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Fritzoidfigaro t1_j491i2d wrote

This article is about hospitalized patients being encouraged/supervised to participate. When you are depressed, exercise or yoga is not even in the realm of possibilities. It is a struggle just to get out of bed. If you have never had severe depression you have no idea how bad it is. How difficult it is to conjure any kind of self motivation. How much pain your body is in that gets a little worse every day. Yes, depression can cause physical pain. Much less interact with a group of strangers not knowing if you will start crying for no reason. Exercise was not an option for me.

I am on medication now that works for me, so I am happy, healthy and physically active.

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abtei t1_j49lc3r wrote

while you mentioned it yourself, i would like to reiterate:

thats why medication exists, and ppl should not be scared to use them. To get you back into a state where these things are in reach for you again. once you are able to participate, more often than not the effect from that is more effective than the meds. Ask me how i know.

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Shuiner t1_j49txft wrote

Thank you for this comment. Every time there's a post about depression, people are quick to compare it to their "slumps" or general unhappiness. It is not the same thing. Depression is a monster of a mental illness that is often misunderstood and negatively stereotyped.

I'm so happy you found a treatment that works for you! I did too some years back and it's incredible how much different life is now.

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essaitchthrowaway t1_j4apdip wrote

There it is!

There's the "woe is me" comment I was looking for from Reddit.

Study after study proves that it IS indeed as simple as getting some exercise to reduce the effects of depression, and there is always the usual suspects who falsely claim that it doesn't work simply because they love to be coddled in the warm embrace of the familiar.

Your leg isn't broken. People have to work through the pain all the time. They push themselves even when the easier route is simply to give up.

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Fritzoidfigaro t1_j4bfyds wrote

Clearly you don't understand depression. I got up every day. I kept my job my family my marriage. I did everything in my power to keep my life together. I didn't say it doesn't work. I had no interest in being coddled. There is nothing familiar about depression. Giving up is what depression does to you. If you can muster the motivation to exercise while depressed then more power to you. I could not.

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essaitchthrowaway t1_j4bzug4 wrote

Literally the scientist studying these things are telling people that X, Y and Z helps, and you still have people who love to wallow in their own self pity saying otherwise because ThEy KnOw BeTtEr.

This is how garbage misinformation has helped push anti vaxx sentiment and undermined real science.

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Fritzoidfigaro t1_j4ci5xc wrote

Did you read my response? I did not say it doesn't work. How about this? Exercise is how my son and daughter have both avoided severe depression. Maybe if I had started vigorous exercise when the symptoms first started I could have avoided the worst of it. I am not pushing misinformation. I am sharing a subject that does not get enough attention and certainly not enough empathy from people who nothing about it.

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