Posted by utopizen on October 3, 2002, at 0:38:28
In reply to Re: Exercise, posted by Dave1 on October 2, 2002, at 21:05:59
> I was reading the reports too. Thats why I posted.
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> The thing is, I used to exercise alot in high school and it didn't seem to help my depression then. So I don't know why it would be any different now.
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> DaveI wouldn't say it's going to cure your depression, but it does have proven efficacy in REM sleep depthness, which has an effect on the way you feel in general...
I know it's easy to look for "cures" because we all want the quick and fast, but some things simple create stepping stones for us to climb out through a troubles... for instance, you'd never be able to take a med if you never got any sleep, because you'd be too tired to have any desire to.
So sleep does enable us to do things like go to our doctor's appointments and keep our lives in order, and the more efficient we make our sleep the more it can help us help ourselves... Exercising won't decrease your need for sleep, but it will raise its quality.
Think of sleep and exercise as cream and sugar. Alone it's not going to fulfill you, but you can add it to your coffee (life) and it makes it easier to swallow things.
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