After reflecting on this article, you will be able to understand what mood is and why it is sometimes bad, how it is classified, and what methods you can use to improve your mood.
The following phrases often appear in our vocabulary: good, high spirits or bad mood. Let's formulate what a mood is?
There are many definitions for it, but let’s choose the most understandable:
Mood is state of mind, emotional mood, form of life perception, general state of our experiences. It often changes depending on our attitude to various situations, life attitudes and temperament - such as higher nervous activity. Mood has a corresponding influence on human activity.
It can change even for no apparent reason, but there are still certain life situations which most often cause a bad mood.
Waiting for a baby
During pregnancy, a woman can become emotional, easily vulnerable, and irritable. She often has tears in her eyes, she is offended by everyone at home because she is afraid of misunderstanding.
Hormonal changes also play a role in mood swings
The onset of pregnancy changes a woman’s hormonal background, everything in her body changes and she needs to adapt to the new status. Often women are in a bad mood at the beginning and end of pregnancy, when they suffer from toxicosis.
How to deal with this?
From the first days, as soon as a woman found out that she was going to become a mother, she needed to change a lot in her life: she needed to work less and give up bad habits, and have more rest on fresh air. Physical activity is very important for her and healthy sleep. She must avoid stressful situations and be balanced. All these measures will invariably improve her well-being and mood. But from time to time, she may need the help of specialists so that the pregnancy proceeds calmly and the birth is easier.
Why do you feel bad all the time?
Yes, this happens to us. Suddenly optimism evaporates somewhere and you don’t care about anything. We call this state a bad mood. But in medicine there are such concepts as depression and apathy, which are quite difficult to overcome on your own. Here you will have to resort to the help of psychiatrists and psychotherapists. Moods associated with stress or grief can be overcome with the help of psychotherapy. Endogenous depression and depressive syndrome within the framework of schizophrenia, organic brain damage and bipolar affective disorder are treated with long-term use of psychotropic drugs.
A very wise woman and great Russian actress Faina Ranevskaya said: “Life is too short to waste it on diets, greedy men and bad mood.”
Therefore, when you get up in the morning and feel that your soul is completely dissatisfied, try to tune in to a positive mood, change your attitude towards yourself and the current situation. Learn to support and calm yourself on your own, be more tolerant of people and external circumstances. Study yourself: your strengths and weak sides, accept yourself as you are. Remember more often the words of Faina Georgievna, who often had a very hard time in life, but who treated everything philosophically and with humor; and he could lift the spirits of thousands of people.
If you cannot cope with a bad mood with just your beliefs, try to break away from the factors that are traumatic to your soul and stop focusing on unresolved problems. Switch your attention to something more pleasant, and break down problems into tasks and solve them as they come. Try to relax by taking a contrast shower or bath with decoctions of medicinal herbs. Make friends with joyful and happy people, attend entertainment events, watch comedies and read humorous novels.
My mood in the morning is worse than ever
The following factors may contribute to this:
- when you sleep in an unventilated room, your sleep becomes restless, and the morning threatens to begin with a bad mood.
- just before going to bed, you ate your fill and spent 7-8 hours with virtually no movement. This leads to stagnation in the intestines, where fermentation and decay processes occur, which negatively affects the entire body. You should have dinner no later than two hours before bedtime.
- Perhaps you “overdid it” with caffeine, which causes stress in the body (coffee, cocoa, chocolate and black tea). Control their consumption and move more - physical exercise perfectly relieves stress and improves your mood.
- there are any bodily problems: foci of infections, chronic diseases, long-term pain, hormonal imbalance, pathology nervous system. Visit doctors' consultations and follow their recommendations. Depression itself can aggravate existing diseases and weaken the immune system. Therefore, it is necessary to treat a bad mood with a psychiatrist-psychotherapist in conjunction with the treatment of existing ailments.li>
- physical inactivity is a lack of active movements in general. Movement is a life filled with joy!
Mood worsens before menstruation
Some women experience premenstrual syndrome (PMS) and this is understandable as hormone levels fluctuate. Some people easily tolerate it, while others may experience headaches, swelling, soreness in joints and muscles, heaviness in the lower back, “swelling” of the chest, lethargy, palpitations and “hot flashes.” All this leads to irritability and frequent mood swings.
With PMS, you can learn to control your condition by learning methods of relaxation and self-regulation of the body. Research also shows that we ourselves aggravate our condition. This may include smoking, coffee and alcohol abuse, poor diet and lack of physical activity, and lack of the ability to properly respond to stress. You can undergo anti-stress therapy and master self-hypnosis and relaxation techniques through consultations with a psychologist and psychotherapist.
Migraine and tachycardia, dizziness and weakness during PMS can be caused by magnesium deficiency. And fluid retention in the body, fatigue and breast sensitivity are due to vitamin B6 deficiency. Replace sweets with dried apricots and persimmons, prunes and figs, take nutritional supplements with magnesium and calcium.
