We all have our own emotions, and it’s only natural to fall into a depressive slump sometimes. Here are seven easy and simple ways to try these “mental faux pas” when you’re feeling down, so you can let your bad mood slip away without even realizing it.
1. Put on a smile
When you’re depressed, stressed or angry, putting on a smile can help release bad feelings and benefit your body and mind.
2. Tidy up your room
A messy room or office can be distracting. Therefore, tidying up the room can improve the bad mood. For example, let the objects scattered on the floor take their place, clean up the table, and fold the covers neatly.
3. Wear a blue shirt
Blue is a natural mood “relaxer”, which is the real reason why “looking up at the blue sky makes you feel lighter”. In contrast, orange is the most stimulating, black tends to stir up anger, and red, while boosting energy in the body, is unsettling.
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4. Humming
Clinicians at a music therapy center in London, England, say that singing is the easiest way to improve your mood. This is because singing adjusts the breathing and makes the whole body move to the rhythm. Whether you’re humming by yourself or singing with a friend, even if you’re just listening quietly, it helps to relax your mind and body.
5. The key to a good mood is to eat smart
For example, a combination of bitter and sweet flavors (adding orange juice to coffee) or a combination of hard and soft ingredients (popcorn and nuts together) can bring freshness to the taste buds and improve your mood. Similar foods include sweet and sour pork and sweet and sour chicken nuggets in Chinese food.
6. Smell the lemon
New research from Ohio State University confirms that lemon scent has a de-stressing, calming and pain-relieving effect. The study found that lemon scent does boost mood, and that smelling lemon increases the concentration of the energy hormone “noradrenaline” in the blood.
7. Close contact with pets
A number of studies have shown that petting animals such as dogs and cats can help lower blood pressure and stabilize heart rate, which in turn reduces the chance of heart disease and other conditions. Professor Deborah Wills, a psychology professor and researcher on human-animal relationships at Queen’s University Belfast in the United Kingdom, said that the human-animal relationship is one of the most important factors in the development of the human body. Wells points out that close human-animal contact has a surprisingly calming effect that helps the body relieve itself of stress.