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- Causes of capriciousness
- How to cheer up? Psychologists' advice
— 7 simple tips which will 100% improve your state of mind
How to lift your mood in 10 minutes?
— 2 non-standard way wake up your emotions
- Conclusion

In the life of every person there are moments that we call a bad mood. Such a state is unsettling and can overshadow any long-awaited holiday or event. There is apathy to what is happening, a feeling of anxiety and emotional instability.

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Psychotherapists talk about simple ways to always be in a good mood. There are several practical advice to help you be optimistic and not let bad thoughts and situations ruin your day.

1) Music.
Listen to the music you like. Psychologists also recommend singing along whenever possible. When longing has settled in your soul, feel free to drive it away with the help of your favorite melody in your headphones.

2) Dance.
This may be a continuation of the first point. This will give you positive energy for the whole day. The main rule is to move actively.

3) Get out.
Often a bad mood appears because of the mess. Minimal tidying up will help to quickly correct the situation. Make it a rule to start your work day by cleaning your desk. You will feel that neatly folded items greatly enhance your mood. If you are at home, take care of arranging comfort in your home. General cleaning, changing bed linen. Take a few minutes a day for this. Thus, you are distracted from bad thoughts.

4) The right attitude.
No matter what happens, always stay optimistic. In any situation, set yourself up for a positive outcome. Assert yourself that everything will be fine - and you can easily overcome the difficulties that have arisen. When you go to a meeting, always think of a positive outcome. There is an expression among the people: "Human thought is material." Therefore, remaining an optimist, you will always easily solve emerging problems.

5) Talk about the problem.
Talk about what is bothering you with a friend, mother, relative. Even just saying it out loud already brings significant relief and uplifting.

6) Treat yourself to joy.
Do what you love. Spend a couple of minutes on your favorite game, watch your favorite movie at the cinema or at home, read a book by your favorite author.

7) Make a promise to yourself.
Promise to be an optimist and not pay attention to minor troubles. You can always fight back a bad mood. It is possible to become a person with a good and positive attitude, and everyone can do it.

8) Contrast shower.
It's a physiological way to create yourself good mood. When a person pours himself alternately hot and cold water, then the voltage is gone.

9) Get some sleep.
Bad mood often arises from banal fatigue. So put aside everything and take a break.

Here are some tips to help you get rid of bad mood, restore optimism, balance, composure, and enjoy life.

Tip #1. Remember that you can improve your mood
One of the most effective ways to improve your mood is to always remember that you yourself can do it. In fact, changing your mood is much easier than you think, and this is a great reason for optimism.

Council number 2. Determine the reasons for the deterioration of mood
Don't think that trying to pretend you don't feel anger or envy or humiliation is a sign of emotional intelligence. In fact, it does not benefit others and harms you.

Council number 3. Minimize Damage
From your bad mood, everyone who falls under hot hand. But you know why you feel irritated, so don't take it out on others. A dog should not bite a cat just because a person kicked it.

Tip #4 Remember, you are not your bad mood.
Sometimes, under the influence of strong emotions, people act contrary to all their core values ​​and beliefs.

It can be concluded that during vivid manifestations of emotions a person shows his true face, but this is far from the case. After all, anger, fear or despondency are just temporary disturbers of your consciousness, which you can learn to manage. To do this, you always need to remember who you really are and maintain composure in any situation.

Tip #5 Change your face to change your mood.
When we communicate with others, we experience different emotions. One of the means of their expression is facial expressions - we can frown, frown, smile, etc. We quite rightly believe that when we are happy, we look happy and when we are sad, the face takes on a sad expression. The researchers found that facial expressions also work the other way.

Studies have shown that these changes cause a rush of blood not only to the face, but also to our brain. We move our eyebrows when we want to concentrate, and this causes blood to flow from the face to the brain (perhaps this is what helps us focus better). Changes in facial expressions affect brain temperature, which is key to understanding why adopting a certain expression can make you feel better or worse.

The metabolic activity of our brain produces so much heat that it needs constant cooling. The air entering through the nostrils helps to lower the temperature of the brain, and when it cools, you feel better.

When we frown, the nostrils constrict, which leads to heating of the brain (experimentally it was found that when wrinkling the nose for just 30 seconds, the temperature of the brain increases five times, causing a deterioration in well-being).

At the same time, a smile, even an insincere one, for a short time provides an average increase in the volume of air passing through the nose by 29 milliliters, and this pleasantly cools the brain.

That is, we can "short-circuit" a bad mood by consciously changing facial expressions. So you can smile or take a break to quietly say "E" until the mood lifts - your brain will thank you for it.

