Mike
Carruthers:
When you get sick or injured you usually feel bad emotionally.
Dr.
Charles Foster:
We found in our research that 60% of your overall
feeling state when you're sick or injured comes from your emotions.
Dr. Charles Foster, author
of the book, Feel
Better Fast… But
here's the thing, you're getting 100% of your physical needs taken care of cause
we live in America and we have great doctors here. But you're probably getting
close to 0% of your emotional needs getting taken care of. This means that there
is a huge opportunity to feel better because most of your feeling yucky is not
being dealt with. So,
when you're sick or injured start by asking yourself what you're feeling. Am
I really just sad and depressed? Is it anxiety? That's really important. And then
the next thing you do is you say, "What do I need?" Here's why this
works so well, we fall prey to these emotions because we feel helpless. And by
starting to ask what do I need you begin the process of feeling less helpless. Illness
or injury can be isolating and Dr. Foster believes contact with others can be
helpful. It's
not how much contact you have with other people; it's the certainty of contact.
Even if you're alone most of the day but you know that for one hour a day someone
is going to stop by and be with you, that makes a big difference. You
can link to Dr. Foster's website from ours; somethingyoushouldknow.net
I'm Mike Carruthers and that's Something You Should Know.
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