5 Tips to Reduce
Holiday Depression
by
Wayne F. Perkins
Certified Clinical
Hypnotherapist
While war and poor economic conditions begin to
affect people all over the world, more and more people suffer with
depression. The more we focus on news events and the business climate, the
more we are depressed. Whatever the reason you feel is the cause of your
depression, the following five simple tips guarantee you reduce it
significantly.
1. Do not read newspapers.
Newspapers publish negative stories most of the time.
Even in peaceful periods, newspapers will find the worst in humanity and
place negative stories on display in order to promote sales and
subscribers. Stories focused on War, rebellion, death, destruction, doom
and despair abound in the newspapers.
Stop reading the newspaper and reduce the negative
input to your brain.
2. Turn off your television.
Watching and listening about the horrible economy and
the losses associated with War will add to depression. In fact, you
guarantee the feeling of helplessness. Helplessness allows depression to
nurture. If you really need to watch or listen to these kinds of news
stories, promise yourself you will bury yourself in the documentaries that
are sure to follow in the next 5 or 10 years. A way you can eliminate most
of the negative input to your brain is by setting it aside for a date
somewhere in the future. I guarantee in the future, you will not find it
very interesting.
When visitors come to your home, make sure you turn
off your television and keep it off. News television broadcasters are
fighting for your guests' attention as they promote despair, war, death,
and destruction with many headline news interruptions. Those little
banners that run across the bottom of the screen achieve your attention
and they take hold of your consciousness. Television will diminish your
positive spirit.
3. Say good things about others
My Mother always says, "if you can't say
anything nice about others, don't say anything at all." However, when
you find yourself in a conversation and a relative says, "Remember
Uncle Phil?" " He was an alcoholic" Respond with "
yes, Uncle Phil was an alcoholic and he was the most charitable person, I
have ever met."
Connect your friend's negative statement about Phil
with a positive one. Set yourself up to find the positive in anyone's
statement and you will keep negative thoughts and depression from
overtaking your life.
4. Get physical exercise
Adults forget about exercise when suffering from
depression. Make sure you are exercising daily and sending more oxygen to
your brain cells. The result of exercise will improve your health as well
as your attitude.
5. Breathe deep and relax.
Practice the following breathing exercise to relax
your body and mind. Breathe deeply and relax. For 3 minutes each hour take
a short mental vacation.
You can engage in this exercise while you are
standing in the checkout line at the supermarket or when listening to
others while talking on a telephone. You can complete the exercise at home
or at work.
Take three deep breathes and relax. As you inhale,
concentrate on calm and peaceful thoughts. You may think about relaxing by
a mountain, by the ocean or comfortably in your favorite room at home.
As you exhale, concentrate on pushing any tension out
of your lungs.
Focus on positive images in your life. Focus on
laughter, love, excitement, and hope.
Keep breathing in and out in this pattern until you
feel better. If you practice the exercise often, you will notice wonderful
changes in your outlook and in other aspects of your life.
Reduce your depression now! Enjoy your family, your
friends, and your life.
Stress is always at the heart of depression. Annihilate
stress at work today!
--Wayne F. Perkins
Master Hypnotist Trainer
Please let me know how you are doing. Your
success is important to me.
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