What do you do when you're depressed and dont want to eat well or go to the gym

what do you do when you're depressed and dont want to eat well or go to the gym

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You are depressed because you don't eat well and don't go to the gym. You can do it user, you'll feel much better that you did.

What the fug?

No, I'm not, I'm depressed because I'm stressed as fuck about work and that causes me to go into a depressive cycle.

I've had the same issue all throughout university, I don't know what the fuck to do. The stress isn't going to go away so I have to cope with it; does anyone know of any helpful tips to cope when you're at this stage or going through this, waiting it out isn't an option anymore.

Force myself to do it, think of it as a test of willpower, nothing good can be achieved without overcoming the bad

You're just weak-willed, it sounds like. Diet and exercise are the first line of defense in stress management.

If you ate well and worked out, you'd be less stressed about work.

>Eat well and workout
>See progress
>Stress piles on
>Lose will to workout and eat well
>Only comfort comes from eating a shitty meal

I've been dragging myself to the gym to workout and I've been eating healthy, but after 10 minutes on the treadmill and half of my lifts done I just feel dread and at 2am I'm driving around thinking about shit feeling horrible and eating like shit.

Eating and exercise is what helps me when you're upset, not depressed. Feeling dread and dead inside isn't something you can use will power to get past.

I think the only thing that's going to help is getting over the depression and once thats done the positive behaviour can kick back in, not the other way around.

Anyways thanks for the help

What do you do for work?

>Feeling dread and dead inside isn't something you can use will power to get past.

No offence, but what kind of answer are you looking for?

I used to feel like that, and I switched from SS to 5/3/1 and started eating onions and now I feel way better.

yea, you really expected it to help in the first place? All lifting and getting fit does when you're already genuinely depressed is make you feel even more empty. Just keep it in check as best as you can and do shit you enjoy as much as possible, as long as you don't get fat it doesn't fucking matter. Go to another board, get a hobby, and forget about fit.

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Go to /sig/ and ask the /sig/bros about motivation and the meaning of life, you'll have some real ressources about self imrpovement

I hate my way out of slumps. Remember times where I was bullied and rejected by women and my own parents for being a shadow of something successful or worth loving. Just trying to grasp at one day spiting them and making them regret everything they denied me so I can one day deny them in their time of need and vulnerability.

also waiting for despacito 2

Going to the gym is what keeps me alive. It's what I look forward to every other day and I dont think I'd still be here without it

Stop being a pussy?

Get a gymbro user, he'll help get you there and you'll always have a fren.

Why not get a less stressful job? Focus on your mental and physical wellbeing brother

>today is rest day and lifting is only thing atm keeping me sane

CUT MY LIFE INTO PIECES

Doing anything without a strong underlying motivation won't get rid of feeling dead inside, user. You need to find a hobby, a real outlet, because it's clear by your posts that lifting is not a hobby for you, but somewhere between a way to relieve pent up energy/stay healthy and a chore.

Keep trying shit out until you find a hobby that sticks. Something that you feel you can do day and night, over and again, that you never feel is a chore, and that you're self-motivated in to improve. Then, once you feel you've got a handle on that hobby, find another one, etc. You feel empty of your own accord. Fill your time up with shit you genuinely enjoy doing and you'll start wishing there were more hours in a day. Or don't and continue being a little bitch faggot, your call user.

I have similar issues. I start to make progress then I fuck it up and have to start again. Stupid brain, wish I could just turn it off. Don't give up i guess.

Please don't listen to the jackdicks saying to stop being a pussy and all that gay shit. See a counselor or therapist. Not a psychiatrist, because they'll try to give you meds. Look into Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; helps you get out of maladaptive thought patterns that can contribute to depression. Eating well and going to the gym won't help you if you've got other issues that are unrelated to your physical health. Mental health is another beast entirely. It works for some but not all.

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>what do you do when you're depressed and dont want to eat well or go to the gym
Choke down 5 grams of shrooms and I'm good for another 4-6 months.

"Just do it" anyways. Srs.

I feel your pain bro. You will get not much sympathy here though, men, especially high test men are terrible for these issues kek. Especially these assholes. Its okay to feel stressed and frustrated at times. Look up ways, there are things you can do.

There's nothing wrong with saying man up at times. Life is a fucking struggle. It's up to you to put meaning and joy into your own life. Sometimes life wants to take it all away, and only you can make yourself push back against that aspect of life and hold on to the things that keep you moving forward. If someone's suicidal or getting close to that point, then it's most certainly a good time to seek help. If someone's just lost in an existential crisis, then coddling them won't get them out of it. Everybody, at all time, for all time, has had to deal with their own internal and external demons, and the only way you do that is through willpower (manning up) and giving yourself and your actions self/internal meaning and motivation. There's nothing wrong with saying you're in a funk, but you've got the entirely wrong attitude if you expect a solution to that funk externally. It has to come from within. It doesn't matter how long and how many failures it takes to actualize it, but that won't happen at all if the person can't or is too afraid to seriously self reflect, take stock, and sort themselves out, which how often do you think is the root cause of these things?

Are you new? There’s always a thread about mental issues and people pitch in to lift each other up. Yeah, there’s the shitposting and the trolling but you get some genuine replies also.

This but unironically

Fucken go anyway cause I’m not a little pussy ass bitch.
I have discipline and know that going to the gym, eating healthy and keeping a schedule are the major factors in combatting depression and anxiety.

Or you know... you could just give up. Take some time out to realise that no one gives a fuck about you, you’re no special flower in the breeze.
Then eventually continue where you left off. Problem with this approach is you fucken waste like a month just pondering stupid shit in your mind.

Dont waste your time Opie.. get back on track now. Its gunna eventually happen anyway. Your not going to be depressed forever. Just minimizs the downtime and you’ll be alot better off in the long run.

Go see a psychologist helped me with the same stuff you're dealing with

I know this doesn't help but I general treat stress as a pride thing to prove working through it makes me superior and justifies my place as the planet's apex predator.

Not thought much about stress coping since I have to have stress to do anything. Possible things though

-Time manage and plan your day to be your perfect day when you're running at peak, not just to get your work done
- segment any big projects into short.manageable chunks
- don't beat yourself up
- take notice of the little enjoyable.things
- socialise with people you enjoy being with

>univirtsty
Why are all college kids a bunch of wimps? Almost as if Uni is a giant daycare for adult children.