How often can you hear phrases from friends and girlfriends that “they are tired, that it’s time to treat their nerves” and the like.
What do we mean by this famous phrase, how to determine the disorder of one's own nervous system, and what methods of dealing with "nerves" does modern medicine and folk methods offer? Let's try to figure it out.
If you ask an ordinary person to name what can cause nerve disease, he will put forward the following versions:
Constant stress at work and at home;
Difficult life situations;
Family troubles;
Bad environmental situation.
But medical experts assure that all these factors are secondary, yes, in some cases they can provoke the development of nervous disorders. But even in these situations, the person had disturbances in the functioning of the nervous system before stress, although he may not have noticed this.
Specialists in the field of medicine distinguish the following causes of diseases:
Inflammatory and infectious diseases;
Violation of the work of blood vessels;
Problems of heredity;
Incorrectly organized mode of work and rest;
Poisoning with various poisons, chemicals;
Tumors.
Although, of course, when they say “about the nerves”, then we are talking, first of all, about the reaction of the human nervous system to stress.
Scientists agree that the tension of the human nervous system is a normal reaction, the physical and social environment is in constant change, a person is forced to respond to these changes in one way or another.
Prolonged stay in a nervous, stressful state can lead to serious disorders in various life support systems, and not just the nervous system.
Stress symptoms as a call to action
Scientists have divided the symptoms that indicate that the nervous system is under threat into two groups:
physical;
Mental.
Knowing the main symptoms will help a person take steps to normalize the physical and mental processes in the body, using all the methods available to him. The main physical signals of the body's response to stress include:
heart attacks;
Headaches;
Irritation of the intestines.
Mental symptoms- a feeling of loss of strength, fatigue, irritability, low level of concentration, lack of goals, loss of interest in life, work.
Effective ways to deal with stress
Modern medicine and representatives of folk practices know many different ways. Currently, pharmacology offers many drugs that help the body keep the nervous system in order.
We will not give names and recommendations for admission, since this process depends on the individual characteristics of the organism. To prescribe medications, it is best to contact a local therapist. In addition, it should be remembered that drugs provide only temporary relief, it is necessary to eliminate the cause of stress.
It is best to turn to folk remedies that are practically harmless to the body, in the fight against "nerves" you can use the following methods:
Aromatherapy using your favorite oils;
Light physical activity;
Walks in the open air;
Positive emotions through communication with friends, relatives, pets;
Creativity (literature, painting, dancing, singing, etc.).
Traditional medicine suggests the use of medicinal plants, many of which have the ability to calm the nervous system, relieve excitability, and eliminate sleep disturbance.
You can use various herbal decoctions and tinctures, factory-made or prepared with your own hands.
With regular use, valerian, hops, lemon balm, mint help, they can be used separately or prepared as herbal preparations. Brew at night, take it warm.
Another way to use medicinal plants- This is the manufacture of sachets, pads filled with dry herbal preparations.
Of the other methods of treating the nervous system with folk remedies, one can advise warm, but not hot baths based on herbs and salts, massages.
It helps to change the diet, reduce the amount of fats and improper carbohydrates, increase proteins, shift towards healthy foods - vegetables, fruits, additional fortification.
Naturally, all these methods help relieve the symptoms of anxiety, irritability, but do not get rid of the causes that cause nervous system disorders.
Therefore, the third complex method should be psychotherapy.
It is possible that an appeal to a psychologist will help, with his help a person will analyze specific stressful situations that occur in his life, and reactions to them, correct behavior patterns, find the true causes of the disease and ways to help himself.
1. Quickly bring ourselves to our senses
There is an opinion that traditional pharmaceutical drugs do not help calm the nerves. They help, you just need to apply them correctly. There are medicines that act almost instantly in a severe stressful situation, for example, Adaptol. But do not get carried away with taking such drugs. We relieved stress, helped ourselves not to fall into hysterics, and continue treatment with milder, stable drugs. If you need to quickly calm down at a time of severe stress, you can even drink an alcohol tincture of valerian, or Corvalol. But taking such drugs as Persen, Novopassit and waiting for an instant effect is useless. These herbal medicines are designed for course therapy. One capsule will not help, you need to drink two or three courses (packages), taking breaks, then there will be a result.
2. Vitamin therapy
In addition to the course Persena and similar drugs, I recommend including group B in the daily diet. You can buy vitamins at the pharmacy specifically for the nervous system. Just like sedatives, vitamins need to be taken several courses intermittently. I also recommend flaxseed oil from useful vitamin preparations. It contains essential amino acids that restore hormonal balance and normalize the functioning of the nervous system. Of course, it also needs to be taken as a course.