2-3 days before menstruation, if there is a tendency to severe premenstrual syndrome, coffee and chocolate should be taboo! Drastically reduce animal fats and all unnatural products in your diet. All this destroys vitamin B6
Do dancing and sports - this will increase the production of endorphins in the blood, reduce pain and improve your mood.
Depression before childbirth
Each woman may have her own prerequisites, but there are also common factors that lead to depression:
- Fears associated with the upcoming birth.
- Hormonal changes in the body.
- Feeling of loss of control over your body.
- Inadequate relationship with husband.
- Fears due to lack of finances in the family.
- Fear of changes in the general rhythm of life in the near future.
- Fear of harming the child.
Many people consider this condition before childbirth to be normal, but it can develop into postpartum depression, which will negatively affect the condition of the mother herself and her baby. That’s why you need to try to get her out of this state. To do this, a woman needs the constant support of loved ones, meeting with friends and being as busy as possible with household chores. You need to tune in to more positive thoughts and gather your courage, because childbirth is natural process, but also hard work. Be prepared for it, and it will reward you with the most the best gift fate - a child!
How to successfully deal with a bad mood?
We have given you advice in many situations, but this is not always effective. It happens that a bad mood develops into deep depression and then the only help you can get is to see a psychiatrist or psychotherapist.
You should not resort to self-medication - this can be life-threatening; trust professionals who know how to help you. Usually in such cases an antidepressant is used, which can only be selected by a doctor.
In Moscow, you can be examined and receive appropriate assistance at the Transfiguration clinic. The main areas of her activity are psychiatry, psychotherapy and neurology. The clinic itself and its trained staff are conducive to the most faster recovery. The main emphasis here is on a drug-free approach, using psychotherapy and physiotherapy, hirudotherapy, reflexology, massage and manual therapy. This is an absolute advantage in the treatment of neurotic depression. The clinic employs highly qualified psychotherapists and psychologists who long years help patients return to their normal lives using modern methods diagnostics and effective treatment.
There can hardly be anything worse than depression. Depressed mood, decline vitality, hopeless pessimism, lack of desire to do anything and show at least some interest in existence... This and much more accompanies this mental disorder. When a person is immersed in such a state of mind, he becomes helpless, indifferent and “empty”. Some people manage to cope with this alone, while others do not. But in any case, you need to know how to overcome depression and depression.
First stage
When depression first begins, a person refuses to recognize this fact. He believes that he is simply not in the mood, due to fatigue at work or school, or weather changes. At the first stage, the initial symptoms are accompanied by pronounced apathy, increased fatigue and lack of desire to do anything. Lack of appetite, problems falling asleep, as well as irritability and nervousness are often observed. Despite fatigue, a person cannot fall asleep, even if he takes sleeping pills.
In addition, there is a deterioration in concentration, decreased performance, and loss of interest in previous hobbies and interests. A mountain of tasks that previously managed to be resolved long before the deadline begins to accumulate. It becomes increasingly difficult to finish what you start. And this is not just a depressed mood and a lethargic state. This is how the initial stage of depression manifests itself, which subsequently develops more and more intensely.
Deterioration of condition
If a person has ignored how his mood and overall routine changes, a restructuring of the body begins. The production of serotonin, which is commonly called the hormone of happiness, stops. He does not eat at all, or consumes some minimum in order to “clog” his stomach. Immunity decreases, and chronic diseases worsen. The body fights “with itself,” but it fails.
Prolonged insomnia sets in. A person ceases to think adequately and logically; he does not control his behavior and emotions. It’s as if he finds himself in another world, where everything is indifferent to him. To outsiders he seems strange, and as if out of touch with real world. In especially severe cases, his condition is accompanied by auditory and visual hallucinations. It is at this stage, conventionally designated the second, that more than 80% of attempts to commit suicide occur. In the best cases, such people simply “close themselves” in themselves, locking themselves away where no one will touch them, and immerse themselves in philosophizing.
Losing the meaning of life
This is the last stage of depression. A person not only has no mood - he lacks the desire to live. His body still retains vital functions, but now works autonomously. But pathological processes begin to occur in the mental sphere.
IN best case scenario the person will remain indifferent and detached from the world. And in the worst case, animal aggression will awaken in him. Such people are capable of harming themselves and others. Because they stop perceiving this world as something valuable, and stop identifying themselves with a Man, with a Personality. Consequences also include memory loss, schizophrenia, and depressive psychosis. This is what a long-term depressed mood transforms into. That’s why it’s so important to catch yourself at the first stage, and either seek help or get on your feet on your own.
Why does the blues occur?
Depression, depression and despondency always have prerequisites. Sometimes they are even combined into a complex. The cause may be a lack of vitamin D and sun exposure.
