MIND AND BODY

They say mind controls body. Relationship is governed between two in a very intriguing way. Mind directs. If mind(read brain) is not healthy, let us examine how this relationship works.

Let us take a simple example, body is suffering due to lack of sleep, the mind  reacts, it is full of irritation and further deprivation would lead to anger, that on aggravation could turn into madness and stretched, would lead to anxiety culminating into depression. So, body too controls mind. Unhealthy body would eventually corrupt mind's health.

Let examine further, what if mind is not healthy? Say a friend ditched you or a person you loved is severely sick. Mind would again go through similar phases. During discovery of ditching, you would be irritated, angered, anxious and depression. This would in turn break healthy state of body, leading to stomach upset, loss of sleep hence body enters very unhealthy state soon. Further aggravation could lead to severe anxiety/depression leading to admission in psychiatric ward, eventually life span may reduce.

Some time, intermediate steps are not there. Depression could be the first feeling after short anxiety.

If we think further, it is quite apparent that simplest way to break cycle is to keep healthy, both mind and body. Fortunately, keeping body healthy is easy. Force yourself to exercise and eat healthy. If body remains healthy, the correlation of mind-body breaks and that in turn breaks whole irritation to depression cycle. Therefore, there is emphasis on exercise on daily basis. eating healthy is equally important.