Welcome to the season of short dark days! If the weekend you most want to lie down in the world - you are not alone. According to the latest data from the US National Center for Women's Health Resources, almost 2/3 of respondents experience a "weekend depression". Yet these feelings do not concentrate around the weekend itself - stress and fatigue can also easily overtake you on any day of the week.
If you have a prolonged depressive condition, largely related to work or personal relationships, most likely, you need the help of a specialist. But, if any bad day - or week - directly affect your emotional state, simple techniques of raising your spirits can be the best gift to yourself at such a time in any season. Treatment of the depressed state of a person in time can affect the overall psycho-emotional well-being.
Provide disinterested help
One way to improve the effectiveness of treating a person's depressed state is to engage in social activities. A survey conducted by American researchers showed that such work improves 6 aspects of well-being: happiness, satisfaction with life, self-esteem, a sense of control over the situation, physical health and a reduction in depression. The best time to start is now: work during your vacation in the orphanage: this is a good way to support those who really need it. This will add to you a sense of your own worth. Do volunteering as one of the main activities throughout the year: every month, devote time to solving the problem of environmental pollution, for example. You will feel better sharing something with your others. This in itself increases the mood.
Address to a homeopathy
To ease the condition with minor repression, you can use homeopathic remedies. Choose one that, in your opinion, is more suited to your depressive and emotional state.
Improving mood:
1. Orange
2. Lemon
3. Mandarin
4. Muscatine sage, geranium
6. Ylang Ylang
7. Mint
8. The Rose
You can add oils during the reception of the common bath or foot bath, apply in the form of compresses or for massage. Adding aroma oils to massage creams, you can achieve a good degree of relaxation, and a therapeutic aromatherapy effect for a depressed state. Consult your doctor if you are pregnant, breastfeeding, suffering from epilepsy or chronic illnesses.
From the point of view of oriental medics, depression is the result of the difficulty of the movement of the qi energy. This leads to various disturbances and heat, depriving you of vitality. Result? Irritation and nervousness. If the conditions worsen, the heat changes to cold, you feel a slight chill, separation of life, boredom and lethargy. The lack of qi causes emotional pain. Acupuncture can restore normal qi movement. From a western point of view, acupuncture is perceived as stimulating the work of nerve cells. At the same time endorphins are released, which give a sense of well-being.
Studies have shown that acupuncture eliminates the symptoms of depression and reduces the need for medications, and also creates effective treatment for a person's depressed state.
Trust the nose
Those who practice aromatherapy, use natural oils to improve the body and spirit, but can the fragrance give a boost to a good mood? Yes maybe. You will feel the improvement immediately, as soon as you smell the aromatic oils: they instantly affect your mood. First try the citrus oil. It will remind you of warm countries where there is a lot of sunshine - it invigorates. Studies have confirmed that the effect of citrus aromas helps cure the depressive state, after which less antidepressant drugs are needed.