What to do if a person is in a bad mood. Bad mood

Sometimes a bad mood overtakes me. Or the mood that is commonly called BAD in society. “I’m in a bad mood...” - that’s what they say. They say sadly. And they allow themselves to be immersed in it. In fact, the mood is not bad, but, let’s say, sad, mournful, accusing, sad, shy, submerged, unhappy, cheerless, etc. Let's figure out what kind of phenomenon this is and what you can do when you're “overwhelmed.”

Let's go through the symptoms. I don’t want to see anyone, I don’t want to communicate, you know pretty well for yourself that you’ll start whining to someone, and whining is disgusting; you don’t want to work, you refuse offers to hang out and go for a walk, you hide “in a hole” so as not to be touched; you begin to see the world in gray and black tones, without colors; you retreat into yourself and almost don’t notice the world, and in general you see it exclusively from the inside; There is a desire to find someone to blame and to blame someone for your current vision of the imperfections of the world.

Sound familiar? Does this happen to you? In my psychological practice, I often help people not only get out of such a mood, but also - what is more valuable for me - analyze and find the reasons for the appearance of such a state nia. Today I’m sharing with you ways to do this if you don’t have an attentive, professional psychologist at hand.

First. Try to put off all the NECESSARY things (those that you should do) until later - don’t worry, if you do everything correctly, “later” won’t last forever. A lot of people “sin” with the fear of endless unpleasant experiences (I have repeatedly encountered situations where parents think about their children’s behavior that THIS will last always, or even all your life - this is not true.

You can and should leave the things you want to do. I understand that there is little you want in such a state. And yet. We search and find.

The most productive method "number of times"- this is to change the physical space around yourself. Moreover, to call this magic not cleaning - under no circumstances! – and by creating beauty!

How does it work? By changing the space around us, we change the vision of our own world. It is not necessary to understand how this happens - I don’t understand it well (most likely, Feng Shui specialists know much more about this issue). It's enough to know that it works. You've probably noticed: you'll start putting things in order in your home, on your desk, and more! - for some reason they return to the world of paint, things get done, people call, clients come. It works.

It’s great to remember at the same time that when cleaning or clearing away rubble in the house or at work, it’s worth immersing yourself in this process. That is, try to turn off the mental, expectant and yearning process of thought formation. It is much more effective to do it in the mode of complete immersion, that is, receiving pleasure from CREATING BEAUTY around yourself.

Method "number two". Take up handicrafts. The same applies to physical labor and space decoration. Handicrafts can include everything from knitting to decorative changes to your home or office. Feel free to take a brush and paint. On walls, paper, a variety of surfaces - pour out what is in your soul outside.

No matter how surprising it may sound, the need for creativity in each of us is enormous. In everyone. (usually we are told that there are creative people, and there are uncreative people - they are lying!)

Our education was and is structured in such a way that we think (rather, analyze) more than we do. And if we do, then most of our actions are aimed at the production of banknotes. (today this is noticeable in the direction of the thoughts of our children). We can do the same in creativity. Only this is a pure production of beauty, ideologically originating in our Soul. By being creative, we get out of ourselves - ourselves.

How does it work? A bad mood, as a rule, is associated with the fact that we have forgotten about ourselves. Creativity helps you remember and tune in to your real self, and get out of yourself what you really like. Agree, when you create, you don’t owe anything to anyone :) Give it a try. Check it out. I know it works. You can check.

Method “number three”. Movement. Go, run, jump, have sex. Any movement. Just don’t sit there, going into the depths of self-analysis. Let your muscles take care of your good mood. They are capable of this.

Second. Be aware of the desire to whine. It's not productive. There is no need to fight him. When you are in a bad mood, the desire to whine has a magical power. Once! - and you are already whining, or feeling sorry for yourself. It would be wiser if you are in such a state, switch self-pity to anger. It will pass faster. Just remember: we are not in this world to destroy others like ourselves with our anger. We are for someone else. Direct your anger towards inanimate objects, or towards creating beauty (read above).

