Be A Healthy Boomer

What is it called when someone gets relaxation from hearing something like a pencil or typing?

I was talking to my friend about it, and I was just curious as to what it’s called. When I hear something like a pencil being used to draw, it just sounds relaxing sometimes, and the same with hearing a keyboard being typed on. It’s even the same for hearing a whisper. It’s not necessarily weird. And no, I don’t mean anything like Masochism, or anything sexual, just relaxing.

You may be enamored with quietly and surreptitiously perceiving or discerning the everyday activities of another human being.

It’s not voyeuristic in the classical sense, but is skewed toward that type of behavior. However, it seems quite benign to me.

Another relaxation question: How can I relax and be stress free?

I’m a 15 yr old and with all the stress going around, I’m tryng to teach myself how to kick back and go with the flow. Solutions?

I love this question, because everyone can benefit from some good relaxation techniques. I could search online for some tips, but chances are you’ve already done your research, so I’m going to give you some idea’s that work for me.

1. Whenever in a stressful situation, ask yourself one question. Can I change what happened or prevent something that’s going to happen anyway? If no – remind yourself that you’ve done everything you could and it’s out of your hands.

2. Meditation. Yes, it’s difficult – but you can get the same effect by simply closing your eyes and allowing yourself some quiet time. Focus on your breathing and don’t let your mind shift.

3. Exercise. It’s known for releasing stress and clearing your mind – all good stuff!

4. Sleep. You need at least 8 hours of solid sleep to feel your best. Maybe more. Personally, I need 9. Without proper sleep, life becomes a big headache.

5. Food. Did you know that particular foods reduce stress? Porridge, turkey, oranges, bananas, wholemeal bread, white fish, water, almonds, prunes and tea! Eat up!

6.Finally, you need an outlet. Maybe it’s sports, maybe it’s a video game. Reading, writing, music….The list goes on. I’m sure you have a hobby – probably a few. Sadly most of us don’t give our hobbies the time they deserve. Make sure that you get at least 1 hour to yourself everyday.

Hopefully my tips will help you. If not, maybe you have more going on than you seem to be letting on. In this case, find someone you can confide in – a friend, family member…even a professional.

Other last minute stress busters I’m going to throw out at you are:
Lavender scents (candles etc.)
Camomile tea
Get organized
Get a massage
MOST IMPORTANTLY: LAUGH

What would be the best relaxation method for waiting on the results of a really important test?

I am currently waiting on the results of a very important English Test, but I just can’t seem to get the test or the possible results off my mind! So what would be a good way to just relax?

SEX

How can I find the best relaxation or masssage music?

I’m finding myself stressed out from school and work, which makes it hard for me to fall asleep. I’ve had massages before and their music and massage is so relaxing that I find myself falling asleep really easily. Where can I find the same music?

You can find absolutely awesome music on most music download sites, then you can transfer it to your i-pod or MP3. Just punch in "relaxation music" or "instrumental music" into their searches, and you’ll find all the music you need. I found all of mine on "Lime-wire". It’s free and finds great music.
Good luck and happy relaxing!

What is the best relaxation/meditation method for falling asleep?

I used to have a biofeedback/imagery tape I would listen to at night but I lost it. What recommendations do you have for restful, relaxed sleep?

the yoga possition called the Rocking Chair or the Spinal roll is very good, please see link or google it:

http://www.holisticonline.com/Yoga/hol_yoga_pos_spinalroll.htm

doing exercise also mkes you tired & releases relaxing hormones!

What are some good relaxation methods or way to cope with anxiety and OCD?

I’m a 21 year old male. I’ve been dealing with anxiety and OCD for about 5 years now. I’m really trying to just find ways of self help to relax my mind, or even ways to avoid my fears altogether. My main fears have been contamination of food related to the recent E coli and Salmonella outbreaks, and also a fear of viruses from mosquitoes including west nile, ect. Any help would be greatly appreciated, especially if you can relate and would like to talk. Thanks.

