Nine tips to help feel less depressed and anxious.
1. Begin your morning with some luxurious useful stretches and deep breaths.
2. Then remember what you love and what makes you feel grateful. Have a good breakfast. Wake up early enough so you don't feel rushed.
3. Get enough sleep so you don't feel tired. Can't sleep? Try establishing good habits- calm before bed time, go to bed at the same hour most days (not 3:00 AM).
4. If you're feeling bad, get some sunshine. Get some excercise. It's too hot? Go to the movies, or take a refreshing shower. Go swimming.
5. Listen to your complaints- those nasty things you hear inside your head. Who is talking? Are they always saying the same things? Is there a pattern?
6. Start changing the pattern- remember-compassion for the self effects the individual and the world around them.
7. Take care of someone (yourself? your loved one?), a pet, a plant-- you name it.
8. Make a date with yourself to do something you love- sit in a cafe, go to the movies or a museum, take a walk. Take a bubble bath!
9. Depression is about the past, and anxiety is about the future- try staying in the present moment by connecting with your body.