In this section of the web you will find a further series of articles for The Weekly Post, an English-language newspaper on The Costa Blanca. In them I make physiological and psychological suggestions for securing and improving individual mental health, and by implication, improving the quality of relationships whether at home, school or work.
This time I want to begin a look at ways of protecting and improving your mental health. We live against a background of an ever increasing pace of life, something even Spain cannot protect us from – just ask someone who lived here 5 or 10 years ago how much things have and are changing. The proverbial, “straw that broke the camel’s back” is found in psychotherapeutic case work just as much as in other walks of life, and this increased pace places us at greater risk of emotional breakdown. We are well advised to take the time to factor into our lifestyle some fundamental ways of protecting ourselves.
The ever increasing pace of life places us at greater risk of emotional breakdown, especially against a back-drop of the energy expended in settling into life in a new country. We are all well advised to take the time to factor into our lifestyle some simple, but fundamental ways of protecting ourselves. Let’s continue with our look at the impact of diet.