Feeling low as the ground(s)

[j4]

We get free coffee at work. Do I put lots of sugar in because it almost counts as food, and will give me energy; or do I just rely on the fact that coffee suppresses appetite?

No poll, can't be arsed.

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[j4.livejournal.com]

The amount of sugar I put in coffee tends to increase in proportion to the amount of stress I'm under. I don't mind the taste of sugar in coffee, I don't really care either way any more; I've sort of trained myself to be able to put up with pretty much any combination of milk and sugar in commonly-available hot beverages.

IME sugar doesn't help with depression, or rather it gives me a brief rush of energy and then a crash afterwards. Not great.

Rosemary is supposed to be good for depression. We have plenty at home, I will make rosemary tea.

[nja.livejournal.com]

I've sort of trained myself to be able to put up with pretty much any combination of milk and sugar in commonly-available hot beverages.

I can't drink tea with sugar in (it's one of the few tastes that really make me gag for no apparent reason), but otherwise I'm not too fussy. Black coffee and tea with milk (no sugar in either) preferably, but I'll drink other combinations. Had one of those exasperated-with-parents-getting-old moments the last time I was down there, Dad made me a cup of coffee and put milk in it. So I started drinking it, put it down and went out of the room for a few minutes to find the newspaper, coming back to find it had been poured down the sink (by Dad, who was arguing with Mum about it when I returned) because Andrew doesn't have milk in his coffee. There's something that happens to people's brains when they get past sixty that makes them take all this terribly seriously - my late grandmother wouldn't have a cup of tea at 3.25 because it was "too early", then five minutes later she'd wander into the kitchen because it was time for her cup of tea.

[juggzy.livejournal.com]

Take some of the fresh spriglets that are at the top of the plant - about five, and rub them in your palms so that they break down. Bring your hands to your face and inhale for a minute or so. Do this a couple of times, with fresh leaves. You can feel the darkness lifting. Don't tell anyone, or they'll ban Rosemary!