Getting Out of Stage 1 Diseases

To heal yourself when you have the first
signs and symptoms of disease... you have
to stop - drop - listen!

First Step
Stop what you're doing.

Are you working frantically everyday?
Working long hours between work, family, spouse?
Cooking, cleaning, shopping, paying bills - it's
too much!

Call to make an appointment for a massage.

Get reservations for a Comedy Club/dinner.

Buy tickets for the movies.

Now!

These few things will stop the work cycle but
they certainly won't heal you. It's just a baby
step.

The next baby step is to start getting to
sleep earlier. Getting to bed at one or two am
is just too late for your body. Ten or eleven
o'clock is more reasonable.

Even if you're reading your Bible or praying,
it's still a step toward relaxing your body
from the day's stress.

The most important step is this...

Stop eating after 6:00pm.

I can't emphasize this enough!

Your stomach Must take a break. If you
eat or drink right up until the time you go
to bed, your stomach has to digest your
food all night long. That's work.

Isn't your body already overworked?

No food.

No drinks.

Then when you wake up, you'll start feeling
hungry.

You'll start feeling more awake and alive
instead of so groggy and foggy!

Ok, more baby steps next time....

Until then,
Dr. Judy

Stage 1 Symptoms Continued...

So why are the symptoms still there?

Because when your body is so stressed that
it doesn't have the opportunity to heal, it
goes into a 'survival' mode. It will try to
use every avenue to get rid of the stress.

You'll feel very tired.

You won't want to get up in the morning

You sit down for a few minutes and
you instantly fall asleep.

These are all signs that your body has had
enough and it just wants to repair and heal
itself.

This is the time to go away for a weekend
to some quiet place where you can spend
time praying, relaxing, and sleeping...
sleeping...
and sleeping some more!

Everytime you get up, you drink a ton of
water and go back to sleep.

Take long soaks in the bathtub.
Have a massage.
Read a light novel.
Watch a comedy movie.

By giving your body the down time it
so desperately needs, you will be on
the first step to recovery.

Next time we'll talk about what you
have to focus on to get out of your
stage one disease state.

Until next time,
Dr. Judy