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This has been known for quite sometime, it’s amazing to me that it’s not one of the first recommendations for treatment
Have you ever tried exercising when depressed? I'm overweight and depressed. I know exercise could make me feel better.
But how the fuck can I do it? I can barely muster the motivation to shower more than once a fortnight.
It's not ignorance. I used to be a runner and know the Ashtanga yoga first series by heart. Also did judo.
But actually doing anything is way fucking beyond my reach.
So no. It's not a panacea.
It's just another "smile and you'll feel happy" comment.
I think this study suffers from confirmation bias. The people who actually got themselves to do excercise were already intrinsically motivated enough to actually do it. That way you self-select for a positive result.
I didn't read the actual study btw, it's possible they already adjusted the results due to this.
I’m aware that depression causes major lack of motivation, nothing in my comment insinuated the opposite. That doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be the first avenue for treatment, ahead of medication.
Assuming exercise is a valid treatment.....
It's not just another smile and be happy. You CAN exercise. It's not impossible, but you're making a choice not to.
You want someone to snap their fingers and make you better, apparently. But that's never going to happen. You can accept/engage with the treatment, or you can continue to be depressed. That's just reality.
You've never been depressed have you?
You're sharing a very common ignorant belief in depression. So common and ignorant I can't be bothered to engage.
Not one time have my doctor's recommended it for me. Just a new pill or nothing. Guess I'll buy some running shoes.
I've been doing aports and exercising my whole life, but it does nothing for my depression.
Like every single treatment for all ailments that have ever and will ever exist, some will not work for certain people.