Comments on: Exercise works as well as drugs to combat depression http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/06/12/exercise-works-as-well-as-drugs-to-combat-depression/ Human Animals at the Crossroads of Culture, Science, Religion and Media Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:26:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Tom http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/06/12/exercise-works-as-well-as-drugs-to-combat-depression/#comment-19414 Tom Fri, 13 Jun 2008 02:00:01 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=2743#comment-19414 Discussions of depression often recommend exercise, but few caution that if one is not careful, over-exercise can exacerbate the problem. This happened to me about 2 years ago… being so determined to overcome depression I undertook frequent vigorous exercise, only realising later that I was making the problem far worse. The science behind this is very well explained in this ground-breaking essay: http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2005/5/16/81428/8007 (Part 1 here: http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2005/5/9/83936/58483) I’m currently blogging about my own efforts to overcome depression using a radical method involving nutrition and digestive therapy. Follow my progress at http://www.holstep.com/. Discussions of depression often recommend exercise, but few caution that if one is not careful, over-exercise can exacerbate the problem. This happened to me about 2 years ago… being so determined to overcome depression I undertook frequent vigorous exercise, only realising later that I was making the problem far worse.

The science behind this is very well explained in this ground-breaking essay:
http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2005/5/16/81428/8007
(Part 1 here: http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2005/5/9/83936/58483)

I’m currently blogging about my own efforts to overcome depression using a radical method involving nutrition and digestive therapy. Follow my progress at http://www.holstep.com/.

]]> By: comment http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/06/12/exercise-works-as-well-as-drugs-to-combat-depression/#comment-19410 comment Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:26:05 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=2743#comment-19410 "we don’t know why exercise confers such a benefit" Not so. It is the endorphins. often called "the positive addiction." “we don’t know why exercise confers such a benefit”

Not so.
It is the endorphins.
often called “the positive addiction.”

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