Jow Forumsizens with depression, how do you force yourself to keep going to the gym?

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the conscious knowledge that having a routine, feeling good about my body, having a healthy body and getting out and around people is the only thing between me and a much darker place.

Lifting is escapism.
Also it's nice to have a routine.

remind yourself youll be glad you did it, just pack your things and go

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I unironically try to go to gym everyday to help me with my depression

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Lmao I just stop being sad

>tattoo between tits
worst meme of the last couple years

I haven't been in 2 weeks it just feels so pointless. I think I'll just cancel my membership and but booze instead.

Talk to your gf about how you feel dude. Worst thing is to go around thinking about stuff that isnt true, youll end up making it true and then regret it later.

Keep going fren, i believe in you

This.
Strangely I wasn't really aware that I was depressed until I started lurking Jow Forums, but seeing as I have so few friends left it really just hit me.. I am alone and it hurts.

Hate

Lifting makes me feel better

OP here. Went to the gym- after about 20 min on the treadmill I felt a bit better.

Working out every day is the only thing that keeps the depression down. I’m actually too scared to stop now

> (OP)
>I haven't been in 2 weeks it just feels so pointless. I think I'll just cancel my membership and but booze instead.

Keep lifting user dont give in you cant leave humanity behind if you drink yourself to death

>I am alone and it hurts
IKTF brah, just remember, the gym will never leave us. Make it for me user.

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i know that if i stop going i will look like shit again and end up feeling even more miserable. that does it for me

stop masturbating!

its a mindset user. you have to have the mindset that lifting is going to make you better and that you want that for yourself. Also lifting scientifically helps with depression

Because if I don't push back with every fiber of my being this fucking god forsaken reality will lock its jaws around me and swallow me whole

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You find/create an internal and external reason for going. Your external goal should be something tangible that you can see. Unironically lift for girls if you must. This external goal is something to have on the lighter days of bad mood. It can also already be completed (e.g. lift to get a gf) but continually supported through the lifting.

The internal goal is based on your personal values. Examine what benefits lifting can provide to your big goals in life. Will getting Jow Forums help in your ultimate career? Do you hope to be a strong role model for your children? Do you want to walk down the street with confident knowledge that you could fuck someone up if shit hit the fan? You can be as autistic as you want with this goal, you don't have to share it with anyone, however since it is less tangible than the external goal you will need to have some way to remind you of it, especially since you will likely be using this one when the feeling is really bad

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Good job user. Now lift that pain away

Bought a pull up bar, Swiss ball, and dumbbells to workout at home

Very true, good advice.

Sometimes it’s gets the best of me and even though physical exercise is vital for my “happiness” I’ll go in a dark place and not go for months.

Sometimes I’ll get a little too maniac and workout all the time, that’s where I’m at now. I woke up at 0430 on my day off just so I can get a pump to wear me out fir the rest of the miserable day.

It comes in waves, sometimes all I can think about is working out, stretching and running. I haven’t had a drink in almost two years and sometimes the gym is my new vice in a way.

But when the maniac behavior wears off I do the usual pathetic retard shit to get into it, watch the motivational YouTube clips and watch a speech by David Goggins. Also I look at pictures of girls I saved from YLYL threads to trick myself if I workout I could be with one of them

How old are you?
I'm 32 and I've noticed that if you dont have regular friends through work or w/e people at the age +25 usually just stop caring about people if they dont benefit you in some way.

For example;
I help friends with technical issues, also diet/lifting advice.
I'm also extremely competitive so I end up in a lot of situations where people enjoy my company.
I have friends who know a lot more about cars than me and can help me fix mine when I got trouble.
I have friends who are into hiking and camping and keeps me updated on that.

And so on. If you can't give people something then they will end up ignoring you in a way and I totally understand this attitude.

I feel completely lethargic on my rest days.

Gym reduces the severity of my depression. I know that if I don't go that I'll get fucked up that day, so I don't skip it. If you're going with someone, that's extra incentive not to bail.