Even according to statistics, depression develops most often in the fall, when daylight hours are reduced. There is less sun, which is what stimulates the body’s production of vital vitamin D.
Health problems also often affect a person’s psychosomatic state. Depressed mood is observed during pregnancy, menopause, problems with the thyroid gland, etc.
Often the prerequisite is overwork or exhaustion of the body. Constant work, a busy schedule, eternal preoccupation with problems - it is logical that the body begins to mope. But such cases are treated extremely simply. You just need to take a vacation and let yourself relax.
And the last popular reason is the lack physical activity. If it is not there, then endorphin stops being produced. But it is precisely this hormone that is the hormone of joy. By adding a run or a couple of hours in the gym to your regimen for a week, you can notice how much your condition improves. Both physical and psychosomatic.
What to do?
First of all, don’t give up and don’t give up. If this is the first stage, then everything can really be fixed. The main thing is to act immediately.
If a person begins to notice a bad mood in the morning, which only gets worse during the day, it is necessary to bring more movement into your life. Physical work brings satisfaction. Even cleaning the house will help organize your feelings and thoughts. But lying on the sofa only worsens the condition.
You also need to start constantly pleasing yourself with your favorite things. It can be anything - shopping, get-togethers with friends, ordering a whole mountain of delicious food at home, going on vacation, dancing, drawing, swinging. You just need to forget about all your worries, your age and responsibilities, and do what you want.
Relaxation is also important. A foamy hot bath, aromatherapy, soothing music, and then delicious coffee and reading an interesting book, sitting in a soft chair under a blanket - sounds like an introvert's paradise. If a person is overtaken by the blues, then silence and such utopian comfort will help him rest and relax a little.
Finding a way out
Of course, there are people who will not leave the blues, depression and despondency only after signing up for the gym and a couple of days off. In more severe cases, you need to act more radically.
A change of environment can help. When a person is depressed, the same ceiling and walls that appear before one’s eyes in the morning, day after day, are incredibly depressing. You need to get away, and preferably closer to nature. She heals. The sounds of falling water, a babbling stream, birdsong, rustling leaves, rustling grass - this has a therapeutic effect and helps reduce the level of stress hormones, as well as normalize blood pressure. This atmosphere is healing. A person who is under arrest in a noisy concrete jungle simply needs it.
In addition, one cannot fail to mention the qualitative difference between fresh natural air and the stale air that reigns indoors. Whatever one may say, in most cities it is spoiled by gases and harmful emissions. And even airing won't help. It's either forest or sea air.
And, of course, bioenergy. The city “presses” on all people and devastates them. What is it like to be in the center of the bustle for a depressed person who is overcome by depression? You can feel pure bioenergy only by coming into contact with nature. Watch the sunset, lie on the grass, walk barefoot on the sand, swim in a crystal clear pond... they say you can get rid of static electricity. Be that as it may, in the bosom of nature a person quite quickly emerges from a state of despondency and begins to feel the taste of life again.
Specialist help
Sometimes it is necessary. A constantly bad mood due to all of the above is one thing. But in reality, much more serious cases are known. Those in which you really can’t do without antidepressants, therapy and conversations with a doctor.
This refers to a psychological disorder provoked by something that destroyed a person’s life in an instant. It could be anything. Death loved one. Loss of all accumulated wealth. Betrayal or betrayal. The destruction of all plans, hopes and dreams without exception. Sudden changes. At such moments, you can really understand a person who loses the desire to exist in this world. Because the very purpose of his life, the reason for which he woke up in the morning, leaves his life. A man loses himself. And this is something that even an enemy would not want to wish upon.
Treatment
It starts with psychotherapy. To which a person suffering from depression and a chronically depressed state comes with difficulty. People resist for various reasons. Most often, because they consider going to a psychotherapist to be “on the edge,” or they don’t want to be considered crazy, or they “dig” into their head. In such cases, the support of loved ones and motivation on their part is very important. It is extremely rare for people to go to a psychotherapist themselves. Most often, their relatives convince them, and in especially difficult cases, they even organize sessions by force.
Psychotherapy involves a therapeutic effect through the psyche on the human body. The doctor helps the patient get rid of social, individual and emotional problems, first establishing deep personal contact with him through conversation. Often accompanied by cognitive, behavioral and other techniques.
Medication assistance
Medicines are also prescribed. Depressed mood, the causes of which are also determined by a doctor, is treated with antidepressants.
These are psychotropic medications that normalize the levels of neurotransmitters (such as dopamine, norepinephrine and serotonin). After taking them, a person’s mood and appetite improve, melancholy, anxiety, insomnia and apathy disappear, and mental activity increases. And he is on the mend.
Release of emotions
A person who is constantly in a bad mood rarely wants to communicate with anyone. More often he is overcome by the desire to close himself off from outside world and worry. The main thing is that no one gets into your soul. Many people feel that they cannot be understood. Someone is afraid of selfishness - to open their soul, and in return receive spit.
