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Antacid abuse? When is it too much?
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The two things in life you are in control over are your attitude and your effort. Your daily mantra and how it makes you feel is a prime example of taking charge, adapting a positive attitude, and making the changes you’d like to see. And that, my dear, is the key to survival.
Our brains are very powerful tools in our fight to be whole. So I applaud your determination to help heal your body naturally. Finding a calming rhythm to your life is very soothing and perhaps it will sooth your anxiety as well as your stomach.
You’re obviously into self help. Do you have any special books or videos you like to watch to help you cope?
About 3 years ago, my daughter bought me a book that she feels is her personal bible. It’s helped her through severe anxiety and also, helped her cope with the possibility of losing me. Now I’m never without the book.
Full Catastrophe Living ~ Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain and Illness. By Joh Kabat Zinn.
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Hello Lori. Husband and I very familiar with Jon Kabat Zinn. We had his books and I know we listened to dialogs on the internet. I remembered him talking about chewing a raisin 27 times before swallowing.
I find this website very helpful if I am having difficulty getting back to sleep. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHGljHR5ZjA&list=RDLVaHGljHR5ZjA&start_radio=1&rv=aHGljHR5ZjA&t=0
She has a soothing British voice and has many different but similar editions of meditation for gut, anxiety, sleep, etc. I usually make the first 10 minutes until I am sound asleep. I tried other speaking meditations but this one appealed to me the most. I went for biofeedback for pelvic floor disorder and learned the value of diaphragmatic breathing along with reciting a mantra in my mind.
I have an excellent book on Anxiety written by a Family Practice doctor at Hershey Medical Center. He was a customer at my bookshop and just an excellent person overall, so giving, and humble. I will get back to you on the title as it is downstairs and I try to consolidate my trips down and up. I will look up the Zinn book as I am sure if it helped you, I would gain from it.
Music is also helpful and soothing and I like this item in particular from Amazon. Quietly, A Piano Album – Instrumental album From the creators of Scripture Lullabies. You will see from some of the reviews that other folks find it to be quieting like it is titled and very settling.
Last of all, fresh air is uplifting even if it is cold or raining. Especially during covid, it was a relief to go outside and just observing the world of nature largely ignorant of the pandemic. Mary Ellen