Anyone else suffering with New Year blues?!
Question: I dunno, I'm feeling a bit depressed and I don't really know why..is it anything to worry about? I don't know if it's a common thing or not.
Answers: I dunno, I'm feeling a bit depressed and I don't really know why..is it anything to worry about? I don't know if it's a common thing or not.
Nope got big plans for this year! huge ones! life changing ones! maybe you need to make some too.
Cheer up buddy! you're probably just feeling a little aimless, felt a bit that way last year.
2008 is going to be the best year yet. think about it that way, but you know you've got make it happen!
It might be something triggered by the new year, maybe not. Best thing is to wait it out for now and if it doesn't change or get worse, maybe see your doctor or a psychologist?
I think the new year is always pretty slow, and it leaves me a little gloomy. But it's nice to think that as things change (such as the new year), they almost always grow.
This is the after xmas blues. There's a big wrap up at the end of all the excitement, people go flat, it's ok because it is normal to feel flat and blue in the new year. Its rush rush rush and then nothing.
Relax.
We have had three weeks of almost steady rain and next to no sun and we all, cats included, dogs included are getting the blues (cabin fever) plus the new year blues. So its common sometimes to feel blue and is perfectly normal.
Have you been eating a balanced diet?? You need proper nourishment for your mind and body to be a happy and healthy person....... it's really easy to slack off on a healthy eating plan when holiday season comes around.
Try eating more foods rich in Tryptophan. Tryptophan is an essential amino acid that's used by the brain - along with B6, niacin (or niacinamide), and magesium (known as the antistress mineral) - to produce serotonin (the natural feel good drug), a neurotransmitter that carries messages between the brain and one of the body's biochemical mechanisms of sleep.
Tryptophan will help induce natural sleep; reduce pain sensitivity; act as a nondrug antidepressant; alleviate migraines; aid in reducing anxiety and tension and help relieve some symptoms of alcohol-related body-chemistry disorders and aid in control of alcoholism.
Best natural food sources of Tryptophan are; cottage cheese, milk, meat, fish, turkey, bananas, dried dates, peanuts and all protein rich foods.
Best natural food sources for magnesium are: leafy and green vegies, nuts and seeds, cold water fishes such as tuna, sardines, whiting and salmon.
Best natural food sources for niacin are: the white meat of chicken, whole wheat products, roasted peanuts, fish, eggs, avoacadoes, dates, figs and prunes.
Best natural food sources for vitamin B6 are: wheat germ, fish, soybeans, brewer's yeast, cantaloupe, cabbage, blackstgrap molasses, unmilled rice, eggs, oats, peanuts and walnuts.
Also, by taking a good quality multi B complex supplement including all the B's ie: B1, B2, B3, B5, B6 and B12 you will support your body in dealing with the everyday stresses life throws at us. ie: new job, new home, school studies ...... the B complex of vitamins is essential for healthy digestive, neural and immune systsem functioning.
Really importantly, make sure you hydrate your system on a daily basis with plenty of fresh filtered water as the happiest and healthiest body will always be the most hydrated one.
Try to cut back on the things that will rob you of your precious B complex of vitamins too ie: caffeine, sodas and soft drinks, alcohol are all brilliant B complex thieves ......... things such as the antiobiotics, antidepressants, laxatives, aspirin, diuretics will all also do a great job of robbing you of your B's.
Take care of you?
CHEERS
?
New Year's Day is an anticlimax compared to Christmas. I feel down simply because I didn't do anything special for new year's eve - I really regret it now ...
Hello and happy new year to you. I had the worst blues this time last year and vowed not to let it happen again this year. I snapped out of it at the start of February!
Just count your blessings, laugh lots and give yourself a slap if you feel you're slipping x
Nice to be back but my inbox was full of your questions! Thought I was very popular... and then the truth hit...
First of all....Happy New Year :)
And yeah ...I feel a bit that way.... I feel excited in one way but in another just down because I will hate myself If I don't get all the things done this year that I want to..... I want to be a better person, and I won't like myself if I don't make enough of an effort....
I don't know, its just like,another year has passed, and this is it... We usually reevaluate our lives and sometimes we don't like what we see....
xox
Lol, yes, skint and ill... loving every minute of it!!
I'm the same as you. Just can't get out of this slump and I'm skulking about generally being depressed.
I think it's because I'm bloated with all the rich food and drink and I'm really skint now. Pay day is still 4 weeks away - boo!!
We really need a bit of sunshine. Maybe if we ask nicely we can get some?
x