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> friends (community) will give all sort of cheesy advice like "relax, go out, do sports" I get your point here, it's hard to get going with these things when
by hrnnnnnn 3y ago
> friends (community) will give all sort of cheesy advice like "relax, go out, do sports"
I get your point here, it's hard to get going with these things when you're depressed, but physical exercise is one of the only things that uncontroversially helps prevent depression.
Maybe a better way to deliver that advice would be to ask someone to come for a walk with you, or invite them to join your sports team.
- pizza234 3y ago> physical exercise is one of the only things that uncontroversially helps prevent depression. You clearly never had to deal with a case of clinical depression.
- pizza234 3y agoAnd just to clarify: prevention is different from treatment (the context was treatment). But most importantly, for clinical cases, physical exercise and similar won't do anything; just imagine a typical case of child abuse.
- cirgue 3y agoI have experienced clinical depression and physical activity was absolutely 100% a critical part of both recovery and maintaining mental health. Most (but not all) people that I know who have experienced clinical depression have had similar experiences.