Council number 6. Improve your mood by walking in nature.
When the mood worsens, it tries to subjugate all your actions. If this is not resisted, the brain will stop listening to you, and you will not be able to overcome depression. In order to get rid of the effect of the "emotional brain", you can do crossword puzzles in order to activate " thinking brain Or better yet, go for a walk. Proved that physical exercise much better help to get rid of depression than medical treatment.

You can go for a walk (or even a jog if you're healthy enough) and, if possible, get out into nature. Recent studies have shown that spending time and exercising in vivo– even in city parks and gardens – incredibly useful for strengthening mental health, including to quickly lift mood and even improve immune functions. Conclusion: go outside and move!

Council number 7. Relax.
A bad mood requires to maintain tension and focus exclusively on negative feelings. So do the opposite! Set a goal to relax and focus on other thoughts and images outside the narrow frame of your mood.

How to lift your mood in 10 minutes?

Of course, a glass of champagne, a delicious chocolate bar and watching your favorite comedy under a warm blanket is a proven way. But, unfortunately, (or fortunately?) We can not always use it.

In any case, alcohol is definitely not suitable for raising the mood at work, but there is a shortage of blankets in the office. Fortunately for us, there are other ways to cheer yourself up, "on the spot," so to speak.

To begin with, we create a “joyful background” in the workplace (and this, imagine, is possible). This will help us with fresh air from an open window, invigorating aromas and funny music. If there is an opportunity to "sing along" and "dance" - excellent, this is generally "what the doctor ordered."

Of the aromas to lift the mood, citrus fruits are best suited. If an orange, tangerine or grapefruit “accidentally” happened to be at hand, cut it thinner (just don’t burst right away, let it lie down on a plate at least a little - let it saturate the whole room with positive). If you don’t stock up on citrus fruits, coffee will do just fine.

Get a head massage. For this, it is best to use a “massage comb” (for lack of it, the usual one will do too). Comb for 2-3 minutes in front of a mirror. At the same time, try to keep your back straight, straighten your shoulders and smile at yourself, your beloved, from the bottom of your heart.

A light massage of the ears and fingers is another proven mood booster. Twist them in different directions (not ears, fingers!), vigorously rub your palms, then massage biologically active points (on the temples, between the eyebrows, near the wings of the nose).

Excellent helps to cheer up the “scratching” of the hands from the wrist to the elbow. Yes, don't laugh. Although what I'm saying - LAUGH, of course! Read jokes, watch funny photos animals, video jokes ... In a few minutes, there will be no trace of a bad mood!

- 2 non-standard ways to wake up your emotions

1) "Turn on" the sense of smell.
Probably, you have noticed more than once that the smell of your favorite flowers or cut grass brings back pleasant memories, brings back those days when you were happy. And the mood instantly improves! This is not an accident at all: the area of ​​the brain responsible for smell is one of the most ancient, so memories “fixed” by smells are the most stable.

It is no coincidence that today great popularity acquired aromatherapy - the impact on the body with the help of essential oils. Find the scent that suits you and you will be able to cheer yourself up at any moment.

2) Manage color.
Since ancient times, different peoples have used color as part of the symbolism during religious or state ceremonies. However, its true significance for the human psyche was discovered only in the 50s of the last century by the Swiss scientist Max Luscher. He suggested that each of the colors symbolizes a certain psychological need or inclination.

Therefore, color preferences perfectly characterize a person. There is also Feedback: by betting on a particular shade, we can influence our own inner world. Keep this in mind when choosing clothes or interior items.

- Conclusion

A person's mood can change several times in one day. Unfortunately, for most people, it is very rarely good and instantly falls even because of a minor trifle. However, all is not lost and there are proven ways to help you lift your spirits without putting in too much effort.

For example, just stretch your lips in a smile and keep it on your face for 5 minutes. You will not notice how much better you will feel. And this is just one of the easiest ways to influence your internal state. All in your hands. Dare!

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Olga Kartoshechkina | 10/16/2015 | 1719

Olga Kartoshechkina 10/16/2015 1719


When my mood is at zero and neither my husband’s gifts nor my child’s good marks in the diary are pleasing, I use “ heavy artillery". I offer you my simple feminine ways to cheer yourself up.

You can choose from the options I have suggested the ones that you like best.

Load up on delicious

I offer three options for the most delicious, which will not only cheer you up, but also benefit your health.

  1. Orange- orange, bright, sunny orange, slowly peel and eat slice after slice. We feel how the fiery sweet-sour juice drives out the remnants of a bad mood from us.
  2. bitter chocolate- 50 g of this delicacy per day will improve your state of mind and give you a supply of "endorphins". In addition, this product has a positive effect on the cardiovascular system.
  3. Apple. This fruit is exceptionally healthy and low in calories. Helps to drive away bad mood and at the same time keep the figure in perfect shape.