Well, this often actually happens. But the release of emotions is necessary. The methods by which this can be accomplished are extremely simple. Someone is trying to find sympathy on the Internet, under the guise of an anonymous person. Others take a notebook and begin to pour out their experiences on the sheets. And this makes it easier. This is better than texting with someone. There is no need to formulate words - it is enough to express what reigns in your head and soul. Often, in the process of keeping such a unique diary, good, correct thoughts come. Sometimes you manage to find out the exact reason for your problem or an idea is born on its own about how to deal with it.
Set goals and go towards them
Here's how you can “drive away” a depressed mood. What should a person do if depression has completely consumed him? You need to push off from the bottom. No matter how difficult it may be. All psychologists recommend this method. You need to set some goal for yourself. It may be insignificant. A person locked at home, for example, needs to force himself to go outside for at least 15 minutes every day. It's real. When choosing a goal, you need to focus on your own resources. After its implementation, you definitely need to reward yourself, at least with praise for a new achievement.
It is also recommended to find fellow sufferers - those who also suffer from depression. If relatives and friends do not understand a person, then such people will definitely be able to find support. After all, they know what he is experiencing. Meeting “kindred spirits” will help reduce the feeling of isolation, find understanding and even advice.
Finding Joy
Finally, I would like to highlight one more effective recommendation. Many experts advise people suffering from depression to find new meaning in life. Something you want to wake up for. The best option- get a pet.
Even medicine confirms the importance of animals in restoring a person’s well-being and emotional state. There are official statistics confirming that people who have a pet are 30% less likely to seek medical help. Animals are great companions and bring joy.
In addition, by starting to take care of a pretty living creature, a person will increase the energy of compassion and feel spiritual warmth. After all, there is so much unconditional love in animals that it simply cannot help but be transmitted.
This type of human condition is quite common in our time and is on everyone’s lips. Depression can be determined by a person’s appearance and behavior - fatigue, apathy, almost complete lack of motivation and faith in oneself and the future.
We have all experienced the blues, boredom and apathy. And if you feel this condition for only a few days, then it does not pose a danger and is generally considered normal. This is a bad mood. You can wait it out, collect your thoughts and move on with your life. Bad mood happens to everyone.
But if this condition drags on for weeks, months and years, then you need to pay attention and consider this condition in more detail. And the first thing you need to start with is to find out the reasons for its appearance. Here we can already talk about an affective disorder, which requires psychological and medicinal correction.
Why does depression occur?
Divorce, separation and separation from loved ones, death of relatives, illness, long-term stay in critical difficult situations, constant failure in business and personal relationships, condemnation of a person by relatives and significant people, lack of love and care, burdened heredity, fears - these are the causes of the disease.
Depression can come during adolescence. During this period, there is an active reassessment of values, strong internal changes, a change in worldview and worldview.
Sometimes a person does not have enough resources to cope with such a period, and he gives up. A person creates the belief that he will never succeed in anything else in life, the world is too aggressive and cruel, he is stronger, there is no point in fighting. The world becomes dangerous, there is a feeling of powerlessness and a basic distrust of people and everything that happens. A person feels inferior, unnecessary, lonely, useless.
At some point, somewhere deep inside, a breakdown occurs, a breakdown in faith in oneself and the future, deep disappointment sets in, a loss of the meaning of existence and the desire for success. This means that along with the disappearance of faith, the future also disappears. Depression is a loss of faith and a break with the future. No future - no life. There is a stop in development and a slow decline of personality. Energy tone drops so much that it is difficult for a person to leave the house.
Against the background of a depressive disorder, phobias and panic attacks may worsen.
Exactly this serious condition, which requires not only medical treatment, but spiritual treatment. I have met many people who have been on medication for depression for years. The pills only numbed the pain, temporarily relieving the symptoms, but did not eliminate the cause of depression, which was hidden in the person himself: in his thoughts, feelings, beliefs. Therefore, if you are faced with this problem, do not try to solve it only with medications. This requires high-quality and in-depth work of a specialist psychologist.
How to help yourself get out of depression?
1) You should know that there is, always has been and will be a way out of depression and other life crises. And if you don’t see a way out, it doesn’t mean there isn’t one. Human resources are enormous, you just need to be able to get to them and discover the source of life.
2) Go deep into your inner world. The solution is hidden there. You are not just a piece of meat with legs. You are something limitless, multidimensional. Inside a person there is his Intuition, the Higher Self - the very power that can lift you from your knees. It is she who gives a burst of inspiration, helps a person to dream and create what he really wants, to make breakthroughs and feats, to discover a “second wind”.
Allow yourself to believe in the existence of this power. Remember those moments when you had insights, sudden premonitions, prophetic dreams, signs of fate and much more when you just did something knowing it was right. And you didn’t look for any evidence, there wasn’t a single drop of doubt.
