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Excuse Me If I Don't Feel the Least Bit @#!%!@ Spiritual Today!
As my day began, knowing what I know about the world, I took nothing personally and found the humor in each encounter whether it was positive or negative. At the end of the day I went to bed with a feeling of gratitude and peace and was looking forward to another day on my wonderful journey. Today I woke up and the first thought that entered my mind was, @!%#% another day! I don't know where this feeling came from, whether it's hormones, past life crap coming back to haunt me or childhood trauma and I don't care. All I know is I am not happy and for some reason I prefer to feel this way! If someone even dares to look at me cross eyed, I am quite prepared to rip his or her head off! I am reveling in my misery and seem to be loving it! What happened, and why am I embracing this misery as if it's my best friend? This scenario is one we have all been through at one time or another. Sometimes we can't keep that sense of spirituality for longer than a couple of days before we fall off the spiritual wagon and back into the tangible reality of our world. And this usually occurs right at the moment that the person in the car next to you cuts you off and then proceeds to flip you the finger. So where does this leave us? Are we less spiritual or spiritually challenged if we can't seem to keep ourselves out of the occasional funk? Do Buddhist Monks ever wake up on the wrong side of the bed? I am pretty sure that all of us experience a funk from time to time. A key determinate in the length of our "bad mood" is based on our personality and to what degree we have suppressed our emotions. Once an emotional situation has been relegated to the subconscious we no longer have choice over how, when or to what degree that emotion is going to be expressed. Our subconscious could have an emotional leak at any point in time and finding the source is about as easy as finding a water leak in your home! But the key is how long does the emotional leak last. Scott Hemenover, an assistant professor of psychology at K-State, studied emotional suppression and personality. "Hemenover performed a study that found that people with different personality types have different rates of mood decay. People with neurotic tendencies hold on to a bad mood longer than other people. Extroverts tend to stay in a positive mood longer than average people. Maintaining a negative mood for a long period of time is harmful to your health. People think that getting stressed and anxious is bad for you. The key isn't how stressed you are, but how long you are stressed," he said. "Staying stressed for a long time can impair your immune and cardiovascular functions." Hemenover said people who tend to stay in a bad mood for a long time can learn to use strategies that will help them snap out of it faster.
Read How to cure a bad mood Blast Away a Bad Mood With 11 Fast Fixes Other studies are showing a link between low levels of omega-3 fatty acids and our overall moods. Sarah Conkin, PhD a researcher at the University Of Pittsburgh School Of Medicine says "People in our study who had low blood levels of omega-3 fatty acids were more likely to report mild to moderate symptoms of depression, more moodiness, and more impulsivity." Earlier studies appear to link low blood levels of omega-3s to a host of serious psychological conditions, including major depression, bipolar disorder, attention deficit disorder, and even schizophrenia.
Now new research suggests that omega-3s can have a significant impact on everyone's mental health. For an in-depth article that focuses on the link between depression and low levels of Omega-3 read Is My Brain Fat Enough? So here is the bottom line, it's OK to be in a bad mood from time to time but the longer you stay in that bad mood the more detrimental it is to your overall health. Not to mention the whole Law of Attraction thing. We all know how a bad day can spiral into a worse day. We attract what we are feeling so keep in mind if you want to feel better you have to make a conscious effort to shift your mood. Like everything thing else, once you take the first step it gets easier and easier. Alternatively, you can choose to revel in your bad mood, it's entirely up to you! Similar Articles The following articles contain content that is similar to this article, Excuse Me If I Don't Feel the Least Bit @#!%!@ Spiritual Today!: |
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