I don’t have anything to look forward to in life except money entering my direct deposit every two weeks and back catalogs of podcasts. I don’t even want to listen to music anymore.

  • Runcible [none/use name]
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    1 month ago

    This is honestly just generally good advice for your health but also depression specifically.

    https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/depression/in-depth/depression-and-exercise/art-20046495

    https://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/exercise-is-an-all-natural-treatment-to-fight-depression

    • robot_dog_with_gun [they/them]
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      1 month ago

      But once you get started and keep going, exercise can make a big difference.

      lmao

      However, pills aren't the only solution. Research shows that exercise is also an effective treatment. "For some people it works as well as antidepressants,

      this is an indictment of antidepressants. SSRIs work like 1/3 of the time. not even a fucking coin flip. if exercise is the same as our top of the line medication then it's a fucking joke too and y'all are in here telling us to do shit that works less than half the time and the minority of success stories are equivalent to cherrypicked successes of liberal bootstraps ideology.

      although exercise alone isn't enough for someone with severe depression,"

      yeah harvard, you just said it doesn't help 70% of the time