Is "working out helps depression/social anxiety" a meme?
I don't know what I have, I just know that I don't enjoy life, I feel like a ghost walking among real people and real places despite not being part of it, and that my many mistakes and regrets in life are always a few days short of catching up with me. Lifting has helped me in the sense that it's something to keep me busy, but I don't see change elsewhere.
So is it a meme? If so, what works to you guys?
I'm 100% sure I would have killed myself already if I hadn't started running and lifting. The first month or so will suck, but after that you will feel happiness when running, you will forget everything around you and you will be one with the track. Running with some relaxing music and at night also helps.
you may aswell be a fit depressed loser than a fat depressed loser. No it doesn't help though, but it stops you being as much of a pussy and requires you to exercise discipline
you may aswell be a fit depressed loser than a fat depressed loser. No it doesn't help though, but it stops you being as much of a pussy and requires you to exercise discipline
Using a phone app, apologies for the double post it fugged up
They only time I feel alive is when I wrap my hands around a barbell. If it wasn't for lifting I'd have killed myself a long time ago.
I would have been a 240 pound piece of fat with a bullet through his dome had it not been for the gym and changing my diet. I have more energy, look better, feel better.
Now if I could only change my face, I'd probably have a GF to spend this new found energy on.
>it's something to keep me busy
All I can do in life is do things which keep me busy. So I might as well pick things that make me healthier, more focused, more intelligent, more financially well-off, or improve me in other ways. Maybe, just maybe, I'll hit some point where, *POP!*, everything will slot into place and life will be worth living and will have some purpose to it.
Until then, it's just a fucking trudge.
Bro I was depressed and anxious before i started lifting, life was shit. It took a bit but when I started noticing positive changes in my body things started slowly getting better. When I started lifting heavier and really pushing myself and seeing bigger changes it feels almost like I'm on a 24hr high. Now I've been lifting a few years and im in the best shape of my life nothing bothers me anymore im always happy and dont sweat the little things, I always see the positive in life.
Now that I'm getting alot bigger and more cut every time I go out im getting compliments, have chicks pinching my but and milfs trying to get with me and ive been hooking up with hotties. Confidence is at an all time high and only climbing. Depression is a thing of the past and anxiety is next to none i don't give a shit about most people and always put myself first. Lifes good.
Good luck op
Do cardio, go out in the sun, treat yourself well and with respect. Maintain good hygiene and sleep hygiene.
Goals
one day I'll be like you, sir you give me hope
It definitely helps out. If you're gonna be depressed, at least you won't look it on the outside
Lifting definitely helps, feels fucking great to push yourself on your workouts. Then when you start seeing the changes in the mirror it's surreal.
What really makes me feel better though is intense bike rides while listening to something aggressive, like black metal. Destroys my legs and lungs but when I'm done I feel incredible.
I had been lifting for three years when I got depression. It got so bad I couldn't go to that gym for two years after and slowly I got back into it, there was a few days I would arrive and go home straight away because I couldn't deal with being there but now five years after it first happened I'm better. I still get more anxious than a normal person but I push myself to not think about it.
You'll get there just stick at it, it will seriously change every aspect of your life, you will respect yourself more and carry yourself better. Which everyone will pick up on and they sure treat you different.
Good luck bros
For 3 hours every week I'm not depressed and having fun. Better than nothing
Life doesn't feel as hollow while i'm concentrating on lifting heavy things
would have offed myself a long time ago if it wasn't for it
No, it really helps, though if you're really depressed it may be hard to start. For me it is more about running or cycling though, it just feels so freeing, like I'm far away from all my problems. At the end of last year I was having suicidal thoughts all the time, felt tired and I was not able to do anything. Then I got back into running, remembering that it helped me a long time ago, and then I started doing callisthenics, and I already feel much better.
It helps but won't cure. Basically you have to keep a routine, force yourself to do healthy things, make social connections.
I can't really say when I came out of my depression, but it took like 4 years of work.
Being Jow Forumser has increase my resilience and how I handle disappointment. Last week I reached the finals of a major orchestral audition just for the panel to decide for the audition to have "no winner" and be a "no hire." Years ago I would've been on the ledge ready to jump, now I don't care so much.
It definitely helps. Remember to do some outdoor running a few times a week as well. Getting fresh air, force yourself to focus, improving your cardiovascular health, all of that help immensely. It's a really good anti-depressant. But depression/social anxiety isn't something that just switches off. Get a psychologist, and you will gradually improve yourself and the way you think over a long period of time. It takes years of work to get back to normal.
It gives you something to train for something to do then matters depression is the fakest shit there is you just have no purpose you dumb fucks
It helped my depression but I'm still autistic.
A depressed loser wouldn't care about being fit or not, tho.
90% of serotonin is made in your gut. Google gut dysbiosis. Your body controls how you feel way more than people like to think. Stay away from shrinks.
In my experience it's helps a lot but does not cure the illness.
My life would be way worse right now if I hadn't been lifting. Currently lifting is the only time I do not feel anxious or depressed.
Stop masturbating to porn
True, but that doesn't mean it's impossible to find the motivation
did you also really clean up your diet? that seems to contribute a lot over time too
Quit choking your chicken. That is all. And lift
I'll be honest, there's no point unless you absolutely hate the state you are in. I felt like a weak tall lanklet, so i've been going at the whole lifestyle change and its been a very positive change. I'm almost certain that I do have some sort of anxiety disorder, as half of my family has had them. It has diffidently helped me be happy and confident in myself. I hope something changes for you OP and you live anxiety free
happy Easter, we're all gonna make it brahs
these are the steps i experienced beating depression
>first day
>go on run
>extreme pain
>realize im not thinking about my depression anymore cuz im in too much physical pain
>after 1 week
>keep running to take my mind off depression every morning, 6 am- 730 am
>run and think about ppl in my life, mom, dad, bro, etc
>realize i have enough mental room to not think about the pain, slowly forgetting about running pain
>after 1 month
>think about my hobbies and stuff when i run, running does not hurt at all, feel light as fuck
>after summer
>basically cured of depression, went on a date with cutie latina chick
>6pack coming in, didnt even expect it in the first place
>tfw i started to beat depression but got fit anyway
the chemicals released during exercise and meeting goals after hard work provide a temporary relief, a few minutes long to a few days. changing your external appearance can help your quality of life a bit (whether it's other people that view you differently or yourself) but it's not a complete cure.
actually, this is kind of a chicken-or-egg thing but i think starting to get Jow Forums might have worsened my mild ocd. ive been getting more and more obsessed with calorie counting and adjusting my weight on the scale ever so slightly, and finding out i was off by even a little bit, or being unable to go through with my routine for some reason makes me extremely anxious sometimes. not sure what to do about that.
Nope diet is a all over the shop, try to eat healthy most of the time and get alot of protien but no I've never really paid that much attention to it. I did clean up my life a bit but that all came the further I got into lifting and I just started trying to focus on the positive things in life, which there is always something you just have to find it, it took a bit but I'm in such a better place
Interesting af. Coincides with the general mental improvement I feel when fasting
this this
how the fuck are you running every day for an hour an a half?
It does in the beginning. But when you start to take it and fail to hit some PRs you've set for yourself. Then you start to realize how weak you really are and lifting just ads on to the depression