Moderation? Can you use it in a sentence? What is the word’s language of origin?
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I think number one is what hurts me the most. Night Owl + Parent + mood disorders = bad news. I do better with numbers 2-4 when I get sleep. I’ll do ok for a week or so at a time, and then I go back to my usual staying up late antics. sigh.

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Hi, Therese -
These four points are all essential. As far as getting ahead with 1 and 4 – well, I’m afraid I’m an anti-model right now. Since retiring from one line of work, I seem to be going round the clock in developing my blogs. I’m getting less sleep and moderation is out. Strangely enough, I’m feeling better than ever and as a result will be changing SM’s focus soon much more to the recovery side.
I’m sure I’ll pay a price, especially for sleep deficit, but I’m still not totally trusting in this recovery and am determined to do what I can in case I lose it again.
Not exactly in harmony with health at the moment!
All my best — John

I totally suck at 4.
To the “healthy diet” advice I would add DRINK TONS OF WATER. I really can tell the difference. I used to forget to drink (trust me, I know how pathetic that sounds…). Sometimes, all I would get would be 2 cups of coffee a day and if I did that 3 days in a row… You could be sure I was getting anxiety attacks and a really gloomy mood that would sometimes escalate into a full blown bout of depression (the more depressed I am, the less I drink, too!).
And I think it really should be water too (as opposed to soda, juice, milk, tee or coffee). Water is what cleanses your body best. I found out that one of the reasons I don’t drink enough is I don’t like cold water. Now I have a thermos jug that I fill up twice a day with and the water temperature stays exactly right… And I drink like a camel! I know it sounds terribly complicated but it’s really not… And it works for me

I have trouble with #1, being pre-menopausal and having a snoring husband, I will have to spend some time figuring this one out.

I find number 4 the difficult one for me. I try to justify obsessive actions as enthusiasm for a project, but when I am finished, I realize that the impulse was obsession. Nothng is worth the overwhelming energy to complete the project.

I have Crohn’s disease, so for me, #2 is by far the biggest challenge. I can eat some of the meats but that’s it. Plus I lost, to surgical removal, the portion of the digestive tract that absorbs B-12. So I have to take B-12 injections, which are painful.

Thank you my dearest Beyond Blue for this article.To me,eating those
right kinds of food rich in Vit.B12,folate,Omega3 are essential
to boost your immune system.It’s true,that gene plays more role
of this mental immune system,i can recall my line of ancestry and
found that i have good if not perfect genes concerning mental health
heritage.I do 3x a week regular exercise,drink water as much as i can
too!I like and eat fried fish and meat and poultry!The thing that
gives me more energy is reading all these prepared issues,research works,scrutinies to me good or bad,even if sometimes i wish for my death because of the severe pain i feel from you,i appreciate them all
for i see only one message from you guys of Beyond Blue,YOU CARE FOR US in your most special and cruel way.Keep up the good work and more
power to you.Thanks!

I as well have a problem with #4 but I will say that I am spending so much more time with my Bible Study that I know it works the best of all. When I do my Bible Study my attitude towards all of the four question,s seems much more valuable. If others do this as a usual part of our lives, they will find that it can do so much for all.

I find that doing Bible Study does help out so much with #4 as it reminds me of how one should handle their bodies for the Lord.

I, too, had gastrosurgery and have to inject myself with Vitamin B12 every month. Contrary to popular belief – they DON’T hurt. Especially when you know they’re keeping you ALIVE!!
I have a hard time with #4, too. When I get started on a project, I don’t QUIT until it’s done, and then it becomes an obsession. My bipolar has a LOT to do with the “impulse” factor; I have to “watch it,” or I will be consumed with energy and compulsion, and completely wreck what I’ve started.
Therese – thanks for the article from REMEDY; although I know about most of these elements to keep your “mind immunity,” it’s hard to keep them in practice.

Please send me more indepth information on depression.
Thank you.

I took early retirement from teaching in 2007 to care for ill family members. One sister has already passed (she was my best friend as well as my sister) and my dad and another sister are very ill and won’t get better. My days are so busy caring for them that I don’t seem to find the energy to exercise. Knowing that I will soon be alone (divorced with no kids) adds to my depression. Right now I am just trying to survive.

