Depression from physical activity Posted: 03-29-08 10:16am
Hi everyone, I am a bit stumped with this
one.
Everything I read tells me that physical
activity helps stress anger and
depression, but for myself I find the
opposite. Physical activity makes me very
upset, short tempered and sometimes even
suicidal, normally I manage my depression
symptoms pretty well but playing sports,
gardening, house cleaning, anything
physical really just makes something click
and then I am sad or angry or both.
Any ideas? I have been googling this to no
avail
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PenguinsRus
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Posted: 03-29-08 10:33am
Do you maybe have negative associations
with the things that you are doing that
make you depressed? Maybe playing sports
make you upset because you think about
losing the game or how people play
unfairly, or you are stressed because you
want to win. Maybe cleaning the house
make you upset because you think of how
messy it used to be and how it will just
get messy again, and gardening seems like
a chore.
You try out different physical activities
of things that you enjoy and don't have
negative connotations with it. See if
going on a lazy walk in the park might
work.