The state of harmony and integrity is contact with the Higher Self, with that source of life within.
Children come into the world in contact with intuition, the higher self, but in the process of development, imbued with a negative atmosphere of fears and beliefs social environment, forget their deep source of guidance, losing their inner core and support. But it can be returned. Because you know the way back, you remember that state of serenity and deep faith, you remember it not only consciously, but also unconsciously. Your body and senses hold this healing state, waiting for you to tap into it.
3) Throw away your logical reasoning and eternal regrets about the past. Sit down and think about what you really want in life? What does your soul want? Because desires coming from the heart will lead you to success! Only then will your source of strength open and help you achieve your goals. There is a future - there is life.
4) Write a letter to your Higher Self. And read it every day with love and faith. For example: “Thank you for existing, for loving me and helping me find harmony. Thank you for taking care of me and helping me find a path to health. I give you the freedom to develop and make me happy. I love you!" You can write your own letter, but it must come from the heart and evoke warm feelings. I wouldn’t be surprised if from this moment on, small, and maybe even big, miracles begin to happen in your life.
5) Plan for tomorrow. What will you do, how will you feel, what will you think about? Write it all down in your diary. Every evening, sit down and write down what positive happened today. Describe it in all colors, as brightly and lyrically as possible, only about the good! Create a daily routine. This will make it easier for the body to distribute and save resources.
6) When you look at yourself in the mirror, greet yourself kind words and wish you success. Let it be a ritual at first until you feel yourself experiencing joy from your own kindness and wishes.
7) Optimize your space. Do more of what you want and less of what you don’t want. Seek pleasure. Start with the little things. Fulfill even the smallest and strangest desires, for example, to buy summer shoes in winter, or a pineapple at two in the morning, etc.
8) Create your own image of health and try to try it on, that is, feel it with your whole body and soul. Imagine that you are already out of the crisis. How are you feeling? What are you thinking about? What do you want to do? Try it on every day and wear it with pleasure.
9) Let sleep be your assistant. Give yourself permission to sleep more. Sleep will naturally restore you.
10) Seek help from a specialist.
And now I turn to family and friends who want to help people with depression.
Rules of communication and behavior with people in depressed states.
1) Do not demand from a person what he cannot do. In a state of depression, it is very difficult to move a person, because there is no desire to even take care of oneself, you don’t want anything, nothing makes you happy. Therefore, do not scold him, do not make him guilty, do not put pressure. Otherwise, you will only develop in him an even stronger sense of guilt and self-loathing.
2) Always try to talk about the near bright future. For example: “Tomorrow you and I will go buy curtains and hang them in the kitchen. It will be cozy and beautiful in the house. All your relatives will be happy and you will like it too, you’ll see.” “At the weekend we all go to the countryside. Let's take a walk in the forest. There are such pleasant smells there now, squirrels are running under your feet, you can feed them. They will be glad to see you." Since a person does not have his own future, he lives only in the present, your task is to help him see the future, at least tomorrow. These seem like small things, but this is where the way out of the crisis begins.
3) Help the person be needed. Turn to him for help, ask for advice, praise him to raise self-esteem and switch thoughts to activity.
Bring something new into the room where the depressed person lives, give this person small gifts, offer to update their wardrobe. Go on a trip.
4)Believe in the person. With your confidence you will give him the strength to live on and rise from his knees.
I would like to highlight situations when depression is so deep that a person withdraws into himself, can go into illusions, dreams, unrealistic fantasies, for example, computer games. People quit their jobs, forget their family, children, friends. They don’t want to hear anything, change anything, they are comfortable in their illusory world. The requests of relatives go unheeded; the person does not want to go to a specialist. In this case, it is practically impossible to help. The only thing that can save you in such a situation is prayer.
If you still understand that the person is listening to you, then all is not lost. You need to instill in a person the belief that he will succeed. And for this he needs to be offered a choice. “You have two options. Or you move down very quickly and easily. There's nothing down there, just emptiness. Or now we are moving upward together with you. You will have to work a little hard on this path. But everything awaits you - a new harmonious future, new people, love, success. I will always be by your side, we will walk together. We can handle everything. I know for sure it's worth it. Trust me. Many people have risen from their knees, and you will succeed.” One way or another, these paths prescribe the future that a person must choose. If there is even a drop of hope within him, he will choose the path upward. Perhaps this conversation will be repeated. But one way or another, words of support must be spoken with strength, with deep faith, so that your feelings are transferred to your opponent.
And so, here I reflected exemplary actions in a situation of depression.
But I ask you not to forget that in addition to instructions for action, it is advisable to contact a specialist and make the exit process more fruitful and faster. Because the work requires special techniques and professional approaches.
Every person is susceptible to mood swings. Some less often, some more often. Everyone is familiar with the situation when everything around is annoying, nothing makes you happy, the sun seems too bright, children are noisy, friends are intrusive, work is like hard labor. But this does not mean that the person himself is bad. It's just a bad mood.
