Hello and welcome to the first edition of Mental Health Monday. The beautiful collaboration between !fitness@hexbear.net and !mentalhealth@hexbear.net.

Mental health and exercise go together perfectly. They are a classic combo on the level of peanut butter & jelly, pancakes & syrup, and capitalism & widening contradictions.

Exercise has been shown to improve mental health.

Pretty cool, huh? So from here on out were are going to work on the marriage of the two.

So as those who have gone through it know, it is nearly fucking impossible to exercise while in the midst of a panic attack or depressive episode. So if anyone has tips, tricks, or advice for someone dealing with anxiety, depression, or anything else that may be getting in the way drop it here.

Hopefully better advice than the meme (see how I brought that all around?)

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:party-parrot: Then use that playlist while you workout. :party-parrot:

:haram: Check out all the changes happening starting today and say if you like it or hate it :halal:

  • MerryChristmas [any]
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    4 years ago

    My only advice is to find a way to make exercising fun. It doesn't have to be heavy exercise as long as it gets your blood circulating. Skate, ride a bike, go on a nature hike, climb a cool abandoned building and smoke weed on the roof - whatever it takes to make leaving your room fun, or at least tolerable.

    The other half is to stick to it. Make the decision that you are going to go out and do something, then try your best to follow through no matter the circumstances. Much easier said than done, but when it's an activity that you sort of enjoy it becomes a little less challenging. Eventually, it becomes a habit and you don't even have to sit there for two hours trying to hype yourself into getting off of the couch!

    I always gave up on exercise whenever a hypomanic episode came to an end, but now that I've found some alternative ways to keep healthy I am doing so much better. I hope everyone here (and in general) finds a path that can keep them feeling okay some of the time, because I know how many of us are sick of feeling bad all of the time. Good luck, comrades!