It only looks natural user. If that does not get you hard I think you might be jerking off too much or watching too much porn... It also could be the case that you are gay.

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If I had a home gym I'd be jacked by now desu, it's the normies, loud and shit music, and the feeling of being the lankiest guy in the gym that makes me not want to go. I'm starting to train more now that I'm at a 24 hour gym and can just go in at midnight on weekdays. It's probably one of the only things that makes me feel good inside.

Also lack of appetite is a bitch.

Embracing the fact that I'm free to kill myself at any time was actually a very liberating thought.

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Being depressed and fat and unhealthy is much worse than being depressed and ripped and healthy

Most of you don't have depression you're just down because you secretly enjoy being miserable

uh that's just what boobs look like naturally... you might be looking at too many fake tits online

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This. Going to the gym just gives me peace. I've been told on my break days I'm really moody

I just shut off my brain and force myself into autopilot, i act before i think, it was hard but learning this skill paid off.
Once you're at the gym everything you think is irellevant. It's a brief respite from all the shittyness of the world.
Force yourself like this for a couple of months 3 times a week and after that hard adaptation period, you will see the gym as your sanctuary

Gym and cardio helps elevate my mood. It’s not a cure all, but it helps take the edge off for me.

The gym is the only thing I enjoy because even though I'm alone and nobody loves me, at least I have a good body finally.

Maybe don’t always go balls to the wall at the gym, or at least don’t feel like less than 110% in there is wasting time.

Thanks, bro. We're all gonna make it.

I'm 33 years old. I have two friends that I hang out with once or twice a month. That's it. Neither one of them want to come to the gym to work out, but at least one of them tags along for hikes and hunting, so it's not all bad.

I can relate to the rest of your post. It seems like the older you get, the less time you spend with friends because people have other priorities (which makes sense).

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Gym= happiness
You can sit an mope and do nothing and make your situation worse or you can push through the agony and make yourself a little better for tomorrow

>You can sit an mope and do nothing and make your situation worse or you can push through the agony and make yourself a little better for tomorrow
Words to live by.

If you have "depression", stop doing retarded things with your life.

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If you have a real depression, you need therapy and maybe meds.

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depression -> anger towards myself -> rage -> excess energy -> towards something productive -> gym

I find a peace and exercising out anxieties from the gym. My depression demands that I regularly go to the gym

You're a bad goy.

Unironically this
Everyday you’re alive and pushing is a success
We’re all gonna make it

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>how do you force yourself to keep going to the gym?
>do you force yourself to keep going to the gym?
>force yourself to keep going to the gym
>force yourself to keep going
>force yourself
I've been depressed on and off for the last 4y, and that's the only that do help me get off of it and achieve some real things like getting back to college (and med school); conversely, every time I slack and let it feel like all going well, things get shit real quick (lazying all round, spending much money, getting anxious over small shit etc)
At this point, what I believe the most is that the only way to keep away from depression is by fighting the good fight; even if it feels like there's no meaning doing it, as one laze away the darkness of it becomes real terribly quick

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This may be obvious to many, but a happy mind is carried by 3 pillars. Fullfilling work, a healthy body and relationships. If one of them is broken you'll feel empty.

I have a somehwat fullfilling career, good body but I have no friends to talk to which is hell on earth right now.
I pushed all my friends away to focus on myself and its terrible

take care of your friends guys

I don't lift. I just lurk but I tell myself I'm depressed and suffer from social gym anxiety. I've lost 10lbs since I moved on to campus though

I always feel better after the gym. It's not a meme that it's good for mental health. That's one true redpill

Stretch marks on her saggy tits. Yikes. Banged a girl with much bigger tits that weren't perky but they didnt have stretch marks at the top

I fucking hate myself and the soreness post workout is my penance

Also chicken + rice + veggies is pretty cheap so might as well commit to a healthier lifestyle

Isn't the gym supposed to be the only place where you can forget depression? At least that's my case.

Ofc they're natural ,but they look sad.
Big (more than a handful) and perky tits are fantastic.

