Bill's Brain Blog
Sadness & Melancholy
Sadness and melancholy are certainly a part of every life and an important part we all need to experience. We don't, however, need to get & remain stuck here.
Physical symptoms of stress include:
- Low energy
- Headaches
- Digestive upset including stomach, diarrhea, constipation, and nausea
- Aches, pains, and tense muscles
- Chest pain and rapid heartbeat
- Insomnia
- Frequent colds and infections
- Loss of sexual desire and/or ability
- Nervousness and shaking, ringing in the ear, cold or sweaty hands and feet
- Dry mouth and difficulty swallowing
- Clenched jaw and grinding teeth
Builders
- Time with people we care about
- Social
- Work
- Appreciation for work well done
- Show
- Receive
- Start your daily Gratitude Journal
- Addressing Stressful situations
- Differently
- Focus on the benefits of stress
- More Positive perspective
Reducers
- Negative Emotions
- Depressive Thoughts
- Nervousness
- Impatience
- Anxiousness
- Time on Toxic Relationships
Behavior
- Walk, skip, jump,
- Yoga
- Cardio
- Weight Training
- Test known factors to determine how you respond
Food
- Mediterranean Diet
- may prevent onset
- may reverse
- Magnesium
- Diet
- Epson Salts bath
- Folate - low levels can reduce effectiveness of several antidepressant medicines
- Evaluate how you do on the top 10 nutrient deficiencies & adjust. Give your body and brain the tools to operate.
Overwhelm
is the basis for
Reducers - less overwhelm
- Smile
- More what I can do/ impact/ change
- Am I sweating the little stuff?
- Imagine big (important) things
- Vision possibilities
- Slow Deep Breathing
- What can I accomplish right now?
Builders - more overwhelm
- Sleep
- Focusing on things I can't do, impact or change
- Meditation
- Yoga
- Autonomic system "Tone"
- Vagal Nerve
- Sympathetic
- Plan - Prepare better
- Practicing Gratitude
- Chunk it. Chunk Chains
- Celebrate Completions
- Use & Teach
- in all learning styles
- Analogies and metaphors
Reducers
App
- Poor Nutrition
- Poor Sleep - quality & quantity
- Procrastination
- Focusing on the things I can't control rather than the ones I can