It is funny how the smallest of thing s can lead me into difficulties. My wife and I decided to give our youngest son a bedroom makeover. He is now nine so we let him choose what he wanted to do. A trip to Ikea identified that he wanted a raised bed and a sofa… Continue Reading
Living with Anxiety, Depression and Worry Beads
I mentioned in my last blog that in addition to my anxiety and depression I have also been diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome. One of the key issues for me is that I cannot stand by and see injustice. I therefore find myself in all sorts of battles that any normal person would not get involved… Continue Reading
Living with Anxiety, Depression and Worry Beads
I am going through a unique experience for me at the moment. I know my depression is really bad. Not that I am having negative thoughts, I have those all the time, but I feel so lethargic. When I wake in the morning I just don’t want to open my eyes and my body feels… Continue Reading
Living with Anxiety, Depression and Worry Beads
Those of you who read my blogs regularly will know I have been doing really well recently. Long term use of worry beads is definitely making me generally more relaxed and less likely to get stressed. Yesterday goes to show that however relaxed you are normally certain things can only have only reaction. We are… Continue Reading
Worry Beads – Some Research
I have found worry beads very effective in helping me manage my anxiety and depression. When I first discovered them, I tried to find some scientific research to help me understand how they worked. Lots of hunting through the internet yielded very little, so I gave up. As part of my plan to get the… Continue Reading
Living with Anxiety, Depression and Worry Beads
For those of you that pay attention to the dates of my posts you will have noticed that I have not updated this diary of events when I have used worry beads to control my illness for some time. This is because there has not been a major event when I feel compelled to take… Continue Reading
Conditioning the Leather with your Pears
One of the pleasures of using English Worry Beads is that they become a part of you. Let us start with a 1Pear Leather worry beads which is thread with 1.5mm leather cord. All leather responds to heat and chemical treatment. We would recommend that part of getting to know your worry beads is to… Continue Reading
Second Trick with 2Pear Worry Beads
After you have mastered the first trick with worry beads, this second trick will amaze your friends, become a worry beads expert! With the diagrams below you should be able to learn the hand positions and quite quickly increase your speed. Once mastered at any speed you can regulate your speed to help change your… Continue Reading
First Trick with 2Pear Worry Beads
This first trick with worry beads is to lean the rhythm required for all tricks with 2Pear worry beads (Greek Begleri beads). Once mastered at any speed you can change the speed of the worry beads to help change your heart rate. Try doing it slowly when your heart is racing or fast if your are feeling low. … Continue Reading