Just a simple question to those of you suffering from depression, anxiety or are just going through a tough time. Now or sometime in the past.

Have you tried exercising, and did it help? What kind, and how did it make you feel?

  • gangstamouse@sopuli.xyz
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    8 months ago

    Tried it for six months, mostly body weight exercises and dumbbells, three to five times a week. Aside from a moderate improvement in fitness (which I have no interest in), it changed nothing at all. No increased energy, no happy feelings, just a waste of time.

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      8 months ago

      Did you lose any weight? How is your diet? Feeling better for me was the weight loss, though depression makes it hard to fucking exercise

    • NOT_RICK@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      I find cardio to have a much more significant impact on my mood and energy. I can go into a run feeling like a miserable slug and come out of it feeling accomplished and more at ease. YMMV though