Sickness and Ailments

Are you one of those people who talk about your sickness with pride? Each time you converse with your group of friends, it is about pain.

If you happen to have someone who is as "sickly" as you are, you will feel that you've found someone who would understand. You compare notes and each one will try to top the other and compete for who have experienced the worst agony. You brag about how this time, your head throbs worse than it was the last time.

You tell them how careful you were about what you eat, how much you sacrifice by avoiding chocolates, cheese and beer because you were informed that these foods trigger your pain. On top of that you let them know that you have consulted many physicians and specialist to overcome your ailments.

You bought books and read about your illness. You've tried all kinds of remedies because you don't want the pain. But regardless of what you've done and taken, you still experience that migraine, the gastric pain or whatever. Your conversation is all about your ailments and disorders.

Eating right is important but insufficient. Knowledge about your pain is good information but what's the point if you use it to let your friends know how conversant you are about the thing that ails you.

How to Avoid Getting Sick

"Nine-tenths of our sickness can be prevented by right thinking plus right hygiene." - Henry Miller

Perhaps the simplest remedy is to stop talking about it. Better still, refuse to think about your ailments. Think positive, hopeful thoughts and think of good health instead.
You can prevent chronic illness by practicing a healthy lifestyle and exercising regularly. Watch your food intake and your diet. Eat healthy and take vitamins and food supplements. Learn to breathe the right way consciously until it becomes a pattern.
Quit smoking and excessive alcohol intake. Manage your emotions like anger, worry and anxiety. Avoid getting stressed out.
Learn to use your mind to ward off thoughts of ill health. Don't nurture it. When you nourish your mind with thoughts of health, your body responds accordingly and you give yourself the chance to heal.
Stick around people who talk about their aspirations and see beauty around them. Keep yourself busy doing things that you love. You'll forget about your ailments because you are enjoying life.
Take a break or stretch in between your hectic schedules. Allow yourself time to do nothing but sit quietly and relax your mind, body and soul. Listen to what your body is trying to tell you during the quiet moments.
Develop a healthy self esteem so that you don't need to seek approval, gain attention or benefits for being ill. Unconsciously, some people crave for them and discover that people will listen, feel sorry and accept them.<.li>