Very good in period stressful condition instead of stimulating drinks (coffee, tea), drink soothing herbal teas. You can buy a ready-made collection at a pharmacy, you can collect herbs yourself. Mint, lemon balm, St. John's wort have a beneficial effect on the nervous system.
3. Change the environment
a pill drank, and tomorrow your work will again plunge you into the same state, or something else that has shattered you so much. If you feel like you've been cornered and just being here drives you crazy, leave now. It doesn't matter where you go, the main thing is a change of scenery. This also applies to the necessary "ambulance" to the body. The best option is to take a vacation and move to warmer climes. But even if this is not possible, any other option for a change of scenery will do.
Good to go for nature, walk barefoot on the ground, wander alone among the trees, listen to the silence. Communicating with nature is an excellent psychotherapy. If you have a favorite pastime, hobby, then you don’t even have to leave, but just do what you really want, but only this, and nothing more! I took a vacation in the winter, when you can’t go to nature, and devoted the whole vacation to my hobby, food and sleep. After a week of such a change of scenery, the nerves were already in a normal state, and it was possible to soberly think about how to live on.
4. Remove the cause of the disorder
When you are a little calmed down and healed, it's time to make a decision regarding the elimination of the causes of permanent nervous breakdown. If this is a hated job - change jobs, if there are problems in the family - live separately, or sit down at the table of serious negotiations. You won’t break the system, you won’t fix many people, let go of everything that prevents you from living and feeling normal. Your health is worth it.
5. Relaxation and meditation
medicines, vitamins and herbs are not a panacea. A very important factor in the restoration of the nervous system is the ability to relax and find inner peace. Start practicing any course of meditation and relaxation you like. It can be yoga classes in the training room, where they teach not only the flexibility of the body, but, first of all, the fortitude of the spirit. Or study at home the system of mudras (finger yoga), where the point is not so much in a cunning combination of fingers, but in being able to control your thoughts, emotions, feelings. You can try the usual ready-made meditation audio course, where you just need to follow the words of the leader and plunge into a state of relaxation. All of these techniques include teaching proper breathing, which relieves stress on the nervous system, thereby strengthening it. It's great if during meditation, or just at night, you will light an aroma lamp with lavender essential oil, the aroma of which soothes well.
Once again I want to remind you that instant results you don’t need to wait, you just need to practice regularly, then one day, unexpectedly for yourself, you will feel peace and good spirits, which can no longer be broken by banal stress.
I will explain how to keep calm and composure in any life situation without the help of sedative pills, alcohol and other things. I will talk not only about how to suppress states of nervousness and calm down, but also explain how you can stop being nervous at all, bring the body into a state in which this feeling simply cannot arise, in general, about how to calm your mind and how strengthen the nervous system.
The article will be built in the form of consecutive lessons and it is better to read them in order.
Nervousness and jitters is that feeling of discomfort that you experience on the eve of important, responsible events and events, during psychological stress and stress, in problematic life situations, and you just worry about every little thing. It is important to understand that nervousness has both psychological and physiological causes and manifests itself accordingly. Physiologically, this is connected with the properties of our nervous system, and psychologically, with the characteristics of our personality: a tendency to experience, overestimation of the significance of certain events, a sense of insecurity in oneself and what is happening, shyness, excitement for the result.
We begin to get nervous in situations that we consider either dangerous, threatening our lives, or, for one reason or another, significant, responsible. I think that the threat to life, not so often looms before us, the townsfolk. Therefore, I consider situations of the second kind to be the main reason for nervousness in everyday life. The fear of failing, of looking inappropriate in front of people, all of these make us nervous. In relation to these fears, there is a certain psychological setting, it has little to do with our physiology. Therefore, in order to stop being nervous, it is necessary not only to put the nervous system in order, but to understand and realize certain things, let's start with understanding the nature of nervousness.
Lesson 1. The nature of nervousness. A necessary defense mechanism or a hindrance?
Our palms begin to sweat, we may experience tremors, increased heart rate, increased pressure in our thoughts, confusion, it is difficult to get together, concentrate, it is difficult to sit still, we want to occupy our hands with something, smoke. These are the symptoms of nervousness. Now ask yourself, how much do they help you out? Do they help you deal with stressful situations? Are you better at negotiating, taking an exam, or talking on a first date when you're on edge? The answer is - of course not, and moreover, it can screw up the whole result.
