A Simple Way That May Help Regroup When We Are Down & Feel Beaten Or Stuck

[taurean]

My wife and I drew this up to help me in these circumstances and we call it

"The Power of Six "

It is based on my own experiences as a sufferer.

1. Make sure you eat properly. Add in fruit and vegetables. Add a multivitamin and mineral pill to restore deficiences and give a boost.
2. Try and get some daylight - lack of daylight lowers our mood - our body and mind need it .E.g. many people show symptoms of depression (seasonal affective disorder - SAD) in winter when they don't get enough daylight - I am one of them!
3. Take some exercise (if medically safe to do so).
4. Strip away stressors and engage a simple basic life.
5. Take regular rest and sleep; sleep may come easier just by knowing you are taking action using this "power of six".
6. Ignore - without engaging with - intrusions which are OCD - or you suspect are OCD. Otherwise, take each negative thought and reframe it.How can you reappraise/reframe it so that you can look at it in a more positive light?

Using this technique, we may gradually "burn" a new positive pathway onto our brain and the old negative one may fall out of use.

I really hope this will give people a focus and a big lift to climb back up the ladder to equilibrium. .

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Edited July 29, 2015 by taurean

[raven]

Wow Taurean you are really on a roll lately! Thanks for all the helpful posts!