Depression Tip #2: Exercise! (it's not what you think!)💙

Okay, today's tip for healing from depression is exercise. And I know what you're thinking, I'm just going to say, do lots of exercise is good for depression like everybody else. Well, exercise is good for depression, but I want to give you two modifiers.

Firstly, I don't like the word exercise because it brings up connotations of getting hot and uncomfortable and out of breath. People with depression just don't have the energy to even think about exercise.

So the first thing I want to do is talk about movement instead. If you can't lift weights, if you can't do cardio, just start with movements. And the second thing is that what's really interesting about exercise or movement that you never actually hear is that it generates the same uncomfortable feelings physically as uncomfortable emotions do.

So by doing a bit of exercise and getting to the stage where it's uncomfortable, you're actually training yourself to be able to sit with uncomfortable feelings and emotions. And I found that to be absolutely huge.

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