Therefore, it is necessary to firmly understand to yourself that the tendency to be nervous is not a natural reaction of the body to a stressful situation or some ineradicable feature of your personality. Rather, it is simply some kind of mental mechanism fixed in the system of habits and / or a consequence of problems with the nervous system. Stress is only your reaction to what is happening, and no matter what happens, you can always react to it in different ways! I assure you that the impact of stress can be minimized and nervousness eliminated. But why remove it? Because when you're nervous:
- Your thinking ability is reduced and you find it harder to concentrate, which can exacerbate a situation that requires the utmost mental resources
- You have less control over your intonation, facial expressions, gestures, which can have a bad effect on responsible negotiations or a date
- Nervousness contributes to a faster accumulation of fatigue and tension, which is bad for your health and well-being.
- If you are often nervous, this can lead to various diseases (meanwhile, a very significant part of the diseases stem from problems of the nervous system)
- You worry about the little things and therefore do not pay attention to the most important and valuable in your life
Remember all those situations when you were very nervous and this negatively affected the results of your actions. Surely everyone has many examples of how you broke down, unable to withstand psychological pressure, lost control and lost concentration. So we will work with you on this.
Here is the first lesson, during which we learned that:
- Nervousness does not bring any benefit, but only hinders
- You can get rid of it by working on yourself
- In everyday life, there are few real reasons to be nervous, since we or our loved ones are rarely threatened, mostly we worry about trifles
I will return to the last point in the next lesson and, in more detail, at the end of the article and tell you why this is so.
You have to set yourself up like this:
I have nothing to be nervous, it bothers me and I intend to get rid of it and it's real!
Don't think that I'm just arguing about something I have no idea myself. All my childhood, and then my youth, until the age of 24 I experienced big problems with the nervous system. I could not pull myself together in stressful situations, worried about every little thing, even almost fainted because of my sensitivity! This negatively affected health: pressure surges, “panic attacks”, dizziness, etc. began to be observed. Now all this is in the past.
Of course, it’s impossible to say now that I have the best self-control in the world, but anyway, I stopped being nervous in those situations that plunge most people into nervousness, I became much calmer, compared to my previous state, I reached a fundamentally different level of self-control. Of course, I still have a lot to work on, but I'm on the right track and there are dynamics and progress, I know what to do. In general, everything I am talking about here is based solely on my experience of self-development, I do not invent anything and only tell about what helped me. So if I had not been such a painful, vulnerable and sensitive young man and, then, as a result of personal problems, I would not have begun to remake myself, all this experience and the site that summarizes and structures it would not exist.
Lesson 2. Are those events that you consider so significant and important?
Think about all those events that plunge you into nervousness: your boss calls, you pass an exam, you expect an unpleasant conversation. Think about all these things, assess the degree of their importance to you, but not in isolation, but within the context of your life, your global plans and prospects. What is the significance of a fight on public transport or on the road in a lifetime, and is it terrible to be late for work and be nervous about it?
Is this something to think about and worry about? At such moments, focus on the purpose of your life, think about the future, distract from the current moment. I am sure that from this perspective, many things that make you nervous will immediately lose their significance in your eyes, turn into real trifles, which they certainly are and, therefore, will not be worth your worries. This mental attitude is very helpful. But no matter how well we set ourselves up, although this will certainly have a positive effect, it will still not be enough, since the body, despite all the arguments of the mind, can react in its own way. Therefore, let's move on and I will explain how to bring the body into a state of calm and relaxation immediately before any event during and after it.
Lesson 3. Preparation. How to calm down before an important event
Now some important event is inexorably approaching us, during which our ingenuity, composure and will will be tested, and if we successfully pass this test, then fate will generously reward us, otherwise we will lose. This event can be a final interview for your dream job, important negotiations, a date, an exam, etc. In general, you have already learned the first two lessons and understand that nervousness can be stopped and this must be done so that this state does not prevent you from focusing on the goal and achieving it.
And you realize that an important event awaits you ahead, but no matter how significant it is, anyway, even the worst outcome of such an event will not mean the end of your life for you: there is no need to dramatize and overestimate everything. It is precisely from the very importance of this event that the need to be calm and not to worry arises. This is too much of a responsibility to let nervousness ruin it, so I will be focused and focused and will do my best for this!
Now we bring thoughts to calmness, remove the jitters. First, immediately throw all thoughts of failure out of your head. In general, try to calm the fuss and not think about anything. Free your head from thoughts, relax your body, exhale deeply and inhale. The simplest breathing exercises will help you relax.
The simplest breathing exercises:
It should be done like this:
- inhale for 4 counts (or 4 beats of the pulse, you must first feel it, it is more convenient to do this on the neck, and not on the wrist)
- hold your breath 2 counts/beats
- exhale for 4 counts/beats
- hold breath for 2 counts/beats and then inhale again for 4 counts/beats - all over again
In short, as the doctor says: breathe - do not breathe. 4 seconds inhale - 2 seconds hold - 4 seconds exhale - 2 seconds hold.
