HOW TO BEAT MILD DEPRESSION or ANXIETY, LACK OF SELF WORTH EVEN IF YOU HAVE A GENERALLY GOOD LIFE SUPPLEMENTS FOR DEPRESSION AND LIFESTYLE CHANGES
HOW TO BEAT MILD DEPRESSION
or ANXIETY, LACK OF SELF WORTH EVEN IF YOU HAVE A GENERALLY GOOD LIFE
SUPPLEMENTS FOR DEPRESSION
AND LIFESTYLE CHANGES
Do you feel more anxious
than usual or depressed? This article is for people who have not been on
pharmaceutical medications for decade, but rather feel depression or anxiety as
a new phenomenon. It may also be helpful to those who are trying to ween
themselves off pharmaceutical anti depressants. However if you are one of those
people, you MUST consult your doctor, as it can be dangerous to suddenly stop
medication.
Mme Dr Gustave was always
very happy and optimistic, always seeing the glass half full, despite many
pitfalls in life, abuse from employers, husband, parents. However she has been
a survivor and used particular tactics of self care in order to get through
problems bit by bit, even a contentious divorce with years of court and a
custody battle.
Below are links to herbal
products that helped moi.
But first - lifestyle habit
of self care, especially if you are working mother wife carer giver, cook
cleaner - yes we all know it ....
S E L F C A R E
YOGA
Yoga can be mild, can be
about breathing, can be athletic - it depends on the type of yoga. Some people
have a pre conception that it is about contorting into crazy poses - but this
is not the case. It is about breathing. To begin, find restorative or beginner
yoga and remember many classes are at a mixed level - you do your best in the
class and go into child's pose if it gets too much - you work at YOUR level and
yoga is NOT about achievement. Teachers and students know this so there is NO
reason to be embarrassed if you can't do something, it is not about DOING it is
about turning your attention inward, to pay attention to how YOU feel inside, to
breathe a certain way all the way through the practice and to prepare for
meditation (or just feel very happy at the end, accepting and very relaxed). It
is also called a practice, so you will practice your way at your level, it is
not about achieving and comparing. An advanced person simply has to work harder
to get the yoga high, whereas a beginner gets the high form a few simple
stretches.
AFFIRMATIONS
Affirmation Videos.
Don't have a parent to tell
you how brilliant you are every day? (who does!) Use these videos as a
meditation of sorts. Watch them with a cup of hot lemon and ginger and espresso
while given yourself time to breathe - in about 10 minutes you will feel happy
and ready to conquer the world! Taking the time to sit in the morning for 20
minutes and wake up can make a huge difference to your attitude and energy in
the day.
We know these sound cheesy,
but if you wake up with anxiety and low self worth, Mme. Dr. Gustave has found these
every soothing and effective - the idea is that you listen to someone else
telling you how you feel, that you are lucky, should be grateful, that you are
brilliant and successful and then somehow invisibly your neural pathways that
have formed that are about you telling yourself you are not really good, worthy
or happy, get reformed. After reforming you wake up happier, confident and
believing in yourself. Sometimes it wears off and if you sit down in the
morning with your tea or coffee or hot lemon, gage how you feel - if you feel unworthy
or anxious, watch the video for 10 minutes or more. THEN turn on the news. Or
avoid the news if it makes you feel bad.
Here are some favorites:
TAKE TIME FOR YOURSELF TO
DO NOTHING
Mme Dr. Gustave learned
form an eminent New Yorker, that lying in bed or on a sofa and just gazing at
the ceiling, not sleeping but thinking, reflecting about your day, month, life
can be very productive for ideas and remembering things. Zone out.
TAKE NAPS
If you have a ton of stress
or have 12 hr days - take time for disco naps. For some people they do not
work. But if you can figure out what works for you - 9 minutes, 12 or 17? 25 or
45? You will find that you might feel incredibly refreshed if you can get
yourself horizontal for just 10 minutes. Some people nap in their cars, their
offices or in libraries - if you are lucky enough to have privacy at work or
work at home, take naps instead of feeling like you need ot be up and busy all
day long. Mothers- nap when your children nap and let the dust bunnies
accumulate, you will be MORE productive if you rest a little. IN Europe some
businesses close for 2 hrs at lunch and then are open until 8. In many southern
cultures people do siesta, they eat and sleep, then go back to work. trust me - yrou productivity and endurance
will increase!
