Mental Fitness

Do

Relaxation-  Practice lying flat on floor if possible either in quietude or gentle classical music. This requires no thinking but feeling awareness only  – Let nature’s vitality flow through and refresh your psyche

Enjoy a professional relaxation massage – to feel energies renewed

Physical exercise followed by a warm shower or bath with lavender or neroli bath oil

Take a series of slow deeper breaths before you decide to become active again – then deliberately inhale the perfume of one of the natural essential oils that appeals to you

Spend 5 minutes in upright position repeating your personal affirmation that inspires and makes you feel happy and strong

Drink pure water – rainwater if possible or drink a pure fresh fruit juice -sipping a little at a time and consciously drawing vitality

Appreciate being alive – Look around you and focus upon the beautiful forms, plants, sky, trees – to realise afresh how wonderful to be alive to learn and to enjoy nature and participate in the Life Adventure

Finally, promise yourself to remain as long as possible in this pleasant mind set or mood. Let nothing disturb you. Let no one have the power to disturb you. Remain calm in whatever circumstances

Attend classes or participate in sports that are directly helpful in lifting your mood –confiding in your therapist, attending  laughing groups, comedy shows, or, listening to favourite melodic music

Be creative – painting, playing a musical instrument, sewing, crafts, singing or skills in a sport

Seek for a skilled psychologist who will help you without recommendation for prescription drugs, many of which cannot claim to cure and many can prove harmful

Find a healthy natural alternative to The Pill that is one proven cause of depression

Any or all of these are positive self determined ways to overcome depression and you will benefit continuing efforts especially when you find what really works for you personally.

Prayer is the universal ‘advice’ or technique to help lift your mood

Don’t

Drink alcohol – it will not help your depression in the long run

Don’t take antidepressant medications –  many will be detrimental to your mental well being

Don’t remain solitary except to practise your private relaxation but enjoy walks and the company of a friend.

Don’t get in the habit of repeating to yourself or to others “I’m depressed ..” or “I’m feeling bad” – this has a negative effect upon the subconscious mind that relies upon positive thought feed-in.

Don’t continue any old habit – substitute a better one!

Don’t seek solace from food – when depressed is the worst time to digest food and your body will suffer

 Don’t try to focus your mind in reading dutiful learning or study but rather choose to study a subject or hobby of genuine personal interest 

Don’t bombard your brain with heavy rock noises or music that is loud and without melody at this is the cause of much depression.

Don’t burden your love ones or take out your moods upon others if you can confide in a psychologist or counsellor who is trained to be impartial and just listen.

REMEMBER 

You are a special and unique person, created to experience and enjoy life as well as to offer your personal gifts and talents to others. Why waste life time?

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When we refer to matters of general insurance it concerns unexpected and unpreventable circumstances over which we have no direct control other than due care.

 In regard to health insurance however, prevention is the only real insurance against misfortune and disease of any kind. Only by building our health can we ensure that we do not suffer pain and illness in future or at least minimize any problem. There is no other way. There is no amount of money that can replace our vital healthy state or compensate us for lost ability to enjoy life. We must therefore consider that we bear a responsibility to do our utmost to create and maintain our health.

Our disciplinary approach to good health applies to the choices we make in our diet, exercise, breathing habits, rest and sleep patterns. In addition we must include our emotional habits and control, as well as our mental habits of thought and attitude with the last being as important as our physical habits.

 Both emotional and mental influences determine our actions that have the final word in regard to insuring our physical well being. A degree of thought motivates the most basic of our actions and habits, good and bad. Our emotions are equally as powerful and can assist or cripple our intellectual efforts and affect our psychological health and mental fitness.

It is well known that just as a happy person is less likely to suffer serious health problems, great grief, loneliness or deep resentments can create serious disease. Therefore, we must control negative thoughts, dissolve our fears, and correct any negative tendencies of our nature before they manifest as disease symptoms in our psyche. 

 We cannot rely purely upon a monetary health insurance plan. This cannot save us from the consequences of any of our neglect of the natural health rules that govern both physical and mental fitness.

Sally Janssen’s wonderful book “Mental Fitness: The Complete Self-Help Guide”, offers timely solutions. Read more…

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Early awareness of depressed moods when we may feel hopeless, helpless, lonely and afraid of the future is learn how to help ourselves if we wish to avoid taking medicinal drugs prescribed under medical treatment.