Progressive relaxation works for me.
My body lets me know when I really need to practice relaxation.
Listen to the body, it does indeed speak.
Be flexible and use moderation in doing.
E-therapy=== Enthusiasm, Effort, Endurance

dear undefined thankyou for youre story. i was close to tears when i read it. please look after yourself and get help with youre familly. thanks

AMD52 I have Fibromyalgia and cfs. syn. and I also, found out i am in the menapause state o great for me. i also, developed very bad muscle spasms/parastheisa. Believe me it is no joy trip for anyone. The depression that i feel is real. yet in the same token i have a choice try my best and get the sleep i need or suffer to the point of extreme exhaustion and anxiety. Water is not a prob. for me I drink a geat deal of that. I dont have a support team. I am on my own in this journey. But thats okay. I can not slow down either once i get an idea into my head i have to complete. but you no what if i really thought about it not only would i accomplish more with a better sleep pattern and fibro you dont sleep much you sleep when you can. i overdue as well. I am now my own support team trying to slow down and in doing that i also, found my projects come out a great deal better because i am doing things when i can and i at that time can put great effort into it. and not just for the fact of finishing i realize this is great but you do become disciplined and its a challenge either way you look out. I am actually proud of myself now. So, please re think what is the best for you not any one else. you are the one to suffer and everyone goes on their way. ann marie

This is for u, T. Moderation is one of the 4 Cardinal Virtues, and is one – like the other 3 – not easily acquired. The virtues are the backbone of the Way. The Way’s not easy, it’s filled with adversities and crosses. ( Study Jesus’s Way and see if you find it was easy.) The virtues are what make us not divert from the Way, feed the Spirit, and give us the stamina of Grace. So, moderation, or temperance as it’s also known ( nothing having to do with the movement towards suppression of alcohol at the beginning of the 20th and end of the 19th Century ), is very hard to acquire, and almost impossible to embody perfectly. It’s a day by day labor and growth. No different from our daily walking the Path, being receptive to Grace, and putting up with – at times very serious, but even when not so serious – difficulties. There are several good books on the topic. One is called directly, the ” Cardinal Virtues ” and ( i think ) it’s by Josef Pieper, an eminent Catholic philosopher and unique interpreter of St. Thomas Aquinas. There’s also ” The Definition of Moral Virtue ” by Yves Simon, also a Catholic philosopher and thinker of the most profound, yet simple to follow, reason. And just about anywhere you look, you can find hints and explanations and how-to-use references to the practice of this virtue. Remember Socrates got 2 commands from the Oracle : ” Know yourself ” and ” Everything in moderation.” Let me give u a silly example ( silly ’cause it’s one of those things u find constantly and everywhere and everyday ) Someone, in a column on ahow to lose weight, wrote : ” Don’t eat until you’re full ; eat until you’re about 80% full, and then stop.” That’s moderation. Don’t try to knock out a vice or bad habit you’ve had for 50 years with one punch ; be merciful and considerate with yourself, and cut it out little by little. We, in our time, know little about moderation. Our society and lifestyle don’t subscribe to it ( see McLuhan, Marshall, for this.) In the old days, when night came, people would have to light candles and prepare the way they wanted their living space to be lighted. Nowadays – like McLuhan says somewhere – you walk into an airplane hangar all in darkness, flip a switch, and a thousand light beams turn it almost into day. We’ve become ‘ Spoiled ‘. In the old days, farmers new it took not only planting, and the mercies of Heaven to grow the crops, and – if lucky – to harvest ; and that meant patience and keeping pace with the pace of life. Today, we just go to the Supermarket on a simple whim, and buy whatever our hearts crave instantly. Waiting bothers us; patience seems an obsolete virtue. But, if what i’ve just written helps u, u’ll see how to cultivate moderation, and learn a lot about the other virtues too, for they’re usually dealt with together. Many happy returns !
Joe

I have Fibro, I’ve been fighting for several year and I was able to get (sort of) under control. But what gets me the most I have to go to sleep at 8:30 9 pm to fill good next morning. I work 9 to 5 and there is not enough time in the day to do everything. I have to sleep 10 hours, so in the morning I try to still some time to clean and cook or do laundry because after I get back from work I don’t have time, and God for bit if I have doctor’s appointment it scrue me up royally. Over the summer I tried everything to move my sleeping hours to later time. If I wait to couple hours, I can’t sleep, and wake up at night with pain. Do you have any sugestion…?

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