go run.

[samsung]

do something. exert yourself. get all sweaty. get your heart rate up and get tired.

your mood can be significantly improved. stress can vanish. and its healthy.

in fact, your body demands it. why not exercise?

why take pills to treat what can be treated naturally. why? why not just exercise without excuses?

" i would but..."
" i cant..."
"tomarrow..."

no, do it. its called being responsible for your body and mind.
we evloved beng active. now we just sit like domesticated cattle.




thanks guys for reading. im not pointing any fingers. just a vast generalization. some truth to it though.

[TigerLili]

Wow thanks for the unsolicited and patronising advice! I love it when people who don't suffer from mental illnesses tell me I just need to exercise/find god/whatever and I'll be fine!

[Zencat]

As helpful as that advice can be its not universal. There are some, maybe like me where physical exerciser exasperates my mental illness. I flood with anxiety when my body generates heat. I don't know why this happens...I only know it makes things worse.

At any rate thank you for your experience as it dose follow general guide lines for better health.

[Done_With_It]

Originally Posted by samsung

do something. exert yourself. get all sweaty. get your heart rate up and get tired.

your mood can be significantly improved. stress can vanish. and its healthy.

in fact, your body demands it. why not exercise?

why take pills to treat what can be treated naturally. why? why not just exercise without excuses?

" i would but..."
" i cant..."
"tomarrow..."

no, do it. its called being responsible for your body and mind.
we evloved beng active. now we just sit like domesticated cattle.




thanks guys for reading. im not pointing any fingers. just a vast generalization. some truth to it though.

I c*n't does not exist in my vocabulary has not for years.

I have been active in marathons for years,
dance, sports, etc.
and I am very "Responsible" for my body and mind.

Just for your information, I do still need a few medications
that work for my body chemistry. Exercise or not I tend
to get suicidal if off them for too long, and eventually
tend to want to go back to meth to relieve the place
I get to eventually. This is something I work out with
"My doctors".


It usually works a lot better on these boards if you
talk about what works or worked for you as opposed
to comparing people to domestic cattle.

Some of us have fought to hard to get where we are
today. And some of us are over
hearing why we shouldn't take pills to get better.


Good for you if that is what worked for you.
I think that is great~


Your situation is not everyone's situation.
And it sure isn't mine.

[nandm]

Exercise, eating right, meditation, yoga, minimizing stress in ones life, eating organic unprocessed foods, eating whole grains, etc... are all wonderful and helpful things to do in ones life. They are also helpful as adjunctive treatments for mental and physical health issues. As a primary treatment for real medical conditions, either physical or mental, these things do not treat the primary cause only help ease some of the symptoms.

Personally, I do exercise. I hike, I work out with weights, I walk on the treadmill, I do cardio on the exercise bike, I walk my dogs in the evenings, I also do physical labor outdoors year round as my job. Yet, I still need to treat my mental illness (Depression, bipolar, and PTSD) with medications which treat the cause of the illness by managing the chemicals in my brain at or near the correct levels.

So speaking from experience, although your post is a good suggestion; it is by no means the cure or the solution to mental health issues.

[Isaiah]

I've been a runner for as long as I can remember. I've never returned from a run and thought to myself, "that was a depressing experience, I wish I'd stayed inside." Except for that one time when I broke my wrist during a run--one exception.

One of the great, unsung things about going outside for exercise is it gives you a chance to re-experience your surroundings. I like to go off to new areas of my city and explore. Even something as seemingly minor as running-walking at a different time of day can be a transformative experience if you pay attention.