If you feel that breathing allows you to take deeper breaths / exhalations, then do the cycle not 4/2 seconds but 6/3 or 8/4 and so on.
During the exercise, we keep our attention only on the breath! There must be no more thoughts! It is most important. And then after 3 minutes you will feel that you have relaxed and calmed down. The exercise is done no more than 5-7 minutes, according to the sensations. With regular practice, breathing practice not only helps you relax here and now, but also generally puts your nervous system in order and you are less nervous without any exercises. So I highly recommend.
Okay, so we are ready. But the time has come for the event itself. Next, I will talk about how to behave during the event, so as not to be nervous and be calm and relaxed.
Lesson 4
Depict calmness: even if neither the emotional mood nor the breathing exercises helped you relieve tension, then at least try with all your might to demonstrate external calmness and equanimity. And this is necessary not only in order to mislead your opponents about your current state. The expression of outer peace helps to achieve inner peace. This works on the principle of feedback, not only your well-being determines your facial expressions, but also facial expressions determine your well-being. This principle is easy to test: when you smile at someone, you feel better and more cheerful, even if you were in a bad mood before. I actively use this principle in my daily practice and this is not my invention, it is really a fact, it is even written about in Wikipedia in the article “emotions”. So the more relaxed you want to seem, the more relaxed you actually become.
Watch your facial expressions, gestures and intonation: the principle of feedback obliges you to constantly look inward and be aware of how you look from the outside. Do you seem too tense? Are your eyes not running? Are the movements smooth and measured or abrupt and impulsive? Does your face express cold impenetrability or can all your excitement be read on it? In accordance with the information about yourself received from the senses, you correct all your body movements, voice, facial expression. The fact that you have to take care of yourself already in itself helps you to gather and concentrate. And it's not just that with the help of internal observation you control yourself. By observing yourself, you focus your thoughts at one point - on yourself, do not let them go astray and take you in the wrong direction. This is how concentration and calmness are achieved.
Eliminate all markers of nervousness: what do you usually do when you are nervous? Are you fiddling with a ballpoint pen? Are you chewing on a pencil? Do you tie the big toe and little toe of your left foot into a knot? Now forget about it, keep your hands straight, do not often change their position. We do not fidget in a chair, we do not shift from foot to foot. We continue to take care of ourselves.
That's actually all. All of these principles complement each other and can be summed up in the slogan “watch yourself”. The rest is particular and depends on the nature of the meeting itself. I would only advise you to think about each of your phrases, take your time with an answer, carefully weigh and analyze everything. You don't have to try to impress in every possible way, you will impress if you do it right and don't worry, work on the quality of your performance. No need to mumble and get lost if you were taken by surprise: calmly swallowed, forgot and move on.
Lesson 5
Whatever the outcome of the event. You are on edge and still experiencing stress. Better take it off and think about something else. All the same principles that helped you pull yourself together before the meeting work here. Try not to think a lot about the past event, I mean all sorts of fruitless thoughts, but if I spoke like this and not like that, oh, how stupid I looked there, oh, I'm a fool, but if ...! Just get rid of all thoughts from your head, get rid of the subjunctive mood (if only), everything has already passed, put your breath in order and relax your body. That's it for this lesson.
Lesson 6
This is a very important lesson. Usually a significant factor in nervousness is the discrepancy between your preparation for the upcoming event. When you know everything, are confident in yourself, then why should you worry about the result?
I remember when I was studying at the institute, I missed a lot of lectures and seminars, went to the exams completely unprepared, hoping that I would carry it through and somehow pass it. As a result, I passed, but only thanks to the phenomenal luck or kindness of the teachers. Often went to retakes. As a result, during the session, I experienced such unprecedented psychological pressure every day due to the fact that I was trying to prepare in a hurry and somehow pass the exam.
During the sessions, an unrealistic amount of nerve cells were destroyed. And I still felt sorry for myself, I thought that’s how much everything had piled up, how hard it was, eh ... Although it was my own fault if I had done everything in advance (I didn’t have to go to lectures, but at least the material for preparing for the exam and passing I could provide myself with all the intermediate control tests - but then I was lazy and I was not at least somehow organized), then I would not have to be so nervous during the exams and worry about the result and that I would be taken into the army if I I won’t hand over something, as I would be confident in my knowledge.
This is not a call not to miss lectures and study at institutes, I'm talking about the fact that you should try not to create stress factors for yourself in the future! Think ahead and prepare for business and important meetings, do everything on time and do not delay until the last moment! Always have a ready-made plan in your head, and preferably a few! This will save you a significant part of the nerve cells, and in general will contribute to great success in life. This is a very important and useful principle! Use it!
