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-ghostinthemachine- t1_j3h84uc wrote

If exercise cures your depression then consider yourself lucky you don't know what deep and unrelenting depression actually is. One thing is for sure about all these studies about various remedies: the more time you spend doing literally anything else the less time you have to be depressed. Put another way, the symptoms of depression are in many ways the depression itself.

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Apprehensive-Top7774 t1_j3jlamy wrote

>If exercise cures your depression then consider yourself lucky you don't know what deep and unrelenting depression actually is

Fact of the matter is exercise has been proven time and time again to helo alleviate depression. Will it magically fix all of your problems? No, but no need to gatekeep depression of all things. People can be extremely deeply depressed and still get help and improve with lifestyle changes. It doesn't make it not real depression just because they were able to get out

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PauliNot t1_j3j72ux wrote

Yes, the “natural antidepressant” in the title is misguiding. Exercise can help elevate your mood, but it’s not curative. People whose depression is “cured” by exercise probably don’t really have it, and they definitely don’t have it severely.

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