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Debra Robinson's avatar

Absolutely right! In acupuncture there is a point on the bottom of the foot for depression...aptly named 'bubbling happiness'. It is best accessed, not with a needle, but by walking and dancing! We used to have more access to social and folk dance...Without those activities, we became neurotic, isolated and imbalanced. So simple...

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pdwalker's avatar

the bro- science guys have known this forever.

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Kb's avatar

I am a nutritionist who looks at endogenous root causes for depression. I also have a son that in his teens was severely depressed and suicidal. In my previous career (social work) I also dealt with people who were depressed. Exercise for a depressed person is easier said than done. Sometimes just getting out of bed and taking a shower is a major accomplishment. Sometimes you need short term solutions such as targeted therapeutic supplements that are easy to take so that they then have at least some motivation to get fresh air, go for a walk, prep a meal and start addressing the underlying issues. Depression is often multifactorial and requires extensive digging on the practitioners part and at least one supportive helper for the depressed individual.

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Kb's avatar

Thank you. So sorry you struggle with low grade depression and chronic pain. Walking is great exercise but walking a dog is even better. Animals give us purpose and a reason to get up.

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Kb's avatar

Agree! I can't imagine not having dogs. Sounds like your dog is very lucky to have you!

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Martin's avatar

Not surprising, one has to wonder if this wide spread depression is side effect of our modern life. A life where many of us set all day in front of a screen . Just standing and moving at a job I would think would be a start at alleviating this. Despite what we notice it does take brain power to stand and walk vs setting. Setting can lead to dark places, it can be a whirlpool down the drain.

One must get the blood working and brain working. Walks, gardening, even fiddling with something all help take our minds off our problems.

Just speaking for myself, I work in town and farm part time. Their are days I absolutely do not feel like doing anything but setting in chair when I get home. I’m tired and mentally exhausted, I have cattle that require me to do something every day, from feeding and watering to just moving them to different pasture. I always feel better after I do my chores. One has to have a reason to get up in the morning, these animals depend on me to do just that everyday, rain, shine, blizzards, blistering hot.

So a question-when we were a agricultural based society are their any facts, studies as to the rate of depression back then?

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Valerie's avatar

I agree. And also... the lymphatic system, which removes different metabolic waste from your body, including bacteria and viruses, only works off of muscle contractions. We must move. It has no pump like the cardiovascular system (it’s why we tend to swell after surgery, because we aren’t moving). Imagine how your body feels when you’re not allowing it to remove your waste product.

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Don Paul's avatar

Thank you, thank you, for circulating this one! Onward, Vitamin D!

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IronHandAstarte's avatar

So by this logic, the vaxxxed must remain more sedentary to prevent further cardiac issues.

Thereby increasing profits , poor Health and Misery.

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RAY FALCIOLA's avatar

A good policy IMO is that unless you are ready for a straight jacket & a padded room steer clear of psychotropic drug solutions. For starters it is far to passive. The expectation that "I can sit back, pop a pill, and continue doing what I am doing that is making me crazy but I will get better anyway through the magic of chemistry" is a lie. Whether it be mental health or heartburn the lure of "just popping a pill and keep doing what I have always done" just makes you sicker. You have to invest yourself in diet exercise spirituality, whatever works. But you can't be passive and "just pop a pill". All the pills in the world are not going to help a kid who stays up all night every night in toxic chat rooms while being groomed in gender ideology by toxic schools. Almost ALL psycho drugs have dangerous side effects that people tend not to figure out till some kid shoots up a school. Take a walk. If necessary take a LONG walk and if that doesn't work take LOTS of walks. Go to church. Meditate. Try almost anything before putting brain altering pharma chems in your body. You see (or know) kids who are obviously pumped up with drugs and one of the side effects is weight gain. Now they have something else to be depressed about. Of course they'll get Ozempic or something before anyone considers taking them off the SSRI or whatever that isn't working. There really is no passive path to psychological or physical wellness.

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pyrrhus's avatar

Of course...I'd be surprised if exercise in the wild weren't 100x any drugs...Speaking of the medical establishment, Google trying to crack down on alternate cancer treatments...https://bigcountryexpat.com/#google_vignette

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Deanna Kline's avatar

Personally, love to be grounded, sunshine, and yep those feel good hormones flow nice after exercise/movement. But by far the most lasting, hole in the heart-filling, and life improving: Be not conformed any longer to the patterns of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Romans 12:2.

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Steve C's avatar

As with almost everything I’ve ever encountered in life, whenever we rely on something outside of ourselves to “fix” something within ourselves, we will fail. It’s self-sabotage, and acceptance of a weakness within ourselves. Faith in something can get you out of this mind-trap vicious cycle. Faith? Faith in almost anything. Blind trust in something outside of the mind trap we all experience. Faith that exercise, sunlight, forcing some stress on your body to help build it up. Anything healthy and “hard” to get you out of your current mindset. You already know you can’t “think” your way out of this… so stop thinking and start doing. (That’s another way of suggesting meditation, healthy living and exercise. Well, I’m very much talking about my own personal recovery, but it’s working beautifully. :). Don’t”hang in there “. Get out of there!

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MaryAnn's avatar

❤️ this! However, faith in any “thing” will always fail. God will never fail you.

Am going to file “Don’t hang in there, get out of there.” for future reference. Thanks!

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Steve C's avatar

Can’t argue with that MaryAnn.

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Steve C's avatar

I know Heidi. You’ve heard it a thousand times… but I was just trying to help. I wish you the absolute best.

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