Lesson 7
In order to stop being nervous, it is not enough just to follow the lessons that I outlined above. It is also necessary to bring the body and mind into a state of rest. And the next thing I will talk about will be those rules, following which you can strengthen the nervous system and experience less nervousness in general, being calmer and more relaxed. These methods are focused on the long term, they will make you less stressed in general, and not just prepare you for a responsible event.
- First, in order to correct the physiological factor of nervousness, and bring the nervous system to a state of rest, you need to meditate regularly. It is very good for calming the nervous system and calming the mind. I wrote a lot about this, so I won't dwell on it.
- Secondly, go in for sports and carry out a set of measures that support recovery (contrast showers, healthy eating, vitamins, etc.). A healthy mind in a healthy body: your moral well-being depends not only on mental factors. Sport strengthens the nervous system.
- Walk more, spend time outdoors, try to sit less in front of the computer.
- Do breathing exercises.
- Quit bad habits! Learn to relieve tension without cigarettes, without alcohol and other things. Look for healthy ways to relax!
A source
And the psyche of a child, an adult or an elderly person? How to alleviate your condition during stress and get rid of negative experiences completely? How to make sure that any life shake-ups only strengthen the psyche, and not undermine it? This article will help you to understand these and other questions.
Nerves - healthy and sick
It perceives the external and internal environment and transmits the reaction to the executive bodies. Thus, the regulation of the activity of all human organs and systems is carried out.
Nerve fibers stretched through the body for about a billion meters. They can regenerate. True, this process occurs very slowly: about one millimeter per day.
That is why it is so important to keep your condition in balance. However, not everyone succeeds. Crazy oversaturation with information, stress... All this can negatively affect the nerves, exhausting them. For more than half of the people on the planet, the question of how to strengthen the nervous system and psyche is relevant.
What do we usually do to not be nervous?
When a situation affects a person negatively, and he is stressed, he needs to calm down. And the faster the better. Unfortunately, most people find solace in food, alcohol, cigarettes, coffee. Others leading healthy lifestyle life, turn to harmless helpers: baths, massage, aromatherapy, listening to classical music and drinking tea.
Although one and the other has a calming effect, and in the second case it does not harm the body, nevertheless these are temporary methods. However, if a person is not very nervous, then such helpers will really come in handy. But with a prolonged negative state, they are not only not useful, but in some cases they can also harm, exacerbating the problem. Of course, this primarily concerns alcohol, cigarettes and excessive consumption of sweets. Such remedies do not solve the problem of how to strengthen the nerves and psyche. Vitamins can correct the condition. But how do you fully recover?
Achieve harmony
How to strengthen the nervous system and psyche in such a way as to remain calm in any, even the most stressful situation, and not allow the winds of life to fan the fire inside a person?
For any of us, family relationships and work are very important. If peace and order reign in these areas, then a significant number of possible causes of mental deviations will disappear by themselves. From this follows the conclusion that you need to strive for harmony at work and at home.
But not everyone and not always manages to achieve this. Therefore, if life does not go as smoothly as we would like, you need to know how to strengthen the nervous system and psyche in any situation. Let it be more difficult to implement, but, nevertheless, it is necessary.
Stress "good" and "bad"
When something changes inside the body, it always experiences stress. But not all of them have negative consequences. So, a reprimand at work, a quarrel with a loved one or an injury, of course, are negative phenomena and can adversely affect both the psyche and physical health. Such stresses are destructive. However, falling in love, a contrast shower, playing sports is also a kind of shake-up for the body, which is to some extent a threat to the nerves. But it is perceived positively and even joyfully. Thanks to such positive influences, the psyche also occurs, they become more and more resistant to negative life situations.
You need to learn to perceive any stress not as something negative in life, but as a kind of training for the nervous system, when it has the opportunity to harden and become stronger. The main thing is not to lose optimism and lead a healthy lifestyle. And then no stresses and blows of fate can spoil your life!
Healthy sleep
Data from some studies show that a person can sleep only three to four hours a day and not experience severe damage to their health.
However, to sleep well and sleep well means to build a serious barrier to the penetration into life of possible stresses that have a negative effect on the nerves.
If a person does not sleep for a whole day, he begins to become disoriented. Five days without sleep can cause seizures and hallucinations, and ten can cause psychosis. From what has been said, it follows that with constant lack of sleep for several months, a person is guaranteed at least depression. It has been scientifically proven that nerve disorders result precisely from constant lack of sleep.