But even if they say that someone ruined the mood, this is far from true. The reason lies within the person himself. He himself is responsible for what happens in his life. People love to plunge into a depressing state and find those who can sympathize and take pity. This alone is not good enough. They may sympathize, feel sorry for you, or help you with advice, but it will be of no use. Often a person simply justifies his laziness, inertia, and lack of desire for something.
Bad mood. What to do in this case?
The very first thing to do is to identify it in its infancy. It is when trouble occurs that the first seed falls on the fertile soil of depression. In this case, it is very important how exactly to look at this situation how to evaluate it. Only the person himself can decide how to look at the problem and how to treat it. If you throw out negativity in response to trouble, it will fall on fertile soil, but if you try to take it calmly and laugh at the situation or even at your own mistake, then the seed will not grow.
Good and bad mood. Let's listen to ourselves
First of all, you need to look inside yourself and understand what can cause a threat to your mood. Listen to your feelings and sensations, to your soul. Only the person himself will be able to understand what is wrong there and find discomfort or doubts within himself that can change his mood in the future. And in this case, you need to choose what you prefer - despondency or joy.
Sensitivity and observation are not innate qualities for everyone. Those who do not have them need to develop them with the help of special exercises and techniques. There are many personal trainings conducted by specialists in order to teach people to understand themselves and their feelings.
Causes
Often the human body warns in advance that not everything is in order. A person wakes up in the morning and already feels that something is wrong. Why the bad mood? In this case, you need to try to remember what happened before going to bed. Psychologists and nutritionists agree that hearty dinner before bedtime is harmful, and often after this the person wakes up irritable in the morning. In this case, food should be taken simply two hours before bedtime.
The mood, oddly enough, also depends on the ventilation of the room. If you sleep in a stuffy room, the body does not have enough oxygen, and it cannot recover. Accordingly, the person does not get proper rest and wakes up again in a bad mood. Changing things in the bud is as simple as opening the window at night.
Stress
Another reason why a bad mood occurs is stress, which can be caused by many factors. For example, if you live in the same apartment with people who are unpleasant to you. Then you just need to move to another place. If stress causes fatigue from work, try to distribute it differently work time. Perhaps it is being used irrationally, and as a result, you don’t have time and worry. Or you should just change your job for a quieter one.
Caffeine
This substance causes stress in the body, and an overdose the next day can cause irritation right in the morning. The way to combat it is, again, simple - limit your daily intake of caffeine. By the way, it is found not only in coffee, but also in black tea, but in green tea - most of all.
Movement
If there is little movement, then you need to reconsider your day and diversify it with sports. Due to poor mobility, your body's cells do not receive required quantity oxygen, and a bad mood is his cry for help.
Disease
If everything that is listed has been corrected, but the mood is still bad, then in this case the cause may be bile or kidneys. When the kidneys are not functioning well, the urine stagnates in the body and poisoning occurs. In this case, you need to take a diuretic and drink more water. If there is stagnation of bile, it is necessary to check the gallbladder and take choleretic drugs.
Depression
A bad mood not only creates discomfort, it is dangerous, as it can lead to long-term depression. And it, in turn, negatively affects not only human life, but also on relationships with colleagues and loved ones. In addition, the negativity also extends to a person’s performance.
But depression and bad mood are different concepts. Depression has three components: fatigue, autonomic disorders and mood disorder, which is precisely caused by bad mood, the duration of which is more than two weeks. In a depressed state, a person often cannot notice his mood, since this period is accompanied by melancholy, despair, anxiety, and indifference.
How to get rid
Are you in a bad mood? What to do in this case? Reconsider your thoughts. You just need to follow them, analyze what is happening, whether there is any bias towards the situation or person. It is advisable to perform this procedure initially, as soon as your mood begins to deteriorate. After such an “inventory” of thoughts, many people feel much better.
Action and inaction
Oddly enough, these two things will help you get rid of this condition, even if you are in a very bad mood. The first option is to sit back, the second is to work.
The first category includes “workaholics” who give their all at work, take overtime and even work seven days a week. They can simply allow themselves to lie on the sofa, watch a movie, sleep, in general, do whatever they want, but not chores and work. At the same time, you need to set yourself a condition: there should be no feelings of guilt! Very often, work sucks out of a person a lot of the energy he himself needs, so the body simply needs recuperation. You just have to allow yourself to put everything aside at least for a while and do only what you want directly.
The second category, on the contrary, is lazy people. To treat their bad mood, the exact opposite action is intended. These people simply need to do something, overcoming their laziness. This does not mean that it is necessary to work hard. You can find something you like to do. And if a favorite thing is found, then negative thoughts simply go to the side, as the person is focused on the positive. After some time, the bad mood will simply disappear and evaporate.