Why is there no need to fight the desire to whine? Because struggle is what strengthens desire, reinforces it. The more you fight, the stronger the desire. Have you tried to fight excess weight? Was the fight successful? Who won? Are you? What price did you pay for the victory?

How to do this? Imagine yourself looking at your whining, your bad mood. You are the spectator. And whining is a participant in some kind of screen-television-radio-theatrical production. You are a spectator, not a participant in this “show”. Look from the side. Be aware, notice what you see. Whining and you are two different creatures.

Third. Don't rate. Evaluation is a sick symptom in the development of our society. We appreciate everything. Yourself, others, actions, thoughts, feelings, weather, world. Remember at least one case in your life when evaluation made you happy. Maybe successful, having “scratched” your ego - yes. But happy? Did grades bring you happiness? No to me. I think you too. If you don’t believe it, check it by remembering.

And again - be aware. You are the spectator. Notice how thoughts usually come down to evaluation. Once! - and you have already appreciated it. Yourself, circumstances, life and the world as a whole. “It’s all my fault...”, “The world is crap,” “They are bastards.” Notice and share: there is me, and there are thoughts-evaluations. There is a difference between us.

Fourth. "Send them on vacation." “They” are those people who, in your opinion, should have called you, repaid the debt, said the right words, not said the words, appreciated, protected, saved, helped, ech, etc. Those people whose actions could ruin your mood. Consider them "on vacation." Wish them a happy holiday there.

The most interesting thing about this is that you/we/I can influence the duration of their “vacation”. As soon as we allow them to be in a state of unlimited vacation, it will end. There is no need to wait for the vacation to end right now, when you need them, for them to “come back urgently” to fulfill your expectations. Imagine that THEY are somewhere on the islands. Should they frantically stop their vacation and return at your first request? Imagine all the panic, confusion and stress that will arise if they really decide to give up everything to save you from your bad mood? Let them rest. Let them go. And they will immediately want to come back to be closer to you.

Fifth. World of facts. Despite the overabundance of information in the modern world, we DO NOT LIVE in a world of facts. We live in a world of ratings. Trust journalism: all journalism is built on subjectivism. On the assessments with which the media manipulate our consciousness. And all we do is “swallow” other people’s assessments.

Facts. Reality. How does it work? You stop your flow of thought formation, which was discussed above, and begin to slowly and meticulously describe what YOU HAVE. And there are, as a rule, a lot. You are breathing. This is a fact. You have arms and legs - thank you God! - and this is a fact. You have a roof over your head - yay! You have a job, school, children, husband (if you have all this). Your children are healthy and you - even if you are unhappy with them - have the opportunity to experience the deepest feeling of love for them. You have some skills. List it.

Important: keep your estimates. Become aware of them. Just the facts. It is. And that's it.

How does it work? By calling things by their proper names or announcing their presence to ourselves and the world, we create the foundation of reality. We show ourselves and the world that we have something to rely on, something to push away from in order to move either up or forward. You can only rely on solid ground. Ha facts. More on the sensations of the body. How does it feel now? How does it feel? Trembling? Relaxation? Tension? Describe.

Sixth. Gratitude. I won’t hide: my favorite self-help recipe - it also works with my clients - when you are in an incomprehensible mood, when you feel sadness, anxiety, confusion or resentment and accusations.

Gratitude is an amazing spiritual and psychological tool in its simplicity and effectiveness. How does it work in our “bad mood” situation? After you have realized a lot and called things by their proper names, listed the facts - after that it is worth thanking for all this. This is how we thank our parents, realizing that without them we would not exist. This is how we thank the sky and the sun, realizing that if we had a different climate, our life would not be so sweet. Let us be so grateful, realizing that we live in peacetime, and are not hiding in the ruins to escape a bomb or a stray bullet. This is how we give thanks for breathing...

Imagine - do this in order to live the very essence of gratitude - that in one beautiful moment you lost the ability to breathe... You can’t. It doesn't work out. You are suffocating... And again! - breathe again. What will be your gratitude now for this gift returned to you?