It is OK to be concerned about things. Deal with things when they arise by giving an answer with words in your head. Listen to yourself breath even though you can’t hear it. Focus on your silent breath while paying attention to your surroundings. It will become natural after awhile.Stay focused on what you need to stay focus on. Sometimes writing a daily to-do list works or mark things on a calender. Some things are unavoidable but there are many resources to help us cope like webmd.com(seek a doctor in an emergency and there is always the 911 phone number), drphil.com, go to a church to help anxiety(listen to sermons on tv if you can’t make it to one or bible.com) and ,friends or family(the ones that give positive intelligent advice). Remember God is with us even during tough times. The negative dialogue in the mind will decrease when focusing on the silence in the mind. Use the statements in the mind geared toward a certain goal using calm emotions. Only be alarmed during an emergency not over little things in life that can be managed.

Which sector should I invest in during this recession period?

I want to invest in stocks because this is a good time to buy low and the market will recover eventually. My question is this: Which market/sector should I invest in? The following are what I have heard about frequently: 1) Medical equipment and supply companies, however, will the prospect of universal health care make this a risky investment? 2) Discount stores such as Wal-Mart, Dollar General, etc. 3) Finally, which sector would be beneficial to take advantage of the huge number of baby boomers who will be retiring?

Thanks in advance everybody.

first of all, don’t ever take advice from someone that tells you to invest in a specific company, as they usually have an ultimatum for doing so. usually they want people to invest so they can sell high and make money, not really caring about the value of your stocks at that point.

secondly, how much money are you investing? $50,000? $5,000? $500? consider the average annual return rate is truly 7%. if you’re going to invest $50,000, you’ll make $3,500 annually, but if it’s $500, you’ll make $35. investing is a great way to make money, but the only way you can do that is if you have money, so saving is paramount to investing and simultaneously having it be lucrative for you.

stocks are not a great first-time investor choice, rather, mutual funds are a good avenue. plenty of mutual funds perform just as good, if not better than many individual stocks, and the funds themselves are much less riskier, as they are a collection of multiple company’s stocks. i would highly suggest opening a brokerage account with fidelity or vanguard and previewing some of the recommended funds that come from them.

wal mart and mcdonalds are two companies that have had stock prices go up for a long time, and it’s because they are solid companies. however, you won’t see huge gains in their stock in a short period of time. so, keep that in mind. i read an article the other day that said if you are an investor at a young age, at least 35% of your holdings should go into foreign stocks. i have about 43% foreign stocks, 38% domestic, 10% bonds, and the rest in liquid money market accounts.

point i’m getting at is 1. don’t listen to other people about specific stocks, 2. invest in mutual funds if you don’t know what you’re doing, and 3. diversify. i don’t care if you have $5,000 and it’s all in a stock that went up 40% in 3 days, you will probably wind up losing that money if you don’t put those eggs in different baskets, even if that means putting it in a stock that has only returned 1% in the last 3 months.

hope this helps.

Healthcare cost for the gov is suppose to double w/in the next 10 yrs w/o uni health-care, why do Dem’s…?

why do they want us to pay more, Obama talks about the war is mortgaging our future…and uni health care won’t…we don’t have the money to pay for the baby boomers…and dems are talking about paying for everyone…where is their logic…

It sounds good because people are struggling and hurting.
UHC does NOT work:

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20080129/ZNYT02/801290745

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http://www.city-journal.org/html/17_3_canadian_healthcare.html

What is WRONG needs to be FIXED:
When 75% of the people who declare bankruptcy over medical bills ARE INSURED, then insurance is CLEARLY not the answer.
"Aldrich’s situation is "asinine" but increasingly common, said Dr. Deborah Thorne of Ohio University. Thorne, co-author of a widely quoted 2005 study that found medical bills contributed to nearly half of the 1.5 million personal bankruptcies filed in the U.S. each year, said that ratio has likely worsened since the data was gathered.
…
Like Aldrich, Thorne said, three-quarters of the individuals in the study who declared bankruptcy because of health problems were insured. "