We learn to cast off old habits and re-establish natural health that allows our emotions and minds to feel vital and positive.   We learn to feel well again, and it feels good.

Sally Janssen’s wonderful book Mental Fitness: A Simple Self-help Guide, offers simple and timely solutions.  Read more…

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Anxiety attacks can instill a deep fear and dread in you. While most people will feel anxious at one time in their lives, someone who has an anxiety disorder will often feel frequent and extreme versions of the symptoms. Some of these many symptoms include intense feelings of fear or impending death, rapid heartbeat, dizziness, hyperventilation, or difficulty breathing. One of these symptoms may be experienced or many of them at the same time.

There are many causes of anxiety and they vary from person to person. Many causes of anxiety attacks may be linked with a person’s fears, or they may appear seemingly for no reason at all. Because the causes differ so much, so do the treatments. What works for one person may not work for others. Each anxiety case is diagnosed and treated individually so that each person gets the help needed specifically.

Most doctors prescribe medication to the patient that will help treat their anxiety condition; however, there are other self-help techniques you can use such as positive self-talk or breathing techniques.

If you have frequent anxiety attacks that severely disrupt your life seek the help of a mental health professional so that you can be properly diagnosed and treated.

 Sally Janssen’s wonderful book “Mental Fitness: A Simple Self-Help Guide”, offers simple and timely solutions. Read more…

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Self-help anxiety treatment begins with the realization that you have a problem. Early diagnosis can help to clear the disorder before it gets worse. To determine whether you have anxiety, there are many self-help anxiety tests available that you can use to diagnose yourself.

Self-help is used as a way of empowering the mind. Self-talk is often used as a way to improve confidence and react positively in situations that normally trigger anxiety. Changing small things in your daily routine can help to improve your state of mind. Better time management skills can be used to balance your life and mind. Sharing your feelings with someone else can be a great help in making you feel better. Involve yourself in some of your favorite activities and you will help divert your mind from anxiety inducing situations.

Daily exercise and relaxation training used in conjunction can help soothe your mind and free yourself from anxiety issues. Deep breathing techniques and muscle relaxation can be used when you are faced with an anxiety-triggering event. Meditation can also be used with great success to reduce anxiety attacks.

There are many self-help guidance kits available, which often include motivating material such as books or audio tapes, and they can help you deal with your anxiety at the very root.

 Sally Janssen’s wonderful book “Mental Fitness: A Simple Self-Help Guide”, offers simple and timely solutions. Read more…

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Anxiety attacks are scary and very difficult to go through. They take a toll on you emotionally and physically. You may feel dizzy, sweaty, unable to breathe, and restless. Nobody is going to deny how intense an anxiety attack can be so it is no wonder we want to avoid them. Most people turn to an anti-anxiety prescription medication, but there are also herbs for anxiety attacks which can help ease the symptoms or stop the attack altogether.

One of the popular herbs for anxiety is Kava and it has been proven to have relaxing effects. California poppy is another herb that can relieve pain and mild anxiety. Valerian is often used to treat insomnia and ease performance anxiety. Lavender has been said to have a very calming effect and relax those who suffer from anxiety attacks. Chamomile, normally found in tea form can help relieve anxiety and settle an upset stomach. Passionflower can be used to ease anxiety attacks as well as insomnia caused by worry. Lemon balm has sedating effects and can ease tension headaches.

This is only a partial list of herbs that can stop an anxiety attack. Next time you are having an attack, reach for the closest anxiety-reducing herb and you may be able to stop the attack.

 Sally Janssen’s wonderful book “Mental Fitness: A Simple Self-Help Guide”, offers simple and timely solutions. Read more…

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Social anxiety can be a very difficult mental disorder to live with. It prevents you from doing things that you wish you could such as going to a party or hanging out in public with friends. People with social anxiety disorder will often have an anxiety attack when presented with a social situation and will often flee as a result.

Social anxiety treatment normally consists of two parts, which are medication and psychotherapy. These treatments can be used singly or in conjunction to treat the condition from all sides. These treatments will not cure anxiety, but they will help you manage your symptoms and live a normal life.

