Good to hear that you observed shortened cold. I have seen it
happen too, and I usually switch to 2 exercise/day when sick.

I always intensify S. exercises when I feel I am getting a cold and
often it prevents me from actually getting sick. In fact neither me
nor daughter (who used to suffer from asthma attacks) were sick this
winter at all, by following this method.

I bet it is not normal to be depressed all the time, the whole
concept of "norm" (e.g. average) implies that should be sad/happy
about half/half :-) Settling in either of these moods too much will
make the feed-back on success of failure less effective, reducing
survival chances.
So in this sense S. exercise helps to come back to more success
inducing state. I did not observe it to reduce my too good mood
though :-)

Regards,
Yevgen

--- In strelnikova_exercise@yahoogroups.com, "clymrk" <mclaym1@...> wrote:
>
> Last week, I had a cold. I believe these exercises helped to shorten
> the duration of it. I did feel much better after them.
>
> When I do not do these exercise, my mood is kind of bad too. Doing
> these exercises consistently and regularly helps to elevate my mood and
> keep it on a level where I can function normally. As I look back, I
> have been having consistent depressing moods for years. I thought it
> was normal.
>