Do exercises

When I come home from work in a bad mood, I don’t lie down on the sofa, but do a little exercise and perform simple movements from. To get your portion of the hormone of happiness - serotonin - you do not need to run a marathon or torture yourself on simulators. It is enough to sit down, jump rope or run on the spot. Depression, goodbye!

listen to music

Your favorite music can easily change your mind from minor to major. I do not advise you to turn on sad compositions or listen to Mozart's Requiem. Let it be lyrical compositions or favorite songs from Soviet films. By the way, I love listening to songs from the 80s. Imagine, when I hear the "Golden Staircase" by Yuri Antonov, sadness immediately leaves!

A cheerful, dynamic film with unexpected ups and downs and sympathetic main characters will be able to keep your attention for a long time, and will also give you the opportunity to laugh plenty and free you from dreary thoughts. By the way, I often invite my husband and child to join the movie show. We often watch our favorite Soviet films.

Weave a mandala

Mandala is a symbol in the form of a circle with drawings. It can be found both in ancient temples and on modern clothes. , or you can weave - as you like. This method will easily pull out all the negativity from you and saturate you with positive. Bright threads will form a wonderful pattern and create an indescribable mood.

Well, drawing mystical circles, I confess, is also quite entertaining.

Clean your feathers

Nothing cheers up a woman like taking care of herself. New hairstyle, make-up, fresh manicure - we forgot that something upset us. We are cheerful and carefree again, and we want to live again. This method can be easily done at home. By the way, I'm still practicing. Useful and interesting. Two in one!

Perform a culinary feat

When cats scratch my soul, I chase them away delicious dish which has not been prepared before. Last time The “victim” of my experiment was the unusual. And, I confess, I do not have to eat it to cheer myself up. When I hear words of gratitude and admiration from relatives, everything immediately gets better.

I really want to believe that my methods will help you drive away sadness and longing and fully enjoy the spring and communication with your loved ones.

How do you deal with bad moods?

The definition for mood is quite simple - this is how it is characterized emotional condition human (however, not only human). Probably everyone knows that sometimes from what the mood will be in the morning, you can determine how the whole day will turn out, unless, of course, there are any changes. It is in your power to make sure that poor emotional well-being accompanies you as rarely as possible . After all, as we all understand, this or that mood of ours affects not only some segment of our life, but also makes adjustments to the daily routine of people close to us. If there is a person in the family who is often in a bad mood, this often has a certain effect on negative impact for everyone who lives with him. You probably don't want to be that person - it's much better to be someone who charges your family and friends with positivity. Of course, only a very skilled actor can pretend that he is doing great when he is not at all, and if you are not, then you will have to take some action so that there is less reason to be discouraged.

