Discussion Working out

[mlcs]

Have you ever been working out for a longer period of time? Did it help you feel any better and look and live healthier? I once thought it would help to think clearly but it just crashed me down alongside with everything else I tried to avoid mentally colapsing couple if months ago. I still think about the time when everything was somehow ok and I still wonder what could've been done different

 

[The anhedonic one]

Up until around 2 months ago I was in the gym 5 days a week doing weights, cardio and flexibility training.
I was also on the omad diet and had virtually zero body fat.
All it did for me was to give a bit more physical energy, yet did nothing to ease my depression.
I've not worked out whatsoever in these 2 months, yet I'm not as anxious, because I used to over train a lot which causes the release of stress hormones, I also sleep better.

 

[Forever Sleep]

I'd say exercise certainly helps my state of mind- although- ironically- I have to be in a reasonably good state of mind to do it in the first place- seeing as I despise it. It doesn't fix everything though- in my experience anyway. Depends on what your goals are really. If you're looking to become an athlete- or- if your looks are terribly important to you- it's likely to bring you more rewards than if you're trying to do it alongside other things you wish to achieve in life. In that case- it just becomes an another anoying 'need' you have to satisfy in order to function the best you can as a human. That's my experience anyhow.

 

[mlcs]

I'd say exercise certainly helps my state of mind- although- ironically- I have to be in a reasonably good state of mind to do it in the first place- seeing as I despise it. It doesn't fix everything though- in my experience anyway. Depends on what your goals are really. If you're looking to become an athlete- or- if your looks are terribly important to you- it's likely to bring you more rewards than if you're trying to do it alongside other things you wish to achieve in life. In that case- it just becomes an another anoying 'need' you have to satisfy in order to function the best you can as a human. That's my experience anyhow.

As I see it now, I wanted too many things in a short span of time while having an energy if an old man. I never accepted myself after psychiatric neuroleptic treatment and I ignored it, improvised like I could work, hang out and work out all the time. I desperately needed rest for years but I never allowed it to myself cause I had extreme depressive and suicidal thoughts if I was even slightly inactive. I tried to outrun the depression, but it caught me, it will always catch me. I wish I killed myself when I first realised there was basically no hope.