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W2R2 on World Mental Health Awareness Day

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That was much easier than the first run this week. I keep it steady like everyone said, and it really helped.

Today is world Mental Health Awareness Day and a big part of me doing this is boat my mood. Alot of what I do is late nights, early starts and too long spent in front of screens.

Here's a song I wrote about that real low feeling. It will and does get better... Just takes some work

youtu.be/wI-wSxaUCDQ

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Me too, I have depression so I’m hoping to improve mind and body with C25K 😊

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DoozerMcDoozeGraduate in reply to ItstheMarchHare

It's really helping me :). How's it going with you

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ItstheMarchHareGraduate in reply to DoozerMcDooze

I think it is good for me. I certainly feel smugly happy when I’ve completed a run 😊

Good on you Doozer, great song. I’m sure many people can relate to those feelings.

I used to get black cloud days a lot, but I hardly get them now since starting C25K, feeling much much happier generally and so much more energetic at work and home. It’s incredible what exercise can do!

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Cheers Thundersloth, for me that half hour getting away from everything is really helping

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Glad to hear it too, for me things seems to be getting even better as I've progressed through the weeks, good luck with it all mate 👍

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You too :), how far you into this

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W7R3 tomorrow... can’t quite believe it!

It’s felt like so much has happened and changed... but in the blink of a eyelid, madness!

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Great post. I have/am trying to recover from a bad period of acute anxiety. I'm not sure running is a 'cure' or anything, but it does give me something relatively trivial to focus on, and a bit of time out from everything else. I'm also very good at putting my kit on & get myself out of the door without thinking too much, something I now need to try to transfer to other areas of my life! Look after yourself, and good luck with the running. 😎

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TartancatGraduate

Exercise has been proven to help with depression (maybe not an "off" switch, maybe more of a volume control)

I really hope it helps for you. Keep us posted 😊

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