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Mental health guide
Go to NHS website and check your:
Depression score
Anxiety score
Link to the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E6cg8c0M38&list=PLM0D4OaX7tIaOplu
EZXdH6TaZYOt8Aa7Z&index=6
Source of depression:
Lack of purpose
Instant gratification habits
Source of anxiety:
Past experiences which put us in a fight or flight state
We should be grateful for depression and anxiety, since they are there to help us
change.
Book “the magic of thinking big”:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1YNCiKAFb71ivVH_H9NAp0tKSgG97B8AF?
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Practical things I can do to improve my mental health:
Gratitude: The act of forcing your brain to think positive thoughts
Send friends grateful messages
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Write 5 gratitudes down every morning
Mindfulness (helps being present and truly enjoying experiences)
Change the way I use my phone (watch less mindless content, watch more
full-length educational videos)
Meditation Hamza video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0tY-
TaEEQI&list=WL&index=1
The cycle of meditation:
1. Focus on breathing
2. Lose awareness (necessary!)
3. Regain awareness
4. Go back to breathing
Challenges (helps you enter the flow state):
Set a new challenge for every week (defined)
Set random small challenges throughout the week
Physical Health
Diet (Hamza video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXW7dpuxYzU)
Modern diets make us dumber and less present
Single ingredient meals
Less carbs, more meat and fat
Exercise
Exercise every single day, doesn’t have to be weightlifting
Sleep
Book: “Why We Sleep” by Mathew Walker
Morning Sunlight is crucial
Consistent wake-up and bedtime
Lower heart rate before bed (I personally do this by drinking chamomile tea
and doing some stretching
Social Connection
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Improve social skills
Talk to strangers regularly
Nature, Sunlight and Adventure
Discover new locations where you live (good way to implement: long
distance cardio)
Kindness
Being generous, givng more to people
Become the kind of man who is needed by other people
Ask yourself “What possible work could I do that would help other people?”
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