What You Eat Can Affect How You Feel
Bella Breakdown For a long time, vegetables were my enemy. I did not like to eat them because, well, I am ashamed to admit that I was picky. For me, meat, cheese, and carbs were the staples of my diet (yes, not unlike a high school male teenager… don’t judge me). Fortunately, I am rather athletic and I was able to make up for my lack of good diet with regular exercise. But last year, everything changed for me when I started to have dramatic mood swings and feel more sad and anxious than I had felt in a...
Healthy Ways To Deal With Anxiety
Bella Breakdown Anxiety creeps up on us in the most unexpected ways, but when the panic sets in, sometimes it seems unbearable to shake off. As someone who’s been diagnosed for years with generalized anxiety, sometimes it seems like there’s no way to crawl out of the hole of despair. But there is hope. Here are some of therapists’ and psychiatrists’ most trusted forms of anxiety reduction, so if you’re ever feeling down and out for the count you can always turn to these simple solutions. Trust me, I’ll be trying each one of these over the next few...
Songs To Comfort Your Child When They’re Upset
Bella Breakdown We all get a little grumpy from time to time. But kids take grumpy to a whole other level, and sometimes, it seems like the world is ending over the smallest things. There are plenty of things you can try to help soothe your upset or angry child. One of those tactics is calming or relaxing music. Here are five of the best songs to play for your little one when they have their next ‘world is ending’ outburst: 1.Little Lap Dog, Lullaby by Laura Veirs 2.Yellow, Coldplay cover by Renee & Jeremy 3.Little Bird Little Bird,...
10 Ways To Cope With Anxiety
Bella Breakdown Do you need a little extra help dealing with your persistent worries? Maybe it’s time to try some new tactics in facing your anxiety. One psychologist gives us some innovative, and even a little strange, advice on how to best cope with anxiety. 1. Repititon: Take the thought and repeat it for over 20 minutes. This repetition will create a boredom, therefor eliminating the need to worry about it. 2. Do it: Make it worse by simply doing what you’re afraid of. Naturally, you will see that the fear over the thought was much greater than just...