Any illness in our life - from depression to cancer - begins with dissatisfaction with what we have at the moment. From our bad mood. Or in other words: dissatisfaction with yourself. I suggest you notice the smallest shoots of dissatisfaction with yourself. You can pull out the weeds so as not to interfere with the growth of garden plants. Or you can sow everything with green grass and take care of it with love. The choice is yours. You can personally “turn on the sun” so that it helps you take care of those plants-thoughts-moods that you choose to “plant” in your head. B life. And again the choice is yours.

I wish you to make friends with a bad mood. It comes so that we can notice: somewhere I stopped thinking well about myself, somewhere I stopped taking care of myself, I’m too dissatisfied with what I have now. Let me give myself a holiday of the soul and regain my satisfaction with my life. With what I ALREADY HAVE.

Love, ease and skill to you, dear readers, in managing your own mood!

How do you cope with a bad mood?

There is not a single person on the globe who does not periodically or regularly experience a bad mood. It’s not so scary if such a state of depression comes rarely and passes quickly. We are still people, not robots. But what to do if a bad mood has become your habitual state?

A bad mood is a kind of signal from the body that you are not happy with this life. First of all, you need to figure out the cause of your bad mood! And to do this, sometimes you need to carry out complex psychological or even philosophical work “on mistakes.” The reasons can be very different. You are guaranteed to be in a bad mood if you have to regularly communicate with unpleasant people, troubles at work or quarreled with a loved one. If a person constantly does not get enough sleep, this also makes him irritable and nervous. Often the cause of a bad mood is health problems, chronic pain syndromes.

Prolonged bad mood and depression can eventually lead to the development of real depression and neurotic conditions. There is a phenomenon of seasonal depression or seasonal affective disorder. At the same time, a bad mood most often visits you when autumn-winter period, and women aged 25-44 are twice as likely to suffer from it as men. In itself, bad mood and depression lead to disruption of communication between brain neurons, an imbalance of chemical compounds - norepinephrine, serotonin and dopamine. But it is precisely this “lucky three” that is responsible for the state of mental balance, joy, the state of being in love, i.e. for happiness.

You can, of course, enjoy your bad mood, get a kind of buzz from self-pity, sitting at home and going through dull thoughts. But at the same time, you run a high risk of ruining relationships with loved ones. In addition, a person who is always sad and despondent becomes uninteresting to anyone. And who wants to spend their life alone? This means you have to fight your bad mood with all your might!

As soon as you are overcome by another attack of bad mood, try to urgently find some kind of active activity. For example, force yourself to do spring cleaning, or, even better, go for a walk, visit friends, go to fitness, dance or play tennis or bowling. Occupy your brain with intellectual activity - chess, a funny movie or an exciting book will instantly distract you from soul-searching and even deeper immersion in a bad mood. Do not forget about proper nutrition and rest. Water treatments will help you get rid of negative emotions and irritation, even if it is a bath with aromatic additives or salt, a contrast shower, or a trip to the pool.

But sometimes the moment is missed and a bad mood turns into depression. In our country, every third adult suffers from some form of depression, but only every fifth of them consults a psychotherapist. The processes of oppression and inhibition during depression gradually cover the entire body - a constant feeling of fatigue and weakness, it becomes more difficult for a person to think, his memory and attention deteriorate significantly, which affects performance and quality of life in general.

As a rule, depending on the nature of the bad mood and the form of depression, the psychotherapist prescribes different antidepressants. The effect of antidepressants is due to the influence of serotonin (the hormone of happiness and pleasure), norepinephrine, etc. on the system. Against the background of a consistently good mood, it is much easier to solve psychological problems and change your attitude towards various situations. Unfortunately, all major groups of antidepressants begin to have a significant positive effect by the end of the second week. And during these two weeks the person continues to suffer, experiencing a bad mood.
This circumstance required an active search effective ways therapeutic effects on depression in the early phase of therapy. A significant breakthrough in research was the xenon therapy method. The inert gas xenon has direct influence on the release of serotonin, which determines its anti-stress effect, which occurs quickly and is persistent; after the first procedure, positive motivation for successful treatment is formed, smaller doses of psychotropic drugs are required, and the course of treatment is shortened.