What lifts everyone's spirits

1. Meetings with dear people. Even a very upset person calms down and feels much peace, having met a person who can always support and console him. However, in some cases this is not even necessary - the mere presence of someone close and dear is enough to forget about your hardships, or even to understand that in fact everything is pretty good with you. 2. Favourite buisness. It is hard to imagine that someone can not bring a sense of satisfaction to their favorite pastime. It's not about any work at all. Although, it is possible that it is work that brings you a charge of positive emotions! However, most often we are talking about something completely different - shopping, gatherings with a friend in a cafe, reading books, watching movies and much more. Think about what you like to do, and take on this business as soon as you feel that your mood leaves much to be desired. In fact, improving your perception of the world, which is suddenly shaken, is not so difficult. You don't have to spend a lot of energy trying to force yourself to relax and smile. Start with the most simple techniques which can turn out to be very effective. 1. Treat yourself to shopping It doesn't have to be a big purchase. Although if finances allow you, and you have been dreaming of some expensive thing for a very long time, but for some reason delayed the moment of purchase, then perhaps it's time to please yourself with a new acquisition. Of course, sometimes expensive things are not needed at all to cheer up - sometimes a bucket of your favorite ice cream or lipstick of your favorite shade is enough. It is very difficult to imagine that such purchases will not leave a pleasant mark on your attitude. 2. Favorite hobby Many of us have hobbies, and many of us would just like to find a passion for our souls. If you have already acquired an activity that gives you joy, it will not be difficult for you to distract yourself from unhappy thoughts. If you have been doing what you love “automatically” for a long time, and it is completely incapable of redirecting your depressing thoughts in a different direction, then you should find yourself another exciting hobby. Choose activities that require high concentration, or those that contribute to a high physical activity- embroidery, painting, dancing, sports, yoga and much more. 3. Gatherings with friends Sometimes, you can get rid of a bad mood by spending one evening or at least an hour in the company of your closest friends. No matter what you decide to do - sip cocktails at a local cafe, watch interesting film at someone's house or relaxing in nature - in any case, you will soon forget that just recently you were sad. 4. Walk Sometimes a simple walk can have a truly miraculous effect on mood. You can walk, both alone and in the company of close friends. This is especially useful if you have stayed up in four walls - at home, at work or at school. In this case, you simply need a breath of fresh air. Choose calm and cozy squares and parks where you can not only take a walk, but also sit on a bench or drink a glass of juice or coffee. 5. Realization of an old dream Of course, if we are talking about a dream, then, apparently, it is not too easy to realize. It happens quite often, but not always. Thinking about our dream, we imagine that sooner or later it will come true, however, most often, if we don’t make any effort, then the dream will remain a dream. Subsequently, looking back, we understand that we had opportunities to achieve what we wanted, but we did not use them. Take a piece of paper and write on it what you need to do to make your dream come true. Maybe it's a matter of one day! Let your dreams come true! 6. Change of image or environment It happens that a person gets tired either of himself or of the monotony surrounding him. If this is about you, then it is in your power to change the situation. Try to make changes in your usual image - go to the store and take with you to the fitting room things that you previously preferred to bypass, believing that they do not suit you. It is in your power to find new facets of your image. It is also possible that you simply do not have enough new experiences. Well, if you can afford to travel, but even if this is not yet possible, then just try changing your usual routes to work or study, go to new cafes, visit different interesting places that you have not been to. 7. Simply Relaxing Vacation A long-awaited rest can also save the situation. For some, this is a trip to some interesting place, and for some it is enough to take a hot bath with dense foam to “feel afloat” again.

What can very quickly improve mood in the morning

    Many say that the lungs physical exercise in the morning they can create a real miracle with the body - it can be swimming in the pool, exercising in the gym, yoga or a regular warm-up. Starting the day like this will help you cheer up and set yourself up in the right way. You should take care of this in the evening - let all the ingredients for your perfect breakfast await you in the refrigerator. However, if there is a good cafe near you that offers breakfast (there are many of them now), then this can also be a great option for you. You can make sure that at home you always have an extra reason to smile. Funny paintings on the walls, pillowcases with cute ornaments, bright dishes and much more can make your home a cozy place where you just don’t want to be sad. If you have time and opportunity, take it for a short walk in the morning park. Surely, after this, peace for the whole day is provided to you.

Raise morale at work

If you periodically encounter such a problem as a breakdown in the workplace, then some tips can boost your morale. Full lunch break. If your lunch break lasts half an hour or more, try not to spend it at the workplace! Go to a coffee shop nearby, sit in the yard on a bench with a glass of your favorite drink, if possible, take a walk in the square or park. Periodic change of scenery is very important, and if you get such a chance, then you should not neglect it. Order in the workplace. The cleaner and tidy around you, the easier it will be for you to “breathe”, even if you believe that this order does not affect your work in any way. If your table is littered with a pile of various papers, filled with cups and various garbage, then even subconsciously it will oppress you. Put things in order around you, and you will see that it will be much easier for you to work. Plans for the day. In order not to take on a dozen things at once and end up doing nothing, in the morning make a list of those tasks that you need to complete during the day. Immediately estimate how much time you need for this or that business, and try to invest on time without being distracted by extraneous topics. Plans for the evening. The work will be more fun if you know that after it some kind of reward awaits you! It can be a meeting with a friend, a date, dinner with the family, a walk in the park, shopping and much more. Try to always plan something for the evening. Even the item: “Buy a chocolate bar and watch a couple of episodes of your favorite TV series” is also a great plan!

How to improve your mood if everything is bad

    If your current period is not “sugar” at all and problems with new force overwhelm you every day, you need to seriously take care of yourself. First of all, it is important to sleep well. If you surf the Internet or do some business before deep night, and then wake up early or after dinner - general weakness will accompany you without any special other problems. To prevent this from happening, follow the regime! Even if everything is bad for you, and any joys seem simply inappropriate and uninteresting to you, try to please yourself “through force”. Buy your favorite teas, chocolate, ice cream, go to a beauty salon and the like. Give yourself the little things that used to make you happy.

