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Sociology > Depression |
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"Lisa" |
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05 Jul 2004 05:09:59 PM |
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exercise & depression |
Anyone else use working out to fight depression at all? It only seems to
work if I'm un-depressed enough to get off my ***** & do it, but then I feel
great. I've done at least 30 minutes of aerobic exercise 6 days a week for 3
weeks now, and I'm feeling pretty damn good. However, I am still having
trouble sleeping, so I'm wondering if I'm getting a wee bit manic...
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| User: "Misfit" |
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| Title: Re: exercise & depression |
05 Jul 2004 11:28:44 PM |
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I do. I study and teach martial arts. By teaching, I have an obligation
that helps to get me off my butt. For me, it works great.
"Lisa" <none@invalid.org> wrote in message
news:IckGc.15457$w56.3123@bignews1.bellsouth.net...
Anyone else use working out to fight depression at all? It only seems to
work if I'm un-depressed enough to get off my ***** & do it, but then I feel
great. I've done at least 30 minutes of aerobic exercise 6 days a week for
3
weeks now, and I'm feeling pretty damn good. However, I am still having
trouble sleeping, so I'm wondering if I'm getting a wee bit manic...
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| User: "Contrarian" |
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| Title: Re: exercise & depression |
08 Jul 2004 10:49:57 PM |
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Lisa <none@invalid.org> wrote:
Anyone else use working out to fight depression at all?
Exercise with me doesn't help depression per se much...
I used to bike for hours, and there was that "keep going, you
are almost there" hint that my depressed state would improve
but it was always just over the horizon.
But it does have an effect on my other tendencies to inactivity,
e.g. I have noticed that I have done some actual work on other
things I want to do after exercising a lot (such as 4 miles
twice a day not every day but fairly often) This takes a lot
of time though. I don't feel quite safe riding a bike in
city traffic, which is a bummer.
It only seems to
work if I'm un-depressed enough to get off my ***** & do it
True.
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| User: "Flashfire" |
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| Title: Re: exercise & depression |
05 Jul 2004 07:27:46 PM |
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Lisa wrote:
Anyone else use working out to fight depression at all? It only seems
to work if I'm un-depressed enough to get off my ***** & do it, but
then I feel great. I've done at least 30 minutes of aerobic exercise
6 days a week for 3 weeks now, and I'm feeling pretty damn good.
However, I am still having trouble sleeping, so I'm wondering if I'm
getting a wee bit manic...
Not working out but I have started walking, only 20 minutes a day, but its
more than I was doing before.....I want to lose weight and get fit again and
the walking also lifts my mood....no troubles sleeping. I dont understand
the manic cycles, but are you doing your workouts too late at night, you
might be over stimulating yourself.
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Regards Lee
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of
enthusiasm. ~ Sir Winston Churchill
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| User: "Lisa" |
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| Title: Re: exercise & depression |
05 Jul 2004 07:28:56 PM |
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I do my workouts by noon, usually.
"Flashfire" <ramblinin@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
news:2kua04F6h4koU1@uni-berlin.de...
Lisa wrote:
Anyone else use working out to fight depression at all? It only seems
to work if I'm un-depressed enough to get off my ***** & do it, but
then I feel great. I've done at least 30 minutes of aerobic exercise
6 days a week for 3 weeks now, and I'm feeling pretty damn good.
However, I am still having trouble sleeping, so I'm wondering if I'm
getting a wee bit manic...
Not working out but I have started walking, only 20 minutes a day, but its
more than I was doing before.....I want to lose weight and get fit again
and
the walking also lifts my mood....no troubles sleeping. I dont understand
the manic cycles, but are you doing your workouts too late at night, you
might be over stimulating yourself.
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Regards Lee
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of
enthusiasm. ~ Sir Winston Churchill
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| User: "wombn" |
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| Title: Re: exercise & depression |
06 Jul 2004 03:51:57 AM |
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On Mon, 5 Jul 2004 18:09:59 -0400, "Lisa" <none@invalid.org> wrote:
Anyone else use working out to fight depression at all? It only seems to
Tried it. Never helped me. Slept better but didn't chase away the
demons.