Psychotherapy social anxiety treatment consists of cognitive behavioral therapy for which the goal is to teach people to react differently when presented with situations that cause their anxiety to act up.

Medications come in all forms with the most common being paroxetine (marketed as Paxil), venlafaxine (Effexor), and sertraline (Zoloft). These medications help increase serotonin in the brain which is the chemical that induces relaxation.

It is very hard to live with social anxiety disorder and at times a normal life might not seem possible, however with the use of modern medicine you can live a normal life.

 Sally Janssen’s wonderful book “Mental Fitness: A Simple Self-Help Guide”, offers simple and timely solutions. Read more…

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What’s keeping you from trying Tibetan meditation? The thought that you’ll have to sit down, keep still, and face nothing but a blank wall all day? The fear of being made to do nothing for an hour or two except watch your breathing or count your heartbeat? While there are meditation techniques that make use of these two, Tibetan meditation doesn’t. On the contrary, Tibetan meditation would even seem like an action flick in comparison. You will be asked to imagine colorful lights moving up and down pathways in your body. You will be taught to imagine furious deities stepping on the dead with a giant foot or blowing fire as they head your way. Tell me, do any of those sound boring?

It’s unfortunate that many people never realized meditation doesn’t have to be boring or complex. It’s not true that everyone who meditates sits in the lotus position. You can meditate lying down, sitting with your legs crossed, or even with your head on the floor and your legs propped against the wall! Meditation, The Silva Life System can show you, is far broader and bigger than you think. It need not be lengthy or dull. You don’t have to do it for hours. As a matter of fact, you can meditate while doing the simplest of tasks – coloring books, for example! Why not try meditating today? Whether you do it Tibetan style or following the Zen tradition (read: sitting and facing a blank wall), you have tons of benefits to gain and nothing at all to lose!

Sally Janssen’s wonderful book “Mental Fitness: A Simple Self-Help Guide”, offers simple and timely solutions. Read more…

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Has it been weeks since you last fell asleep without popping a pill or two? Is your insomnia so bad you can’t remember the last time you were able to get 8 hours of uninterrupted rest? Sleep meditation can help. Unlike medication which builds lifelong dependence on drugs, sleep meditation empowers you to take charge. When you learn to meditate, you can control when you sleep, where, and for how long. You gain so much control over your internal alarm clock, in fact, that you can wake up the next day without the help of an alarm clock!

The Silva Life System offers techniques for improved sleep and dream control through sleep meditation. You see, sleep mediation is not only good for priming yourself to relax; it can also help you the power of creative dreaming. Deep sleep is well and good in that it gives your body time to re-charge. But imagine if you could use your dreams to boost your creative processes. Wouldn’t that give you a huge edge over others? Few people may have heard of dream control but that doesn’t make it any less important. When you can use dreams to solve practical problems, you are literally being productive even while you snore!

Sally Janssen’s wonderful book “Mental Fitness: A simple Self-Help Guide”, offers simple and timely solutions. Read more…

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Bogged down by stress? Suffering from illness? Unable to interact positively with the most important people in your life? Feeling powerless to go after your goals or live the life you want? Body meditation is the solution to your problems.

For thousands of years, ancient civilizations have harnessed the power of meditation. Monks practice body meditation not just because of the spirituality they embrace but also to keep their minds and bodies young. Emperors, generals, and feudal lords performed body meditation to strengthen the body and the mind while sages did the same in pursuit of wisdom. While we can’t go back in time to ask these monks and noblemen if body meditation worked for them, we do know that in ancient China and Japan, people were fitter and leaner, lived longer (without antibiotics, nebulizers, and hospitals, mind you!), and did more in lesser time.

Jose Silva, founder of The Silva Life System, is one of those who believe in the power of body meditation. But forget oriental mysticism. Silva’s system isn’t just based on snippets of historic lore; it’s based on research – 50 years of research, in fact. Silva invested $500,000 to learn what makes some people happier and more successful than others and he used what he learned to create the Silva Method.

So, bogged down by stress? Unable to sleep because you’re too busy stressing? Too timid to ask the boss for a raise or a promotion? Try body meditation. If it worked for the monks, there’s no reason it wouldn’t work for you.

Sally Janssen’s wonderful book “Mental Fitness: A Simple Self-Help Guide”, offers simple and timely solutions. Read more…

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