Intellectual activity
Another effective way lift even a very bad mood - intellectual activity. And besides this, it is very useful for self-development. You can solve crosswords, scanwords, play backgammon or checkers, go through a lot of psychological tests. And even better - come up with something of your own, what exactly you want to do now.
Fun
The mood can be corrected almost instantly by being in a place where fun reigns. Attractions help a lot with this - practically the most effective medicine. There are always people there, smiles and laughter, and even against one’s will, the positive energy with which this place is filled is transmitted to a person. It can be said briefly that desperate times require the same measures.
Music
If you are constantly in a bad mood, then you don’t want to go anywhere from home. Then the most the best remedy- it `s music. It must be cheerful, rhythmic, and fiery. In this case, she herself will make you dance, and thoughts will gradually be distracted from problems, and the mood will turn into a good one. Here, at home, we can also recommend comedies, which are great for lifting a bad mood. If it doesn't work after one movie, you can turn on a second one.
Communication and sex
Communication is also an important point for treating a bad mood. Loneliness will never help you get rid of it, but conversations and contacts will. But no communication can replace sex, which acts on a person, instantly correcting a depressed state. Besides everything, this is one of the most enjoyable ways to improve your mood. During sex, the body is fully activated, and you receive not only pleasure, but also benefits.
Loneliness is another reason why you are always in a bad mood. In order to fix this, go on a visit, or even better, to a party or club. You can have a party at home. Then you will be busy preparing and will completely forget about your bad mood.
Period
When a woman is expecting her period soon, she often experiences a bad mood. The fair sex acutely and often painfully feels the approach of menstruation, reacting to this with bouts of irritation and some aggression.
The fact is that the hormone progesterone is to blame. During this period, a lack of it is observed in the female body, as a result of which the blood sugar level decreases and the production of adrenaline increases, which is released when strong fear or nervous tension.
But many experts believe that not only the hormone is to blame for a woman’s bad mood during this period. The instability of the emotional state largely depends on the woman herself, her subjectivity. She may feel fine if her period starts on time or if she doesn't have a hard time with it. But a violation of the cycle can cause irritation. In addition, if menstruation is difficult to bear, then the woman, feeling their approach, already begins to get nervous, she is overwhelmed by fear of the pain that, as she already knows, she will experience.
How to fight
First of all, you need to pay attention to nutrition and exclude from the diet at this time those foods that have a stimulating effect. For example, caffeine, black tea, chocolate and Coca-Cola. Try to consume as little salt as possible, as it retains water in the body. You will also have to exclude sweets - they increase the discomfort.
You should completely abstain from alcohol. But B vitamins, on the contrary, help alleviate the condition. They are found in fresh greens, bananas, nuts, liver, cereals and legumes. Relieves irritability, headache and swelling. Zucchini, spinach and nuts relieve tension, and pure water prevents the appearance of edema.
And the most important thing is rest. You need to be able to relax, and in this state it is better to postpone things for other days.
Understanding why cheerfulness suddenly gave way to complete apathy is not so difficult. Our life is little like a smooth road, constantly pleasing with excellent weather. As sad as it is, there will always be someone or something that will ruin our mood.
It could be:
- communication with an unpleasant person;
- poor health (both associated with illness and caused by a sedentary lifestyle);
- failures at work or in your personal life;
- approaching birthday, especially at an older age, when the mind involuntarily tries to evaluate the year lived;
- and much more.
In addition, most women experience bouts of ill health before and during their periods; this state also does not have the greatest effect on mood in the best possible way. What can we say about pregnancy, which simply breaks all records for attacks of melancholy and forebodings!
What to do if everything is bad
It is quite possible to fight a bad mood, although this task sometimes seems impossible precisely because it affects our main weapon in this battle - creativity and the desire to do something.
There are plenty of ways to improve your mood. Many of them are so simple that most people don't even think about them; others, on the contrary, involve long-term work on oneself, self-improvement and correction of one’s own bad habits.
However, there are several simple rules which are best to adhere to in the fight against apathy:
- No need to use medications. Tablets are a last resort, which should be used only in exceptional cases. And they can only be taken as prescribed by a doctor, after consultation at a neuropsychiatric clinic. Otherwise, there is a risk of harming your health; while medications still do not provide a guarantee that your bad mood will leave you.
- A glass of expensive wine is a good relaxant; This is right for those cases when you need to relax and get into a great mood. However, you should not fight depression with alcohol: there is a fairly high risk of becoming dependent on the “green serpent”.
- Do not give up. Activity is your main ally. As soon as you sit on the sofa and begin to feel sorry for yourself, you can consider that you have lost another round. Do at least something, don’t give yourself time for reflection and dull thoughts.
Is our psychological condition closely related to the physical. Whatever they are real reasons apathy, it is caused by a decrease in the level of " happiness hormones- serotonin, dopamine and endorphins. You can increase their content in different ways.
