Mantra To Fight Depression
Posted on July 29, 2008, under Health.
There are two types of methods you can choose to express your deeper emotions and release them: Cathartic release methods and expressive therapies..Cathartic release method frees you from pent-up negative emotion.The following three methods have been proven highly effective:Vent your feelings or work them out through exercise.To vent aloud, find some private time and simply speak the thoughts and feeling that are travelling through your mind.
Tell it like it is, even if it’s hurtful or distasteful.You will only find full release if you vent your feelings exactly as they are.You can also write down your problems, losses, fear, anger, betrayal etc, just as it is.If an important relationship is a source of pain, you can write a letter to the person that you never send.If the person is no longer alive, or if your issues crosscut many years of strife, you can write your letter to God or to the Universe.
Physical exercise is a potent means to cathartic release.Your feelings exists as energy in the body.When you work out, you burn energy, including the distorted emotions and thought that are sabotaging your health.Exercise benefits physical health and increases endorphin production, which boosts mental well-being.
Studies indicate that exercise is effective in fighting depression.The word “therapy” comes from the Greek word therapeia, which means to nurse or cure through creative expression writing, music, dance, drama, hobbies and creative play.You can use these techniques to attain cathartic release of old pain, symbolic resolution of issues that stand in the way of your complete healing, deeper self-knowledge, and joy.
Studies show that artistic endeavours shift the body’s physiology away from stress to one of deep relaxation.These change boost immune system function and blood flow to vital organs.Time spent on expressive endeavors will take your mind off what’s stressing you.Just having an artistic vocation can make you feel more balanced in life.
