, but which get shoved aside by our daily routines.Try them out for a day, and feel the difference,Start Your Day Off Right.Look at your usual breakfast choices. Could they be healthier? Do you skip breakfast in an effort to save calories, or because you don't like to eat first thing in the morning? Your breakfast kicks off your metabolism for the day. If you run on empty all morning, your metabolism will slow to a crawl. You'll also find yourself starving by lunchtime, making it more likely that you'll overeat.Give your morning a healthy start by preparing a nutritious breakfast of turkey bacon, eggs, and fresh strawberries.

That's not all. Norma also had joint problems too. She could not stand up from a squatting position without help.So, to say she had some health challenges is putting it mildly.Norma was tested for food and chemical sensitivities. Seven months later, after avoiding her sensitive foods and following a rotation diet, all her symptoms were gone... as long as she continued to avoid her sensitive foods. She was glowing. The before and after difference in how she looked is very dramatic.

Feeling good about oneself is essential to develop a positive attitude in life. But due to circumstances beyond our control, we might often find ourselves depressed and listless. Here are a few tips on how to lift your spirits: Weather plays an important part in deciding your outlook. A bright sunny day can bring an involuntary smile to your lips, while a cloudy, foggy day can summon up your negative feelings. Make sure you are in a brightly lit area, and you automatically feel the difference in your mood.

It doesn't matter if the foods to which you are sensitive are "healthy" foods. They're not healthy for you. You can be sensitive to any food. For example, some of my sensitive foods are salmon, trout, grapefruit, kiwi, papaya, pineapple, red leaf and romaine lettuce, potatoes, gluten, whey and more.

Help a stranger. Random acts of kindness can do wonders to make you feel good. Helping someone to cross the road, buying coffee or tea for someone who looks like he/she needs it, giving way to someone in a hurry, offering to carry the grocery bags for someone who looks more tired than you are...these may sound like mundane, everyday incidents, but do not underestimate their effect.

Be with happy people. Their positive energy is quite infectious. At the end of a weary day, instead of reading or watching depressing news or serious movies, turn to children's comics, cartoons or comedies. And laugh out loud.Before going to sleep,make two lists for the next day - one for the things you have to do, and one for the things you keep postponing. Keep the second one very short - just 2 or 3 items. The next day, even if you cannot tick off every item on the first list, make sure you do the second one. And see for yourself how better it makes you feel!




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