But there are plenty of people who swear by it, so it's definitely a
YMMV thing.
ALTHOUGH... _I would think_ that anything you do to improve your
health will also help with various hormone levels and such and it's
far easier to fight the demons with a health body.
work if I'm un-depressed enough to get off my ***** & do it, but then I feel
great. I've done at least 30 minutes of aerobic exercise 6 days a week for 3
weeks now, and I'm feeling pretty damn good. However, I am still having
trouble sleeping, so I'm wondering if I'm getting a wee bit manic...
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If laughter is the best medicine,
then kittens should be covered by our health insurance. :-)
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| User: "Patricia" |
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| Title: Re: exercise & depression |
05 Jul 2004 05:24:20 PM |
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On Mon, 5 Jul 2004 18:09:59 -0400, "Lisa" <none@invalid.org> wrote:
Anyone else use working out to fight depression at all? It only seems to
work if I'm un-depressed enough to get off my ***** & do it, but then I feel
great. I've done at least 30 minutes of aerobic exercise 6 days a week for 3
weeks now, and I'm feeling pretty damn good. However, I am still having
trouble sleeping, so I'm wondering if I'm getting a wee bit manic...
I walk for 30 minutes twice a day partly to keep depression at bay and
partly to keep off the 45 pounds I have dropped since last August.
Since I have a bad hip, I can't always go fast enough for long enough
to have an aerobic effect but the act of walking and being out of the
house, does, I feel, helps keep the depression at bay.
Patricia
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| User: "wombn" |
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| Title: Re: exercise & depression |
06 Jul 2004 03:52:23 AM |
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On Mon, 05 Jul 2004 18:24:20 -0400, Patricia
<treeotter@vermont.usa.net> wrote:
On Mon, 5 Jul 2004 18:09:59 -0400, "Lisa" <none@invalid.org> wrote:
Anyone else use working out to fight depression at all? It only seems to
work if I'm un-depressed enough to get off my ***** & do it, but then I feel
great. I've done at least 30 minutes of aerobic exercise 6 days a week for 3
weeks now, and I'm feeling pretty damn good. However, I am still having
trouble sleeping, so I'm wondering if I'm getting a wee bit manic...
I walk for 30 minutes twice a day partly to keep depression at bay and
partly to keep off the 45 pounds I have dropped since last August.
wow! congrats!
Since I have a bad hip, I can't always go fast enough for long enough
to have an aerobic effect but the act of walking and being out of the
house, does, I feel, helps keep the depression at bay.
Patricia
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If laughter is the best medicine,
then kittens should be covered by our health insurance. :-)
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| User: "CyberDroog" |
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| Title: Re: exercise & depression |
06 Jul 2004 01:50:58 PM |
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On Mon, 5 Jul 2004 18:09:59 -0400, "Lisa" <none@invalid.org> wrote:
Anyone else use working out to fight depression at all? It only seems to
work if I'm un-depressed enough to get off my ***** & do it, but then I feel
great. I've done at least 30 minutes of aerobic exercise 6 days a week for 3
weeks now, and I'm feeling pretty damn good. However, I am still having
trouble sleeping, so I'm wondering if I'm getting a wee bit manic...
When are you exercising? Aerobic exercise can give a person a lot of
energy. If done in the evening it can lead to trouble getting to sleep.
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PIETY, n. Reverence for the Supreme Being, based upon His supposed
resemblance to man.
- Ambrose Bierce
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| User: " SortaLily" |
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| Title: Re: exercise & depression |
05 Jul 2004 09:03:43 PM |
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i know when i was working out 4 to 5 days a week i felt in a better mood.
"Lisa" <none@invalid.org> wrote in message
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| Anyone else use working out to fight depression at all? It only seems to
| work if I'm un-depressed enough to get off my ***** & do it, but then I feel
| great. I've done at least 30 minutes of aerobic exercise 6 days a week for
3
| weeks now, and I'm feeling pretty damn good. However, I am still having
| trouble sleeping, so I'm wondering if I'm getting a wee bit manic...
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