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20201807/

Linda Peeno, MD testified that SHE had often denied treatment JUST to save the insurance company money http://www.thenationalcoalition.org/DrPeenotestimony.html

Furthermore:
"the vast majority of health insurance policies are through for-profit stock companies. They are in the process of “shedding lives” as some term it when “undesirable” customers are lost through various means, including raising premiums and co-pays and decreasing benefits (Britt, “Health insurers getting bigger cut of medical dollars,” 15 October 2004, investors.com). That same Investors Business Daily article from 2004 noted the example of Anthem, another insurance company. They said the top five executives (not just the CEO) received an average of an 817 percent increase in compensation between 2000 and 2003. The CEO, for example, had his compensation go from $2.5 million to $25 million during that time period. About $21 million of that was in stock payouts, the article noted.

A 2006 article, “U.S. Health Insurance: More Market Domination, More CEO Compensation”
(hcrenewal.blogspot.com) notes that in 56 percent of 294 metropolitan areas one insurer “controls more than half the business in health maintenance organization and preferred provider networks underwriting." In addition to having the most enrollees, they also are the biggest purchasers of health care and set the price and coverage terms. “’The results is double-digit premium increases from 2001 and 2004—peaking with a 13.9 percent jump in 2003—soaring well above inflation and wages increases.’" Where is all that money going? The article quotes a Wall Street Journal article looking at the compensation of the CEO of UnitedHealth Group. His salary and bonus is $8 million annually. He has benefits such as the use of a private jet. He has stock-option fortunes worth $1.6 billion."
–Save America, Save the World by Cassandra Nathan pp. 127-128

"Insurance Companies Robbing Patients
Robbing patients to pay CEOs leads to unprecedented medical insurance corporation greed.
Thursday, January 3, 2008 8:52 AM
By: Michael Arnold Glueck & Robert J. Cihak, The Medicine Men"

http://www.newsmax.com/medicine_men/medical_insurance/2008/01/03/61543.html

Sensible plan–VOLUNTARY:
QUALITY, ACCESSIBLE, AFFORDABLE health care for all.
That means preventative care (physical with follow up). Real medication (no Medicare "donut holes" the really ill are ripped off again.) No bogus ridiculously low "caps" on needed medical procedures. No abuse of the ER. No paying for the silly with the sniffles to go to the doc for free. No more bankruptcies over medical bills. I want THIS plan that ends abuse of the taxpayer, takes the burden off employers, provides price transparency, and ends the rip-off of the US taxpayer at the hands of greedy insurance CEOs (which has been repeatedly documented).

http://www.booklocker.com/books/3068.html

Read the PDF, not the blurb, for the bulk of the plan. Book is searchable on Amazon.com
Cassandra Nathan’s Save America, Save the World

What kind or brand of hair supplement worked for you to stop stress-related hair loss?

From a female baby boomer with a normal thyroid function, generally in good health. I do not want to go with Rogaine-type products since you must take them forever and I’ve read that they only work on the crown.

Apply a mask made from two spoons of olive oil and an egg (only the yellow part) once a week. Keep it for 30 minutes. Stress plays a major part in hair loss, but there could be other causes too like: birth control pills, lack of vitamins etc. I am reluctant to treatments with pills, as they can affect the liver.

Why don’t our government cut their benefits ,this would include pension and pay to support health care?

they always on the baby boomers to pay more taxes and now want to cut medicare that they paid into so they will died before reaching 70,we have done went back to the 1920′s so make the illegals work to live in the u.s.a ( THIS INCLUDES COUCH POTATOES)

I do agree. If one of our goverment officials go to jail they get to collect theire full pay and benifits. Who gets paid while in jail? You loose your job and your pay. Also I think they should cut out their perks and while we’re at it cut out Social Sec. to illegal aliens. Yes they passed a law that illegal aliens can collect S. S. and medical benifits and school etc. My relatives came her LEGALLY on a boat to N.Y. Whats good for the goose should be good for the gander. California is in trouble because they are supporting so many illegals. B.S. send them home and let them come here legally.