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Let’s talk about moods shall we?

Okay, so I wouldn’t so much say I’m a moody girl.

{And uh, let’s not ask Jimmy his opinion on that either.  K?}

I mean, I’m a GIRL so YES I have moods.

Duh.
Personally, I’d like to think of myself as more the sensitive type…

which, okay, I guess is a mood if you want to be all particular.

BUT.

In the past it hasn’t always been that way, I mean I’ve always been sensitive, but at times it’s gone deeper than that.
As much as I hate to admit it…
I have at times struggled with depression and anxiety.

I blame genetics?

Genetics are fun aren’t they?  

Especially when big arms AND depression are somewhere in that mix.  

But here’s the thing I’ve learned in all my many many years…

Just because we have a predisposition towards something does not mean that’s the way it has to be.

If we are dedicated to change and growth and WORK, we can and WE WILL be different.

Hopefully even better.

So just as I’ve applied the Tracy Anderson Method to battle my genetically flappy arms, I have also continued to learn all I can about healing and growth in the anxiety and depression area as well.  At times even, I’ve needed to depend on happy pills (as we affectionately call them in my family) to get me through periods of “extreme sensitivity.” 

Okay, okay…depression.  Anxiety.  Whatever!  =)

But as my quest for health and wellness has developed over the last few years, and I’ve gone more and more natural and organic in my life, I began to wonder if there was a natural EFFECTIVE way of treating depression and anxiety (or other moods) without medication.

And so I began reading and learning more and more, trying to fully understand all the workings of medication, the brain, and how supplements and food can help in healing.  

And then I happened upon the book, The Mood Cure.  But before I bought (into) it, I read every single review I could find, in depth, and only then did I decide I most definitely needed to try it for myself.

Instantly it was on my kindle, and 24 hours later, I had read nearly every word.

Here’s why I’m sharing all this with you.

I know I am not alone in my struggles.  I know that there are a TON of you guys who battle anxiety, depression, eating disorders, stress, the blahs, ADD, or any of the other number of mood disorders out there….and I know that there are SO many people taking happy pills yet are ashamed to admit it.

Let me be clear that I am the FIRST to shout a big loud HURRAH for medication, because I believe that God can and does heal through it.

I am proof.

But.

If there is a way to find healing naturally, that could possibly go ABOVE AND BEYOND what antidepressants or other types of drugs can do, then I am most definitely interested in learning more.

So.

Consider me the guinea pig!

Just as I set out to accomplish the 30 Day Method obeying ALL the rules so that there would be an account of it actually being done…

I want to do the same for The Mood Cure.
{kind of finding that i love taking a journalistic approach to stuff like this!}

I plan to journal through my experience so that there is an account of someone, just like you…who has been there, done that, and wrote the blog to share…

all of the truths, all the highs and lows…the good and the bad…you’ll be sure to have my journey of  it all.

{I’ll most likely keep it to a weekly update}

And of course, if there are ANY of you guys who have walked this path already, I would LOVE to hear your own story.

Or, if you’re like me, ready to try something new…get the book and I invite you to take this journey with me!

All you have to lose….

are your moods.

=)

And soon you’ll be singing this with me as we skip merrily down the street:

{I actually began taking the minimum doses of my “prescribed” supplements last week, but with the pain and emotional distress of the surgery mixed with the pain medication I’ve been on….I decided to hold back on evaluating anything until I was feeling physically better.  Also, I’d like to wean off the pain meds, so nothing is interfering with my brain waves.  See how scientific I am?
So, I’m thinking Monday will be my first official day of “observation.”}

Here’s to shiny happy people laughing….

© 2011 “Le Musings of Moi”