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Stress And Exercise
Stress And Exercise - Time, Effort And Pain
For Very Little Gain
- by Chris Green
(c) Chris Green - All Rights reserved
http://www.conqueringstress.com
You're right, the headline is a
very strange one! Taking regular exercise helps to keep us
healthy and usually, there are many more advantages with
exercising than disadvantages. But if you suffer from a
stressful or a depressive illness, exercise can actually make
you feel worse. How can this happen?
Here's something I bet you've
heard many times: stressful illnesses can be relieved by taking
regular exercise. This isn't quite correct. Because there are
several kinds of exercises that merely make these problems
worse. If sufferers perform the kinds of exercise that do help
with stressful illnesses, any benefits gained will only last for
a short period.
Taking brisk exercise for around
20 minutes causes the brain to release endorphins into the
system, giving rise to the belief that exercise can be helpful
in conquering stress, depression and anxiety. Endorphins
function as neurotransmitters and are associated with happy and
positive feelings.
If you're caught up in an episode
of stress, anxiety or depression, you'll be aware that even if
you exercise often, the torment doesn't end. Addressing the root
cause of stressful illnesses - flawed thought modes - remains
the only way to cure them. Your physical health will benefit
greatly from exercise, but it just doesn't tackle the root cause
of stressful illnesses.
Back in the year 2000 when I was
suffering badly with anxiety and depression, I was exercising
regularly. For 2 days, I'd perform weight-training exercises.
Lifting weights is a kind of exercise that may fuel stressful
illnesses as you are able to brood about the events and issues
currently troubling you. Bike machines and treadmills I'd use to
warm-up and warm-down. It's pretty easy to exercise on such
equipment so the sufferer again can ruminate over their
problems.
Circuit-training classes was
another exercise I'd do often. The exercises were performed at
quite a high pace with an instructor leading the session and
because of the intensity, you just cannot brood over your
problems. However, after the session, I again started performing
the harmful ways of thinking at the root cause of stress and its
related illnesses, and that is the problem here.
It didn't matter that I took
regular exercise, it did not prevent me from thinking in a
flawed manner.
When you exercise, pay attention
to everything you're doing. If you don't have to concentrate
when you're exercising, you can begin to brood on your problems.
Using cross-trainers, steppers, treadmills and going for a jog
are good examples. Far better is to perform exercises that are
high-tempo and where you have to concentrate. I got the most
benefit from circuit-training, but soccer and badminton were
also good.
The idea is to give yourself a
period of time where you're not thinking about your problems and
worries. And of course, you'll do your body a whole heap of good
too!
What is important is to be aware
that exercising will only help you temporarily. Addressing the
hurtful ways of thinking is the only way to find lasting relief
from stressful illnesses. Also, exactly as your physical health
benefits from exercise, your mental health will improve
significantly by acquiring the skills that break you out of
flawed thinking modes.
Here's a quote that hits the nail
right on the head:
"Thought can make you; thought
can break you." - Swami Sukhabodhanada
You're now aware
of the myths surrounding anxiety, depression, stress and
exercise and that it is vitally important to address the root
cause of these problems. To discover how to to tackle flawed
modes of thinking using powerful, surefire and
totally natural stress management methods so you can
dump stress, depression and anxiety out of your life
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