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I need to walk as it helps me to focus! But I still suffer with terrible fear and depression and anxiety!!
I also cycle and play badminton occasionally five a side football. It helps me sleep but I can still feel horrible and down after exercise. But usually just ok.
I walk most mornings and love it. When I first started I was terrified of meeting anyone so always crossed the road. But now I am happy to greet people with a cheery good morning. Walking has helped me so much.
Until my depression I was an endurance athlete. Lost motivation with depress but when I got back to 100 mile cycle rides my mood improved better than with any medications
How did depression get you when you are so fit this is so confusing with different stories that confict
I'm disabled so can't go for a walk etc. I do use mindfulness to help the insomnia.
I cycle walk miles at work, home exercise and still don't feel normal anti depressants have too many side effects so they create more problems anyone got any ideas?
I've had so much come down on me in 2017 I feel weighted down and don't care...just stay in bed and wait.
I am like that
I would try and exercise or go gym or swim but don't want go on me own x
In oxford we used to have a card that would allow us to go swimming ice skating and go to the gym, and didnt have to pay parking. It really did help me to cope, as I put negative energy and put it into positive by exercising. That is how I managed to keep off antidepressants I think for so long. It helped me stay fit, calm, with a very stressful life.
They should do it for everyone with depression, also for the kids too. To keep them occupied which keeps them calm too.
I walk for at least 3 hours every day , but after five years i still don't like meeting people , it helps on very dark days but does not make things any better
I find that Jogging on a treadmill every day for 30 minutes keeps me strong mentally as well as physically.
I have medical issues that mean I cannot exercise much at all.
I ride my bike every day somedays about 20 miles others only about 5. I have just started running and I can run about 5k at the moment. When my shoulder has healed I'll be back to swimming and trying to do a triathlon.
I can only do a little exercise do to physical problems and have found that lack of regular moderate exercise greatly increased my ability to cope .
Dee
I love the going to the gym I don't always feel like going but I always feel better about myself afterwards I've made new friends and I find it's good for mind and body joining the gym is the best thing I have ever done Kevin 123
I run and cycle too. I was in and out of hospital between September and the end of November when I had my operation... then I had 6 weeks post op recovery when I couldn't train and I found this period of inactivity drastically affected my mood. I'm still trying to haul myself out of my black hole but I WILL get there.... eventually...
I want to but i find it so hard working up the energy/ inclination to do excersize
Hi.to u all.ive bin Hill 4 6yrs I've ad the lot .I at to Pake me work up .coz depression burning braine anxiety virtgo. Bealev me I was a out going .work hard .but then .boòoom. Hillnes brought me down .lucky I just got married so I'm not alone .but now I've put wait on now I'm filling bit better. I've eat were I've bin in doors.so I've brought a running marshin. I've used it 4times I've ad it 2weeks .u got to pick yr self I no easy said done .but the days u fill OK do sum think walk or just to pop shop .iv only gone 4 job .I've sunrise private to.its lovely in there I really want it.and it at end my Rd. I mean what better can I get.but but got work every other weknd.and. I'm not to sure c that's Hillnes for u .I've ad 4jobs in 3moths but lasted a day then come bk cry can't do it.i ust to clean 21house a wek.now can't do one.but my burning braine cooled down my vertgo good .depression a different this all together. U got to much yr self's good luck 😊
I always find drawing or doodling or even just scribbling on paper helps me, I tried exercise but didn't seem to help
I have anxiety and depression,zumba is good im trying to find a cheap class!
I like walking, but I do swim occasionally. I find both are compatible with meditation. probably the thing that works best for me is motorbiking, pretty much daily
I exercised and ate well my entire life. I also do yoga regularly. But none of that stopped the big black fog. Only Zoloft cleared up the fog, after many years of resisting I finally gave it a go and will never turn back. Maybe not for everyone, but a lifetime of healthy eating and exercising did absolutely nothing to lift the symptoms. And I would like a new word for it...depression is an awful word. It is a chemical imbalance in my case, helped along by a childhood of challenges the average person doesn't have in their lives. I researched emotional deprivation recently and that has opened my eyes quite a bit as to why I am the way I am. Conrad Baars' writings describe it perfectly and it is a deep and almost impossible to overcome condition. But Zoloft got me out of bed and I am forever grateful to the psych doc who convinced me to give it a try.
I tend to get very restless or very lethargic and low . I always feel so much better after a walk . The more I walk the more addictive it gets (like cycling with my brother) . Walking also helps with my sleep problems and clear mental cobwebs . I wish I could swim . I sometimes meditate and do mindfulness exercises wen I can motivate myself .
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