Research shows that napping
will help a lot - see this book by Dr. Rednick in her Book about taking naps:
NON NEGITIABLE ME TIME - WORK ANDOR YOGA AND SAUNA
It can be helpful to announce
to your family - on Saturday mornings I am going to betaking yoga classes - see
you later. Think about it - men do this all the time - they say "I am
going fishing on Sunday - bye. When do we do that - we ask, we feel bad or
guilty that we are not with our family, But if you spend just 2 hrs alone you
might be a 10 times better mother afterwards.
If you are at home or do not
have kids - simply choose an exercise class or time when you will do your self
care - yoga workouts, classes. I also recommend the sauna, dry or wet. It
detoxifies the body after a workout and is wonderful to fend off colds and burn
extra calories, as well to zone out, and think. Ditch your phone, lie down and
sweat, close your eyes, ruminate in your mind!
HOT BATHS
Everyone has a bathtub and
therefore an in home spa. If you grew up in Europe this may be something you do
all the time, especially in the winter....
Baths detoxify the body,
warm areas up that you never knew were cold, and help flush out estrogen
ladies! Especially if you use dead sea salts or epsom salts. Run hot water,
very hot (if necessary clean the bath with bleach cleaner first). Close the
door, light a candle and relax in the high hot water.
These are good products to
put in your bath - salts and oils! The salts pull out toxins and the oils
nourish all skin and provide nice aromatherapy that helps you relax.
Dead Sea Salt minerals, includes many minerals, just like some
natural spas in Colorado - this product includes Magnesium Chloride, Potassium
Chloride, Sulphate and many more:
EAT WELL
You already know that junk
food effects your organs, your body physically and mentally - eat whole fresh
foods, learn how to cook! Get a basic cook book! More on this later.
It can be helpful for some
people to eliminate gluten and white starchy foods.
Eat breakfast like a king,
then a modest lunch with protein, and salad for dinner....
CONNECT WITH FRIEND - EVEN
IF THEY ARE FAR AWAY
Contact an old friend via
e-mail and make a time to talk - are they far away? Who cares - many people communicate
daily via messenger or text or phone. If you have local friend, go to lunch, or
take your pet for a walk - yes pets are also good anti depressants as are
walks! No friends? Look fro a meetup group in your area or for your own, or
volunteer somewhere to have some interaction with others. Or take a trip and
visit an area where you know many people. tell them you are in town - suggest
coffee or tea.
TAKE HOT LEMON - GINSENG - TUMERIC - BEE POLLEN AND GINGER TEA IN THE
MORNING BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE
Make this tea by shaving frozen
ginger and frozen tumeric off with a knife into a cut. Keep the bulbs in the
freezer to use easily. You can peel the skin off first. Add ginseng powder and
a squeeze of fresh lemon juice. Poor hot water over it. drink this before
coffee to prime your digestion and wake up - drink it while watching
affirmations! Don't think they have it in your town? Check the veggie section
of your grocery store - you might be surprised. Or visit your local asian
market! Don’t use powder - it is just not the same and not fresh, tasted
horrible. I add a spoon of organic raw honey and also some bee pollen -
S U P P L E M E N T S
Mme Dr. Gustave looks 10
years younger than she really is. While it is credited to good genes and a good
lifestyle and self care, supplements may have played a role.
Take this twice a day:
Joy Tonic Tincture
Take this twice a day, 5
squirts - Mme Dr Gustave has found that this had the most profound effect - resulting
in the happy feeling of my past - a feeling of optimism and excitement for the
future and joy and gratefulness for the beauty around us.
St John's Wort Supplement
Let me know if any of these
work - or if you have your own method - it works for me.
The combination of self
care, exercise, eating well and supplements will help you feel better. I bigger
things are wrong - go to therapy and or assess your whole life - find something
you love to do and work towards that plan! Do your career first, then have
kids....or don't :)
Sincerely
Mme Dr. Gustave
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