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 a state of mind, an emotional state, a form of life perception, the 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 that 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 relax more. fresh air. It is very important for her motor activity 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 weaknesses, 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 a bath with decoctions 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 have “overdone” 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 physical problems: foci of infections, chronic diseases, prolonged pain, hormonal imbalance, pathology of the 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 leading 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 constant support from loved ones, meeting with friends and being as busy as possible with household chores. You need to think more positively and gather your courage, because childbirth is a 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 fastest possible 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 have been helping patients return to their normal lives for many years, using modern diagnostic methods and effective treatment.

Health

A bad mood can arise for completely different reasons. Maybe you were poorly served in a cafe, or you were stuck in traffic in the morning, or you didn’t have lunch on time.

Factors that trigger a bad mood depend on the person and what triggers stress in their life. But what happens in your body and your brain when you're not in the mood?

Biology of bad mood

Some psychologists believe that bad mood occurs due to ego depletion. According to this idea, put forward by researcher Roy Baumeister, when people use their willpower to avoid temptation, they deplete their cognitive resources.

For example, if you hold back from something, say food, because you are on a diet, or from resentment because you were poorly served, it drains your brain and you become irritable.

Essentially the more you try to avoid something, the more irritable you become.

Try to think of this as some sort of stress limit. When you cross the line, you experience a bad mood, which is expressed in anger, irritability and cynicism. All this causes fluctuations in blood pressure and also increases the level of the stress hormone cortisol.

There is evidence that a bad mood changes our outlook on life. In a 2009 study, scientists found that the condition bad mood causes a feeling of tunnel vision and narrows the field of vision. Conversely, when you are in a good mood, you have a broader view of what surrounds you.

How to cope with a bad mood?

Fortunately, bad moods are quite easy to deal with if you follow some tips. Of course, provided that you have a temporary condition and not long-term depression, but even in this case, some tips may help.

1. Eat

Theoretically, doing any activity that makes you feel good will improve your mood, but food is effective in this regard for several reasons.

First - she restores those nutrients that you lost during the day. If you're in a bad mood because you haven't eaten and your blood sugar is low, you'll feel immediate relief after eating a snack. Also, fatty acids in food have positive influence on emotions.

If you're avoiding fatty foods at all costs, you can substitute foods with spices that release endorphins. However, be careful not to overeat.

2. Get physically active

Exercise increases your endorphin levels and switches your mood from bad to good in a matter of minutes. The greatest boost of endorphins can be obtained by doing moderate to vigorous intensity exercise.

The fact is that when breathing becomes difficult during such exercises, the body releases endorphins, which cause a state of happiness. Although the euphoria does not last long, it will be enough to forget your short-term problems.

3. Listen to music

Music releases dopamine in your brain. Music is associated with feelings of pleasure, and a three-minute song can easily turn your gloom into a smile. As you listen to the melody, you anticipate what will happen next, and this can be rewarded with a burst of pleasure.

4. Take advantage of it

A bad mood often leads to a more attentive and thoughtful state, which allows you to focus on specific tasks.

As mentioned above, it gives you a kind of tunnel vision, which means you can focus completely on a project. Also, a bad mood makes us more persuasive because it contributes to the development of specific ideas and communication style.

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 a few simple rules that are best followed 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”.
Don't 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.

Our psychological state is closely related to our physical state. Whatever the real causes of 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 - 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. Walk at the maximum speed that your health allows, 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: a few kilometers walked at a brisk pace before menstruation almost completely eliminates discomfort in the lower abdomen. 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 name the main reason for bad mood... the monotony of life. 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 mercilessly throw all the trash you bought during the depression into the garbage chute!

However, this advice applies not only to things. Train yourself to part with what has already become obsolete and has no real value to 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 in the championship, or even the birthday of a 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 with on our 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 houseplant. Caring for others will help you break out of a vicious circle.