What is good for morning depression?
Morning
Depression
Q. What is good for morning depression?
A. A cold morning bath, properly administered, is a
complete antidote for the morning depression
experienced by many neurasthenics. It is of
the highest importance, however, that the
bath should be taken in a proper way.
The average neurasthenic would be little likely to
receive benefit from a plunge into a tub filled
with cold water. Such a bath' would likely be followed
by an aggravation of symptoms, increased pain,
increased depression, increased disturbances
of circulation, as shown by cold hands and
feet, etc. A single trial would be
sufficient to discourage further efforts in the direction
of cold bathing. Neurasthenics are generally
highly sensitive
to the effects of cold water, and on this account it is
necessary that several important precautions
should receive careful attention.