How to find time for proper sleep in a difficult and stressful life? How best to strengthen the nervous system and psyche? A child can be made to sleep, or at least lie down for as long as he needs to sleep, and even if he does not feel like it, he will eventually fall asleep. But what about adults? If a person tosses and turns all night and cannot sleep, and tomorrow you have to go to work and solve a bunch of urgent matters? Well, if health is expensive, then you will have to find time for sleep and make efforts to restore it.
Of course, the simplest and, as it may seem at first glance, the right solution would be to take sleeping pills. However, it is best to refuse it completely or take it only as a last resort and only on the recommendation of a doctor. The fact is that sedatives and sleeping pills do not solve the problem, but help to forget about it. As soon as the effect of the medicine ends, all anxieties and worries will return and hit the state of health with renewed vigor, especially if the drug was taken on its own, without a doctor's prescription. How to strengthen the nervous system and psyche? It is better not to use sedative or hypnotic drugs, this should be understood.
Much more effective, although it may take some time, will be the development of relaxation techniques, meditative practice.
Sport
It has been noticed that regular physical activity keeps not only a good shape, but also the nervous system. And if there is a favorite sport, and a person is happy to do it, this can be the best way of psychological relief. In addition, the work of synapses and the neuromuscular apparatus are activated, the brain receives enough oxygen to produce happiness hormones. The body gets tired after another workout, but the person feels calm and joyful.
Nutrition
How to strengthen the nervous system and psyche with vitamins? To do this, the daily diet should include foods containing the necessary nutrients. It is known that for full-fledged biochemical processes in nerve cells, B vitamins are needed. They are in in large numbers found in bread, walnuts, eggs, yeast, grain sprouts. If necessary, you can take special vitamin complexes.
Breath
When a person's breathing becomes shallow and rapid. He is constantly tense and anxious. In a state of calm, a person breathes measuredly and deeply.
Special exercises and long walks calm the psyche. If you learn to breathe deeply and constantly practice it, as well as stay in the fresh air for a long time, your overall health will soon improve several times, and, as a result, the long-awaited peace will come to the body and soul.
The technique of abdominal breathing provides the blood with oxygen in abundance, improving the functioning of internal organs and intestinal motility. As a result, the state of the nervous system improves. Control this technique in yourself constantly, and over time it will work automatically, bestowing a happy and long life.
Water
Taking a shower and a bath relaxes, tones, stimulates and hardens the body. The skin is cleansed of harmful substances accumulated over the whole day. Depending on the temperature, the procedure calms or, on the contrary, invigorates a person.
A contrast shower in the morning is a great start to the day. And if you soothe yourself in the evening with a bath with the addition of herbs, this will help a person fall asleep without problems.
If possible, it is very useful to swim. This will improve your mood and serve as a good tone for the muscles.
Negative thoughts - away
Essential in the question of how to strengthen the nervous system and psyche is the ability to throw bad thoughts out of your head. Sometimes from the very morning, as they say, he got up on the wrong foot, and the whole day goes awry for a person. But, simply put, it is he who sets himself up this way. If you learn to laugh at difficulties or something that does not work out, and not let yourself fall into a bad mood, then the day may well continue favorably and successfully.
Folk recipes
No less effective are the natural sedatives that our ancestors used from time immemorial. How to strengthen the nervous system and psyche with folk remedies? Here are a few recipes that have been tested by more than one generation.
Milk is an ancient "healer". It has been used to treat so many diseases, as it has a general therapeutic effect, restoring the balance of metabolism and raising the tone of the body. Most often they drink cow's milk, less often - goat's, although the latter is even richer in composition. In general, this natural product contains a huge amount of vitamins, hormones, enzymes and immune bodies that effectively fight pathogenic microorganisms. Is there any doubt that with such phenomena as weak nerves and the psyche, it will help?
Milk can be taken both separately and with the addition of additional natural sedatives. For example, it is useful in the morning on an empty stomach to drink a whole glass of it with a crushed clove of garlic. You can also dilute it in a one-to-one ratio with valerian root tincture and drink it three times a day.
Soothe the nerves and a milk bath. In this case, it will be enough to add only three glasses of milk to the water.
With nervous exhaustion, field sage will help. To do this, three tablespoons of grass pour 500 ml of boiling water, insist and drink throughout the day.
When overexcited, hawthorn with other herbs is useful. For example, you can mix hawthorn flowers, motherwort and cudweed in three parts and one part of chamomile. One tablespoon is brewed with a glass of boiling water and infused for eight hours. It is taken three times a day for half a glass an hour after meals.
