Feeling anxious?
We are often conditioned to feel fear.
"According to recent research, anxiety is becoming increasingly prevalent in the US, now eclipsing all forms of cancer by 800 percent."
Anxiety Is 800% More Prevalent..
One of the keys to removing anxiety is to be flexible in our thinking.
1. Do we always salivate when Pavlov rings his bell?
Classical conditioning.
2. Do we always feel we have to dress smartly to impress others?
3. Do we have fairly fixed views about religion, medicine and politics?
4. Do we avoid talking to complete strangers.
5. Do we avoid discussing our problems and fears with the people around us?
Maybe we need to break free of our conditioning and act and think differently.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. / STATUS - PECKING ORDER - BEING ONE UP - POWER GAMES.
Oxytocin (the cuddling hormone) reportedly decreases feelings of anxiety.
Oxytocin helps to better overcome fear - ScienceDaily. / But this may be Weak Science
An Oxytocin-rich meal: eggs, mixed with bananas, with pepper.
10 Ways to Release Oxytocin Into Your Life ...
Ways that humans can rid themselves of anxiety:
1. Sharing meals
2. Being affectionate with pets
3. Hugging other people
4. Soaking in a hot bath
5. Being charitable
6. Meditating.
Increase oxytocin levels.
Foods that are said to cure anxiety:
1. Chamomile tea
Chamomile contains apigenin and luteolin which decrease anxiety.
2. Tuna, salmon, walnuts, and flax seeds
3. Meat, fish, and beans
They contain L-lysine which helps sort out the mind.
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4. Blueberries, peaches and oranges.
5. Whole grains, including oats, which help produce serotonin.
6. Avocados, eggs, milk, and meat all contain B vitamins.
7. Spinach and other dark leafy greens.
8. Dark chocolate.
True Friends don't worry about the pecking order.
STATUS - PECKING ORDER - BEING ONE UP - POWER GAMES.
An Oxytocin-rich meal: eggs, mixed with bananas, with pepper.
10 Ways to Release Oxytocin Into Your Life ...
Ways that humans can rid themselves of anxiety:
2. Being affectionate with pets
3. Hugging other people
4. Soaking in a hot bath
5. Being charitable
6. Meditating.
Increase oxytocin levels.
Foods that are said to cure anxiety:
1. Chamomile tea
Chamomile contains apigenin and luteolin which decrease anxiety.
2. Tuna, salmon, walnuts, and flax seeds
3. Meat, fish, and beans
They contain L-lysine which helps sort out the mind.
...
4. Blueberries, peaches and oranges.
5. Whole grains, including oats, which help produce serotonin.
6. Avocados, eggs, milk, and meat all contain B vitamins.
7. Spinach and other dark leafy greens.
8. Dark chocolate.
True Friends don't worry about the pecking order.
STATUS - PECKING ORDER - BEING ONE UP - POWER GAMES.
"Ways that humans can rid themselves of anxiety...."
ReplyDeleteU "forgot" to add one of the most common way to get rid of anxiety: sex.
You could win a RFID chip with some Richmond sausages that might help with anxiety! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3jC3cB8FFYs
ReplyDeleteFor anxiety wrap the fingers of one hand around the opposite index finger. Just breathe and hold for several minutes, until you feel a deep, even pulsation.
ReplyDelete(Thumb is worry/insomnia, middle finger is anger/blood pressure issues, ring finger is grief/breathing, little finger is pretense/heart.)
This is from the Japanese healer Jiro Murai, who founded the Physio-Philosophy of Jin Shin Jyutsu.