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Has exercise helped your mental health? (pawb.social)

submitted 8 months ago by savvywolf@pawb.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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Just a simple question to those of you suffering from depression, anxiety or are just going through a tough time. Now or sometime in the past.

Have you tried exercising, and did it help? What kind, and how did it make you feel?

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[-] Steak@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 months ago

Excereize is the only thing that ever helped me. I need to feel like I can run through a building sometimes and if I don't I fall back into my vices. I will say that one difference is I am a very fit individual and when I put my mind and body to it I am able to do some things that are considered very very difficult. I've competed in jiu-jitsu at a reletively high level and won first place in more than one competition where I had to fight 4+ people in a row. And I've rock climbed some very difficult climbs that many people spend their lives trying to do. For anyone interested I've flashed some outdoor 5.13s

So I think the difference is that I'm genetically gifted and when I am actually working out and devoting myself to fitness it pays off in huge ways. That keeps me going, idk what I'd do if I worked out and then just felt like a loser. I feel like a fucking demon when I'm working out. I feel like a fucking loser when I'm sitting around.

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