Washing The Blues Away (Water)

Member Name: witchwaysup

Product:	Water
Date:	28/08/01 (104 review reads)
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Advantages: Hydration

Disadvantages: Drowning

I did a wonderful, wonderful thing today. Something I should have done days ago but somehow couldn't.

I had a shower. Yes, that's what I said, I had a shower. Not in the biblical sense you understand, just an outpouring of water upon the bod.

No, I am not normally a grubby person, water and I are usually good friends, it was just a really bad dose of the blues/blacks/greys.

When I feel deeply depressed then water hardly gets a look in with me, externally or internally. This, of course, is VERY BAD. Not only is water the very essential of life when taken internally, it is pretty much an essential for raising the spirits too.

I speak scientifically in this instance. Splashing water about releases negative ions. Negative ions have a very positive effect on the human form, as anyone who ever owned an ioniser will testify. They freshen the air around us, rather like that wonderful first lungful of fresh air you can breathe in just after a thunderstorm has finished.

Unfortunately, depression seems to cause an aversion to anything that might make me feel better, it's one of my ideosyncrasies and I have many.

Alkaliguru suggested water, with or without ice, water would help. 'Daft eejit' I thought, but I tried it anyway.

Isn't it annoying when some people seem to always be right? Well, it is if you are depressed. I had to admit, it helped. The next day I got adventurous, I drank THREE glasses of water, and that turned the tide. (pun intended).

What I needed more than anything (okay, except for friends, hugs, support, food, sleep and medication but you know what I mean - and stop interrupting my train of thought please) was water.

Y'see, as you probably all know, but I will remind you, we are all about 80% water in our makeup. No, not the exterior makeup, interior dear, interior. Anyway, we are essentially walking/hobbling/wheeling (pick one) water vessels.


'If you cut me, do I not bleed?' you may say. 'Ah, yes' I might reply, but a good 70-80% of that blood will be water. Unless, of course you don't drink any for days on end of course.

And that is my point. I was depressed for a while, due to depression I didn't bother to drink or eat properly, it was too much bother. I must have been dehydrated, almost dessicated (slight exaggeration but I like that word) and a simple action of caring enough about myself to fetch a glass of water, with ice cubes proved the turning point.

The shower I had today was an outward sign of how I was feeling inside, refreshed and ready for battle again. The actual action of washing my hair and scrubbing all the grime away was almost spiritual. The sweet scented shower foam lifted my spirits further.

Spring water or filtered water, kept cool in the fridge can be refreshing and feels so virtuous for caffiene addicts like me, it also helps to ward off hangovers if drunk pre booze-up and post booze-up as dehydration forms a large part of hangovers.The scientific formula is 'dehydrated + 2 glasses of water = rehydrated', or something like that.

Warm water can be very comforting, swimming in warm water is sublime. I haven't been able to swim in warm water for oodles of years now but I do remember you know.

If you can get somewhere hot with warm pool/sea water, go there and swim. You don't even have to swim, just bob about, you know you will like it. Don't worry, skin is waterproof, you won't soak it all up like a sponge, honest.

Anyway, what I am trying to say is water is good. It is an essential of life, both externally and internally if you want to keep your friends.

Just don't drown okay?

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