Mental health is not necessarily an uninterrupted accumulation of serious, solemn, organized, sought-after experiences. Sometimes, in difficult situations, humor and even a dose of absurdity are the tools that a healthy mind finds and capitalizes on.
Are you having a crazy day? Let’s see who beats who.
Mental Health: A Humorous Short Guide to Surviving Everyday Madness
- Dance Like Nobody Is Watching
It doesn’t even matter what time of day it is. And no matter where you are, as long as you have a space of your own in which to dance according to no rules. The irregular movements of the body help you release the endorphins you keep hearing about. No one says you shouldn’t dance in an orderly manner if you feel like it. Only to dance. To move. You can start your day like this.
Endorphins are nothing more than natural, sustained-release pain relievers. And they go straight to the target, to the areas of the brain responsible for relaxation. When the body registers the slightest sign of a better state, the brain rushes to follow it and support it with everything it can to preserve this state. It’s a continuous circuit. The brain is not really like that, on its own. If you give it good wheat to grind, it gives you back the healthiest product. Everything is up for grabs in this world.
Don’t feel like dancing? Watch a clip of dancers and follow them with your mind. Maybe the effect is not as strong, but something of their message remains in your memory.
It’s only in your imagination
2. Something you haven’t done in a long time, even though you want to? You don’t have time, you don’t feel like it, or you just had measles when you were little…
Imagine. Our mental health benefits greatly from imaginative play. Sure, if it’s short-term and doesn’t replace action.
Let’s take an example. You haven’t been exercising for a long time. Close your eyes. Visualize all your movements. Repeatedly. Remember how you felt during exercising, and especially after the workout. Remembering the pleasant sensations, well-being and contentment can often be enough motivation to take up sports again. Until then, because you don’t have time again, do your exercises mentally and in addition invent others. This is the madness. Imagine you being a trainer who invents an exercise program. They may, of course, have nothing to do with the classical, well-known movements. Imagine your ”trainees” in ballet shoes, if that amuses you.
If you’ve ever heard of the ideomotor training of performance athletes, that’s what you’re doing right now. If you haven’t heard, follow my posts, and I’ll be back with an article.
You can imagine anything else. It is important to go beyond the known limits and create images that are not necessarily related to reality. You have no idea what wild implications the imagination exercises can have in the equation of your life. Imposed or self-imposed limits are getting tighter and tighter. Escape. There is room. And maybe it’s time.