Another recipe consists of a mixture of hawthorn fruits, valerian, St. John's wort and yarrow, taken in three parts, and two parts of hawthorn flowers. It is brewed as in the previous recipe, but one quarter cup is drunk four times a day half an hour before meals.
With sleep disturbance, oats will effectively help. To do this, in the evening pour a spoonful of grains or flakes with two glasses of water. In the morning, boil until softened and drink during the day instead of tea.
It is possible to cook a mass of grains or flakes with water in a ratio of one to five over low heat, bringing it to a state of jelly, strain, add honey, and also drink during the day.
With intense mental and physical exertion, you need to take two tablespoons of oat straw and boil in a liter of water, leave for ten minutes and drink two glasses several times a day. In deciding how to strengthen the nervous system and psyche with folk remedies, this natural component is just as suitable as milk. After all, oats are useful not only for the nervous system, but it is recommended that the heart and lungs work better, the blood is renewed and the metabolic processes of the body are normalized.
outlook
How can the nervous system and psyche of a child be strengthened? In addition to all the recommendations aimed at improving the body and establishing social relationships, you need to remember about the spiritual. Moreover, this aspect should ideally come first. After all, while healing the body and improving relations with people, inside you can still feel the emptiness and aimlessness of your existence. Therefore, if parents take care to contribute to the formation of the worldview of their child, it will be much easier for him to experience difficulties and troubles when he becomes an adult. Then they will not panic looking for ways to strengthen the nervous system and psyche of a teenager, because in such a difficult period for a person to grow up, he will already have an inner core that will help him cope with all the difficult conditions that always accompany this age.
It is never too late to start dealing with such issues. And in adulthood, a person can come to an understanding of his destiny in this world. Moreover, he is already independent, he decides and feels that he likes it more.
The intense rhythm of life leaves a serious imprint on our nervous system. Nervous tension for a long time leads to the emergence of a number of diseases. The death of brain cells and neurons - to a decrease in efficiency, constant fatigue, contributes to the appearance of excessive irascibility and aggressiveness. There are many ways to escape depression on your own or with medication. Consider the most common ways to strengthen the central nervous system and a list of the best drugs for stress and nerves.
The drug "Actovegin" increases the resistance of the brain to stress
The essence and goals of treatment
Chronic fatigue and irritability do not appear out of the blue. Before the body's strength is exhausted, it will take a long time. It's all about the protective reactions of the human body, which have been formed over the centuries; man could not survive in the absence of the instincts of self-preservation, manifested by flight or aggression. AT modern world there is practically no need to attack their own kind with fists in order to defend themselves or achieve their goal. But the principle of operation of our nervous system in any threatening situation remains the same: the body is brought to full combat readiness, activating the activity of all systems and organs. Under stress, he works hard, trying to adapt to the situation.
At some point, resources run out. The central nervous system begins to work more slowly, which leads to a decrease in the protective functions of the body. Treatment in each case will be different. It depends on the degree of manifestation of post-stress syndrome and includes a number of activities that, in combination, can give a good result.
- Relaxing treatments.
- Moderate physical activity.
- Adjustment of diet and rest.
- Medicines.
- Phytotherapy.
- Meditation exercises.
- Psychological work.
Home therapy without medication
Everyone should know how to deal with stress and depression on their own. Engage in deep psychoanalysis. Examine your behavior and life problems from all angles. Imagine yourself as an impartial spectator. Most often, people create problems from scratch, forgetting about the most important thing. Draw a line between home and work. Lack of distinction between these areas of life is the main cause of stress. Give yourself the opportunity to relax at home: doing routine work, do not think about problems at work.
Make it clear to the boss and employees that when you have a day off, there is no need to disturb. Turn off your phone if necessary. After all, you are not a slave and have the right to rest.
Physical exercise
Find time for exercise. Twenty-minute workouts 3 times a week will quickly put your nerves in order. A person must shed negative emotions and tension, get rid of anger. During an increase in the load on the muscles, the brain concentrates on only one task. Over time, you will notice that the thoughts that haunt you disappear on their own.
During sports, endorphins are produced in the brain, which contribute to the restoration of nerve cells. Physical activity is eustress, a shake-up that allows you to redirect energy in the right direction.
Exercising three times a week is great for stress relief.
Water procedures
A contrast shower helps to restore nerves and psyche. This procedure perfectly hardens the body. Another good remedy is relaxing baths. You can add sea salt, your favorite aromatic oil, herbal decoctions to the bathing water.
A relaxing bath is indicated for sleep disorders. The procedure also helps to improve the structure of the skin, relieves spasms in the muscles.