The gym is a fucking god-tier activity to help depression faggot.

This. Literally it's just you and the weights. It's more of an outlet than anything else.

if she doesnt make you happy dip, get jacked and never look back

I look forward to the gym faggot.

>healthy eating
JUST GET HEALTHY
>responsible financial planning
JUST GET RICH
>fulfilling career
JUST ACHIEVE
>active romantic and social life
JUST LOOK GOOD
>sensible bedtime
JUST SLEEP

Everyone can choose to eat healthier.

Everyone can get more money by achieving at work.

There are ugly women. If you are ugly and don't want to fuck them, that is your problem. Also, you can just go and make friends.

Sleep when you're supposed to. Have a routine. Don't just push yourself until you pass out at random times every night.

Found the Jow Forums subhuman

I don't.

The gym is the only thing that keeps me from falling into the abyss. I may feel down now, but if I don't go to the gym I'll end up reverting to smoking weed/drinking nearly everyday and looking at trap porn. Not good.

What else would I do?
I can either make myself feel as if I'm going somewhere or I can just give up and feel worse and worse each day

lol no virgin. a lot of natural big boogs are perky and look greaet.

Yeah. I'm trying to get some kind of job centered around lifting because it is the only way I see myself not necking myself down the road.

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Home gym and high doses of caffeine.

So that I can beat the shit out of normalfags before i off myself

Your choice.

I have never had a job and I also have zero friends.

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Based gymbiker. Best feeling is the cool breeze after a hard workout.

ssri & antipsychotics

the gym is the only enjoyable thing i do now

I take EC as a pre-workout, ride my motorcycle to the gym listening to some heavy metal and it usually does the trick

I just know I'll be even more depressed if I don't go. The thought of not doing it makes me do it.

are kidding i have trouble driving when my arms are blown out lol id wreck a bike

I've just realized that if I stop going, it'll just make it even worse.

This. Physical struggle is necessary to feel fulfilled

Approach your gf and talk to her, but don’t be a bitch about it. Tell her that you’ve been noticing she’s acting different, don’t come off insecure by saying you’re afraid she’ll leave. It’s not what you say it’s how you say it.

Something's gotta give. Either you get help, put in the effort yourself, or you wallow in despair for the rest of your miserable life

I've known chads to kill themselves because of depression
Are accurate but at the end of the day if you have real depression it won't matter because you know nothing matters

If you push yourself and lift/cardio you will at the very least feel a bit better. Also, you will have accomplished something which will be rewarding.

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Daily reminder that depression doesn't exist.
It's just negative feelings as a consequence of your inaction towards your state of life.
Change it. Don't be a bitch.

>Real Depression
Fuck this meme.
Literally everyone "depressed" knows what the fuck is wrong, deep down.
They just don't know how to fix it.
How's about you think about these difficult topics and figure it out.

Soo many annoying cunts in my life, I try to talk to and help them.
And they don't want to real-talk. They just want to bum around like sad-cunts and pretend nothing's related.

Relationships is my issue. I have actual autism.
I'm trying to figure it out.

I don't feel super empty because people appreciate me as a collegue.
They just don't want anything to do with me in their spare time.
It's hard because my interests are very very interesting to me, but not everyone else.

And females tend to shut me out after a while, because I'm too much.
I think the trick is something to-do with lying and pretending, but I'm not comfortable with that.
I already "lie" by not telling them about my big dick, my sex toys and my dakimakura but that doesn't seem good enough.

Try a government funded job-finding situation.
That helped me. I contacted a charity careers advice organisation and explained I have autism.
They gave me a script to tell the job search people, then the job search people re-routed me to autism specialist.

There are friends whose company alone is enough to keep them close.
You’re autistic if you don’t have bros like this.

Make it a routine. When i wake up i put on gym clothes and contacts then drink coffee and eat something light then i'm off. After a week i don't even think about it anymore. Hell the other day was a rest day and i forgot and did the whole routine, even paniced when i put in contacts but didn't head to the gym.