Muted Mental Monsters: Recent Episodes
Ellyssa T.
Let's explore ways to reduce stress and anxiety with sleep and other natural techniques. I'm Ellyssa and I've been struggling with stress-induced sleep disorders, skin conditions, and nutrition deficiency for more than half my life. In order to help others navigate the daily struggles of mental illnesses like mine, I created this podcast as well as my website at LifestyleLighthouse.com Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lifestylelighthouse/support
Learn about 6 daily ways to improve your brain health for less stress and anxiety!
The thing that you have to remember about your stress and anxiety is the fact that the mind and the brain are NOT separate from each other.
They are DEPENDENT on each other.
That means that damaging your brain WILL most definitely damage your mind, AND THAT will most definitely damage almost everything else in your life.
On a similar note, sometimes, your mental health goes beyond the abilities of the "tough love" approach.
Because here's the thing, in order for you to succeed in ANY area of your life, your brain must work right.
We can never improve negative behavior until we balance out the underlying organ that drives it...and that's the brain!
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Learn about 6 therapies and medical treatments for insomnia that can help alleviate your anxiety and stress!
- Insomnia refers to the inability to go to sleep, to stay asleep, or to waking up earlier than normal in the morning.
- People with insomnia often experience hyperarousal and difficulty in worrying and coping with external struggles.
- Managing these behaviors and symptoms through treatments and therapies like cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia and others that I cover in this video can be very effective.
- There is no ONE solution that is right for all patients who struggle with insomnia. Physicians and sleep doctors can evaluate your needs and determine the best treatment plan for you.
- As I've mentioned before, the lack of sleep is considered a national epidemic in the United States. Since the struggle with sleep is starting to get more and more traction, there are more medical treatments and therapies available.
- In this video, I'll skim over the 6 insomnia therapies and medical treatments that are widely used today. Keep in mind that all of these options are available, but not all of them are suitable for everyone's situation and medical condition.
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Learn about the everyday foods that can eliminate your anxiety and stress. Changing your diet has great potential to help you manage your anxiety and stress symptoms.
If you're worried that food is not enough to treat your anxiety and stress, keep this in mind:
Every step that you take towards feeling better and freeing yourself from anxiety and stress will give you the chance to explore other treatments that you might need.
In this masterclass, we want to...
- Treat your anxiety and stress with food that you love
- Develop healthy eating habits that help with things beyond anxiety and stress
- Heal your stress and anxiety with the easiest, most natural fix- food!
After this masterclass, you will...
- Wake up feeling refreshed and in control of your anxiety and stress
- Become an expert in foods that can help reverse anxiety and stress symptoms
- Feel confident in your food and drink choices
This is how I suggest that you use this masterclass:
- Watch this video once
- Watch it again and take notes
- Take note of which Anxiety-Busting Nutrient foods are in your kitchen right now
- Start consuming as many foods mentioned in this video
- Balance out Danger-Zone Foods with more Anxiety-Busting Nutrient foods
- Try to stay as consistent as possible. This will be extremely beneficial to your stress and anxiety symptoms!
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Learn about the 3 ways that insufficient sleep damages your body and anxiety.
*Clearly, I am VERY new at creating and editing videos. Thanks for tolerating the scratchy audio, fast-talking, and random cuts!
Read this video as a blog post: https://www.lifestylelighthouse.com/how-insufficient-sleep-worsens-anxiety/
The most common thing that people notice when they don't get enough sleep is that they function differently during the day.
But, a consistent schedule that lacks sleep can result in damage to your immune system, heightened risk to some illnesses, as well as worse anxiety and insomnia!
Going off of that, chronic insomnia that results from insufficient sleep often leads to the development of depression.
When you don't get enough sleep, you enter a vicious cycle that becomes harder and harder to crawl out of.
This video answers the "how?" and the "what do I do now?" when it comes to 3 ways that a lack of sleep can worsen your anxiety.
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