1. visit interesting places. If you follow the same route every day, and new impressions are rare for you, then it's time to change that! Every day, the city hosts a lot of exciting events that you have the opportunity to visit if you so desire. Browse the Internet for your city and choose the events that you like the most. 2. Communication with loved ones. Even if you are sorely lacking time for daily meetings with loved ones, you should find time to call them. Be aware of the affairs of people dear to you, share your events with them. As a rule, after such conversations, life becomes easier. 3. Caring for others. Many people report that their mood is lifted, not only when they receive something, but when they give something away. It can be kind words, a material gift, care, attention, and the like. Maybe you belong to the category of such people? 4. Relaxation. Engage in relaxing treatments more often. It can be a visit to the spa, a massage session, and simply - the usual bath. You have probably heard the expression “A healthy mind in a healthy body!”? Take care of your body, its health, and you will already have much less reason to be sad.

What to do to cheer up at home

Watch positive videos to lift your spirits On the Internet, you can now find many funny videos that involuntarily bring a smile to your face. If you like, for example, cats, just "drive" into the search engine: "Funny videos about cats." You can also easily find "Funny Animal Videos", "Jokes" and many other videos that will quickly be able to cheer you up. Eat a delicious effective way from the blues This is one of the most effective ways, especially if you have favorite sweets or other goodies. Prepare yourself favourite dish or for the sake of not making any extra effort, just go to the store and get what you like. And you can not go anywhere at all, if you don’t want to, but order food at home! Listen to your favorite music - it will help take your mind off sadness Perhaps this is something that can normalize the mood of almost any person! Even if it seems to you that now there is no desire to turn on the music, then do it anyway! Don't choose sad songs or ones that make you reminisce about unnecessary memories. Surely, you have your favorite musical artists, whose songs have long been waiting in the wings! Take care of yourself - combine business with pleasure Sometimes, some self-care procedures are enough to cheer you up - it's hard not to smile when you see a refreshed and well-rested person in the reflection. Take a bath hot water, add the necessary oils to it, sea ​​salt and foam. Apply a mask on your face, immerse yourself in water and just relax! Surely, such a pastime will not be in vain for you!

Sometimes you just wake up and realize - "on the wrong foot." And it seems there are no objective reasons, but the mood is spoiled from the very morning. And sometimes it happens that the reasons - through the roof. And to spend the day in a bad mood - not really want to! Especially if your job requires smiles or cordiality from you. What a job! Those close to you will also not be very pleased to contemplate your sad face all day. What to do? How can you cheer up quickly and permanently?

8 effective ways how to cheer up

Usually in the morning we do not have much time, so we will try to resolve the issue quickly.

1. Get rid of the cause of your bad mood. If you know exactly what it is and the reason is removable - get rid of it now. And raise the mood, and solve the problem.

2. If the problem is unsolvable, or it takes time - treat the situation philosophically. It still can't be solved right now. Give yourself the word "think about it tomorrow." Scarlett O'Hara - wise woman;) Ideally, try to see the benefits for yourself in the current situation. As they say, "whatever is done ..." Thinking and making decisions - does not take much time.

3. If "auto-training" does not help, let's move on to more "real" ways to cheer up. Eat a banana or chocolate bar. It has already been proven that the substances contained in these sweets contribute to the production of happiness hormones - serotonin and endorphin. In general, in a situation with a bad mood, sweets play an important role. most efficient and fast way improve morale.

4. Watch your figure and don't like to "jam" problems? Then movement is your choice! Just like eating sweets, exercising (or dancing, walking, and walking at a brisk pace) raises the levels of “happiness hormones” in the blood. If you have time to exercise - do it. Or replace it with a walk - leave for work earlier and walk a couple of stops on foot through the park.

5. Shopping. Oh yes!=) But what kind of shopping in the morning? Especially before work. But after all, no one bothers to go out early and make a long-planned purchase that you have been putting off. And you will please yourself, and you will do the job.

6. The most stupid, as it seems to me, but, nevertheless, an effective way (especially within a limited time frame) to improve your mood a little is to smile at yourself in the mirror. Somewhere in the subconscious mind, the brain decides that we are having fun (smile!), and “turns on” the good mood mode =)

7. If you have a pet, spend 5-10 minutes playing with it. Usually, in the morning bustle, everyone forgets about a fluffy lump, but cats and dogs are the cutest creatures in the world, just a look at which can cheer you up. And if you squeeze ......;)

8. While drinking a cup of your morning drink, try to remember all the best events and moments that happened to you in Lately. You will smile - I guarantee! ;)

Here are some simple ways to help me cheer up. If you have your own little secrets on how to cheer up and how to deal with the blues - share! Let's make our life brighter, more positive and more interesting together!

Take care of yourself and your nerves! ;) Many kisses to you, my good ones! Mur-mur!=*