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Beating depression... In the gym!
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Well, I have just signed up for a gym membership... I don't wanna come down with SAD this winter, as I am no longer a student and cannot afford to hide all day.
I joined the gym also to lose some weight... I am lost without targets and things to aim for.
I was just wondering if anybody has any experience of exercise on mental health.
I know that it has a positive impact.
Are there any particular exercises which are best?
I joined the gym also to lose some weight... I am lost without targets and things to aim for.
I was just wondering if anybody has any experience of exercise on mental health.
I know that it has a positive impact.
Are there any particular exercises which are best?
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I'm a member of a gym and have been for about 5 years now and I love it. I suffer alot from eating issues can get quite low, not drepressed just low, at times and the gym helps release all the endorphins (I thinks thats what they are :chin: ) that help to make me feel better.
Spinning classes get me pumping and when I walk (or more likely crawl ) out of the class I feel bloody knackered but so much better! I feel more energised and after my gym sessions I do feel happier. If I don't go the gym I feel it and my day is just generally crap
I live in Iceland and in January I do feel like it's dark 24/7, so it helps a lot to go out for a while and get some fresh air and take a moment to realise it's not AS dark and gloomy as my body feels it is.
In my experience it works best combining both, sweating properly at the gym for physical wellbeing and then try to hunt down the hours of daylight for your mind.
So nowadays i ride twice a day (horses) and go for a walk with the dog round the hills.
Good luck with it! Hope you are doing alright
It's not so much a specific exercise that has more of an impact, I find the intensity does more for that. If I'm working really hard, I get a sense of achievement and then the delicious endorphins after that.
You can't beat good food, good sleep and good excecise.
What does that mean, go_away? I'm interested because I'm beginning to suspect I may have mild depression and having started swimming regularly, I find that always helps lift my mood a little.