Delicious food
Many foods contain substances that improve our mood and help us feel energized. First of all this:
- chocolate;
- coffee;
- seaweed;
- hot and hot peppers;
- nuts;
- meat and fish;
- citrus fruits, especially oranges and tangerines;
- and, oddly enough, celery. Of course, coffee with celery does not taste as good as chocolate; but celery soup has simply miraculous properties.
However, you can just eat something tasty. Why not please your taste buds? This will have the most favorable effect on your well-being.
Activity
Forget about lying on the couch and feeling sorry for yourself! Move. Make your body work, charge it with vigor. It doesn’t matter which method you choose: sports, outdoor games, swimming, dancing. All this helps fight apathy and fills the body with energy. Don’t be afraid to get a little tired - a pleasant tension in the muscles will cause psychological relief, and you will quickly feel how the bad mood goes away.
Walking is especially useful in such cases. They not only saturate the blood with oxygen; They also drive away dull thoughts and allow you to feel the pleasure of life.
But there are a few rules:
- You need to go quickly. Leave the leisurely pace for a romantic walk. Go with maximum speed, which your health allows you, but under no circumstances break into a run. As soon as you feel tired, stop and rest a little, and then start moving again.
- Don't think about anything bad. A difficult requirement, yes. But extremely important. Music and headphones help a lot in such cases.
- Don't set yourself a specific goal. Go where your eyes lead. Or, if you find it difficult to force yourself to “waste time pointlessly,” assign a remote address as the endpoint. During the day, it could be a store or salon on the other side of town; and at night you can simply set yourself the task of walking around the entire area in a circle!
An interesting fact speaks in favor of traveling on foot: several kilometers traveled briskly before menstruation, discomfort in the lower abdomen is almost completely eliminated. And, of course, such activity helps to get rid of extra pounds.
In addition, all types of activities that provoke the release of adrenaline into the blood help fight depression. Buy a ticket for a roller coaster, go skydiving, or just go for a bike ride. Better yet, learn a new active form of recreation that will charge you with vigor.
Forward to change!
It’s hard to believe, but psychologists cite... monotony of life as the main reason for bad mood. Vivid impressions make us feel excitement, and it generously saturates the blood " hormones of joy" That is why, in order to cheer up, sometimes it is enough to introduce a little novelty into your existence.
This could be a trip to the hairdresser or spa, cosmetic repairs, a new manicure and, of course, shopping. Statistics show that going to the store, even if you don't intend to buy anything big, banishes apathy and helps you look at the world from a more positive perspective. But be careful: any item purchased in this condition may later remind you of a bad period in your life. Therefore, be prepared, if something happens, to throw all the trash you bought during the depression into the garbage chute without pity!
However, this advice applies not only to things. Train yourself to part with what has already become obsolete and has no real value for you:
- phone numbers you don't call;
- relationships that burden you;
- notebooks, names and birthdays in which you don’t even remember;
- jokes you're tired of laughing at;
- activities that are no longer enjoyable.
All this binds us to the past and prevents us from enjoying life.
Laugh
It’s a paradox – but a bad mood is afraid of laughter. The muscles of our face “remember” emotions, and, forming a smile, send a command to the brain about fun. Of course, joy will not appear immediately. But this only means that we need to launch a massive attack on depression.
Have a little celebration for yourself. You don't have to wait for a round date. You can always find a reason for a party: it could be the anniversary of a first date, the victory of your husband’s favorite team at the championship, or even a birthday pet. Invite your friends, turn on the music, and soon you will feel like you're really having fun.
How to prevent depression
There are situations when conventional methods are powerless to lift your spirits. In these cases, psychologists talk about depression - a long-term state of depression, apathy, and lack of self-confidence.
It is possible and necessary to fight this scourge. In the most severe cases, of course, you cannot do without the help of a specialist. But usually, it’s quite possible to cope on your own. The main thing is to constantly remember that poor health and failures will not haunt us constantly.
Life goes on, even if it is difficult for us to believe that it is beautiful:
- Find yourself a hobby that will, at least from time to time, occupy all your attention without reserve.
- Don't be afraid to show your individuality. We are all geniuses in one activity or another, but we often lock away our “Picasso” or “Mozart” for fear of being misunderstood. Why should you adapt to the opinions of strangers? Start doing something that you are good at, even if your hobby is strange to others. Origami, playing the trumpet, beading or composing haiku can all help you feel like you belong. And this is the first step towards recovery.
- Give yourself the opportunity to vent bad emotions. Write down all your grievances, failures and disappointments on a large piece of paper, or even better, express it all in front of the mirror. Feel free to complain about fate from time to time!
- Don't get too caught up in yourself. Find someone who needs your help. If charity and volunteering are not your thing, get a cat, aquarium fish or indoor plant. Caring for others will help you break out of a vicious circle.