How Is Mental Illness And Fitness Related And What Are The Benefits?
January 11th, 2010 | 
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I’m doing a talk for mental health week and i need to talk about mental illness and fitness and i’m a bit stuck
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Exercise creates endorphins; feel good chemicals. Fitness will make you feel better, more empowered and look better.
Those with mental illness need to feel and look better.
People with depression are also often in physical pain. Depression effects people’s bodies in such a manor as to make them ache, mentaly & physically. If a person with depression will begin to exercise, even though it hurts and they don’t want to, it Will help them to various degrees. Not only to physicaly feel better, but mentaly, as well.
I believe there is a strong relation between poor health due to lack of nutrients that causes an imbalance in the neurotransmitters of the brain resulting in mental disorders that are exacerbated by your environment. Read my story and see if you would agree:http://www.geocities.com/seabulls69/Anti…
Some people with mental illness have very serious depression, and for some suicidal thoughts. Excercise is good for the mind and improves those with mental illness, so yes there are benefits.
Well, with one type of mental illness, Depression, exercise improves the moods and energy level of the depressed patient.
working out and exercising releases endorphins into the body / blood stream. these guys are the things that make you feel so good when you are exercising and feel so good afterwards.
when you have a mental illness .. and i’m speaking about depression at the moment, your body lacks making certain chemicals in the brain ~ seretonin and dopamine.
working out causes the endorphins to take the place of seretonin and dopamine. we all know that exercise is good for you physically and emotionally … most, if not all, therapists and psychiatrists would recommend exercise for their patients who suffer from depression .. because it helps.
it is not a cure .. but it definitely improves a persons’ overall outlook on themselves and on life.