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I'm not a doctor, and you might want to talk to one. Have said that... One overall health trick I wish I had started doing when I was younger is fasting. Over

I'm not a doctor, and you might want to talk to one. Have said that... One overall health trick I wish I had started doing when I was younger is fasting. Over the last 10 years, I've done maybe 2 dozen fasts of 3 days or longer. I've done 3 fasts of 7 days or more. It helps to clarify things mentally, not so much during the fast, as afterwards. Whether exercise is an answer really depends on what kind of depression you have. If you suffer mostly from lethargy, then you probably aren't able to exercise. In that case it's probably best to see a doctor, and perhaps take anti-depressants. If your depression mostly consists of bleakness/sadness, exercise might help, or it can make things more intense. Therapy can help, if you can find the right therapist.

icc97 9y ago
Sam Altman talked about [0] delaying his breakfast so effectively he would fast for 15 hours each day. [0]: https://blog.samaltman.com/productivity https://blog.samaltman.com/productivity
jzymbaluk 9y ago
I've taken up fasting recently as well. I can't speak to effectiveness wrt depression, but as someone who's been overweight for years, it's really helped with my relationship to food and how I eat. The realization that just because your brain is telling you you're hungry doesn't mean you need to eat was really important for me and it's given me such a feeling of control that no other dieting or calorie-restricting scheme I've ever tried has.