Most of us know that exercise can be beneficial in many ways. From helping people that are obese, health related issues such as heart problems, high blood pressure, joint issues and much more. We also know that exercise can help you live a longer life. One major issue that exercise can help cure, depending how severe, is depression. Little is known though how, why and when exercise works on a person with depression exactly. Exercising consistently if someone has depression, can help prevent a person from relapsing.
When exercise and depression are studied together, exercise has shown that it can treat mild to moderate depression. Better news, exercise can cure mild to moderate depression as much as antidepressant medication. The problem today, is most people think they need medication to cure themselves with mild depression. People need to look at life in a different and positive way. The reason people can become depressed, is due to the fact there is something missing in their life. A lot of people don’t really find it and become depressed, or think they are depressed. Of course, depression can be something chemically wrong in the brain which is harder to control.
Brain Function
Exercise changes the brain function in many ways. Examples can include neural growth, reduce inflammation and being able to have a sense of calm and well-being. We must remember that depression is disorder that causes sadness. The good thing about exercise, is it releases endorphins which make you feel good. As stated in an article from Heath line, “Physical activity also stimulates the release of dopamine, norepinephrine, and serotonin”. All of this can improve your sense of well-being, sleep cycle and appetite. (recommended book below)
When you are in a stressful situation, exercise can help you get focused and forget bad thoughts. By focusing on workouts and exercises, this can help distract you from negative things in your life and make you not think about them so much. The goal is to try and stick with an exercise routine. Once you have that, try to exercise at times you feel most energetic. So scheduling times to exercise can help you plan so that you are thinking of that more than something negative.
One great way to stay positive is to be around people that workout, too. So, this can be from working out with a friend, family member, partner etc. If you cannot find anyone to workout with, try joining classes at a gym. This can help you feel accomplished while taking your mind of negative things in your life. When you are around people who want to be in shape and are willing to help you, your life can change in a positive way.
Starting to exercise can be scary at first. It’s important that you start slow. It doesn’t matter if you only start with body weight exercise before moving on to weights. If you start slow, learn movements, continue improving, you will get better. If you stop because you feel upset, that is when you need to readjust yourself and get back on track. If something is hard, take your time and learn. Most of all, just have fun and don’t worry about what other people think.
Think different
Of course, everyone is different. But, if you don’t at least try to change your thought process, you may never get better. The best way is to always try to think positive instead of negative. Sure, you will have negative thoughts at times, everyone does. But, it’s how you cope or change your mindset during those negative thoughts that will change everything. Don’t feel hopeless like you will not be able to achieve anything. You have to tell yourself, I can and I will be positive. (more recommnded books below)
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