It’s the new year and with that comes a few more months of winter. While the cold weather and snow covered ground may have been pretty in December, by the end of January it starts to wear on you. It seems that the weeks leading up to spring are not only frigid but they are down right depressing. Because of the cold weather, lack of light, and the dreary surroundings many of us face a bout of seasonal depression. Beat the winter blues and help fight your winter worries with these terrific tips.
- Light Up Your Day: It is believed that one of the biggest causes of Seasonal Depression is the decrease in serotonin caused by a lack of sunlight. Long hours spent at work under fluorescent lights are often met with early darkness which means a larger majority of people who work nine to five rarely see the sun. Combating this can be as simple as taking a walk during your lunch or replacing your home lights with halogen lights. Both of these solutions will boost your mood by subjecting you to light. When you get home from work try to turn on a few lights and refrain from sitting in dimly lit or dark rooms.
- Day Dream: Is the cold weather bringing you down? Sometimes the one thing you want (sunny days) I the last thing you can get, but that doesn’t mean there is no hope. Throw away everything you’re parents told you about day dreaming and let your mind escape for a few minutes each day. When you’re having a particularly bad day, close your eyes and imagine your self in your favorite summer setting. Feel the sun on your body and the light that floods your mind. Let yourself enjoy your brief moment away from reality to really get your mind off the less than desirable winter weather.
- Go Bright: Winter colors have a tendency to be drab and muted leaving your wardrobe representing your lack of enthusiasm. Whenever you’re feeling a little blue consider adding some bright hue’s to “brighten” your mood. Colors can have a positive or negative effect on your mood so take advantage of vibrant colors like reds and oranges to really bust those winter blues.
- Get Active: The winter blues can take their toll on your physical and emotional well being. Often times, as the winter progresses you may find that you are less and less active. Being less active will not only add on some unwanted winter weight but it will also work to deepen your depression. Make it a point to be active at least three or four days a week. Even a half hour of running or cycling can help you improve your mood.
- Buy a Plant: Looking out the window on a winter day can be a pretty depressing sight. Depending on where you live you may see tons of old snow that has turned black and brown and lifeless trees. You may not be able to change the outdoors but you can bring some life into your home, office, or apartment with a plant. For the ultimate boost choose one that lacks flowers so you can maximize the amount of oxygen in the room. By: Jen Wasilewski
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Think for a minute what the body goes through during times of stress. No matter what goes on in our lives, the body is resilient to almost everything we put it through; almost everything.
Nothing harmful continues without showing the breakdown of stress and the affects of stress on the body.
One of the affects of stress is dysfunction of the adrenal glands; an adrenal enlargement. These are the stress glands of choice in the body. These glands literally become fatigued and “stressed”. Caffeine, sugar, inactivity, emotional stress, physical stress all have a profound effect on the adrenal system and lowers any chance of dealing with stress.
Another affect of stress is the activity of the lymphatic system; an intense shrinkage or atrophy of the thymus, the spleen, the lymph nodes and lymphatic structures throughout the body. They cannot keep immune surveillance. Do you know people who are always sick? Check out their stress and you’ll find a correlation.
Another affect of stress on the body is deep irritation in the lining of the stomach and intestines. The stomach and intestinal lining literally ulcerate.
Another affect of stress is when your mind and body cannot fight against the amount of stress that you are experiencing. These affects of stress show up on the body.
So are these symptoms and affects of stress bad? If we listen and learn from our symptoms we can lessen the effects of stress and become healthy. This can almost be overwhelming to think about and deal with. Isn’t every symptom related to stress?
Absolutely. Everything we do is related to some kind of stress.
It is only when our mind and body do not overcome the amounts of stress that we have full-blown symptoms of stress.
Symptoms are important — if we listen and learn from them. They speak volumes about a person’s health and state of well-being.
The symptoms of stress are symptoms related to the causes of stress: physical, electromagnetic/geopathic, thermal, allergies/sensitivities, toxins/poisons, nutrition, and emotions.
Most people are interested emotions that relate to stress. Emotional stress is what people consider when they think about stress. Emotional health is paramount to your health and well-being. To get a grasp on your stress you have to take time to understand your emotional state. When you do this you can change it for the better.
In order to understand the seriousness of stress you have to understand the three hallmark changes that occur during the type of stress.
A. Acute: a stress that is immediate and short-lived.
B. Chronic: a stress of long-term duration with no end in sight.
Once the body is engaged in the fight against the stress it may not be long until it begins to show the damages. It depends on the health of the person in the first place. In a healthy person the fight is strong and the damages are minimal.
Instead of putting attention to the affects of stress, the focus needs to shift to the cause and elimination of stress.
Spend time focusing on your stress triggers. What is it that triggers your stress response? Once you begin to find these you can begin a process of changing your response to it. Instead of responding the old, destructive way, pick a new productive response and become good at it. Here is where you can develop a new pattern and behavior more suitable to reducing stress.
Work on this process for a month and notice the difference. You may find that your symptoms of stress will melt away and fall by the wayside.
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If you feel you are under stress lately, here are 10 tips that I have learned can help you eliminate it.
1. Try to identify what is bothering you. Is the stress work-related? Is it because of a recent loss of a loved one? Is it because of anxiety? Are you feeling unhappy with your life? If you can isolate the problem, try to find solutions that will somewhat lessen or remove the stress. Sometimes knowing what your problems are will help you gain a new attitude in tackling them.
2. Change your habit. Go visit a place that interests you. Take up a new healthy hobby. Sometimes a sudden change of atmosphere that breaks the monotony of life can bring back the cheerful spirit in you.
3. Make new friends. You will be amazed how new contacts can bring new perspectives that will enrich your view of life.
4. Look at other people with conditions worse than yours. Have a compassion for others. Be a good listener to their problems. Compare. Being able to realize that you are in a relatively better situation will make you grateful, and this sometimes removes the cause for stress itself. Learning about other people’s worries and concern will also distract you from your own, and therefore shift most of the focus away from your psychological problems, giving time for your own healing to take place.
5. Try meditative exercises such as yoga, pranic healing or Reiki. The aim here is to discipline your mind to find an inner peace in spite of your problems. The problems in your life may continue to exist, but you gradually learn not to be so much aggravated by them.
6. Take a break. Disconnect yourself from your office rhythm. Go for that holiday you have been putting off. Let your body and mind rest. When you come back from a wonderful trip, you gain a new outlook on life, and therefore can face the stressful situation again but with renewed strength.
7. Stay away from illegal drugs. At this point usually desperate people turn to narcotics to seek temporary relief. Wrong solution! In reality these drugs will only make the condition worse. On top of that, you are also breaking the law.
8. Consult your physician. Sometimes your stress is caused by certain physiological disorders. Treating the illness will sometimes solve your stress problems.
9. If you are religious, or at some point in life had felt religious, try to tell God about your worries and problems. Open up spiritually, because a psychological problem will most of the time find cure from the higher plane of consciousness. Spiritual healing and comfort generally come after a heart-to-heart talk with God.
10. Try relieving your stress through hypnosis treatment. Stress often operates its harmful effects from the subconscious level to the conscious level. The root of the problem can most of the time be attacked directly there, and hypnosis is the best means of access to the subconscious mind.
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