Nutrition and water regime
Proper nutrition is the key to good health. The building materials of the nervous system are vitamins B, A, E, D, C and proteins. Give preference to fresh fruits and vegetables. Instead of potatoes, it is better to use cereals: buckwheat, wheat, spring, barley, oatmeal. In the diet of every person should be meat in sufficient quantities.
An important factor affecting the work of the central nervous system is the drinking regimen. Humans are 80% water. With a lack of fluid in the body, the kidneys or adrenal glands may fail, there is constant fatigue, sleep disturbances.
Products to help with stress
Medical therapy
Nerves can be treated with medication. They are divided into several groups:
- sedatives;
- nootropics;
- normothymic means;
- stimulants;
- tranquilizers;
- antidepressants.
Sedative drugs
When asked what to drink for nerves, doctors most often advise light sedatives based on plant extracts or bromine. The most effective tablets of this group are: Fitosed, Persen, Valerian, Validol, Korvaltab, Sedavit.
The advantage of these drugs is their natural origin. They are not addictive, have virtually no side effects and contraindications.
Nootropics
When the nerves fail, memory deteriorates sharply. The brain needs additional stimulation, which is what nootropics do. This type of drugs is designed to increase the resistance of the brain to increased stress and hypoxia.
Indications for use are increased fatigue, impaired blood flow in the brain, difficulties in adaptation. For children, it is indicated in cases of psychomotor development disorders, cerebrosthenia. This group includes the following drugs: Piracetam, Glycine, Pantogam, Actovegin.
"Piracetam" - nootropic drug
Normothymic means
Normothymic drugs help to get rid of nerve disorders. Their primary goal is to improve the quality of life of the patient. Medicines normalize mood, quickly remove from a state of depression. Indications for use - nervous disorders that do not allow the patient to adapt in society:
- irritability;
- impulsiveness;
- affective disorders;
- prolonged depression.
This group includes such drugs as: Lamotrigine, Olanzapine, Quetiapine, Carbamazepine.
The drug "Carbamazepine" brings the patient out of depression
Stimulants
When the nerves are at their limit due to increased physical exertion or mental activity, stimulants are prescribed. However, these drugs have a strong side effect in the form of excessive fatigue upon withdrawal or after the end of the action of the active substance (caffeine, food).
Drugs can cause permanent dependence. These include: "Bemitil", "Caffeine", "Sydnokarb", "Lobelin", "Phenamine".
tranquilizers
Strong drugs such as tranquilizers are prescribed for the treatment of serious mental disorders (schizophrenia, manic syndrome, a nervous breakdown accompanied by uncontrolled aggression or suicidal tendencies). Their reception is carried out only in a hospital under the supervision of a doctor.
The drug causes drowsiness, inhibits the reaction of the central nervous system. The clarity of thoughts and speech is preserved. Taking these drugs can cause a number of side effects, including tremors in the limbs, weakness in the muscles, lethargy. This group of drugs includes: Diazepam, Bromazepam, Phenazepam.
"Diazepam" is prescribed for serious mental disorders
Antidepressants
Sometimes it is quite difficult to cope with depression, so you need to take special drugs - antidepressants. They improve the emotional state of the patient, eliminate suicidal tendencies. But their unauthorized reception can cause the appearance of hallucinations, paranoia.
Indications for use are prolonged clinical depression, anxiety, phobic disorders, panic attacks. This group includes: Nefazodon, Afobazol, Prozac.
Folk remedies
Many doctors offer to treat nerves with folk remedies. The power of nature has been used for quite some time now. Most the best remedy from stress - herbal tea. When the nerves are out of order, care should be taken to saturate the body with useful substances. Plants contain some minerals and vitamins that a person does not receive with food.
To make a healing decoction, you need to take 1 liter of hot water and pour 1 tbsp. l. crushed raw materials. Infuse the decoction should be 1-2 hours. In concentrated form, they drink it in 2-3 tbsp. l. in a day. To make tea, it is diluted in a ratio of 1: 4.
The most effective medicines for nerves from a natural first-aid kit are valerian, motherwort, St. John's wort, mint, thyme, chamomile, linden, tea rose (petals), elecampane (roots). It is important to remember that the intake of herbal infusions must be strictly dosed, otherwise they can be poisoned.
Conclusion
The nervous system needs additional stimulation from the outside. You can treat nerves at home or in a hospital. Not always the usual techniques help to cope with stress. In difficult situations, you need complex treatment with strong drugs and work with a psychologist. A person cannot avoid stress, because there are many factors that do not depend on him, but he can prevent a nervous breakdown by taking preventive measures.
Measures to prevent stress include proper nutrition, good rest, vitamin therapy. Also, do not forget about working on yourself and physical activity.