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sometimes its hard to even feed the dog if depression is bad.You've obviously never been depressed. Let me tell you, when you're seriously depressed, getting up to walk around the block is a *big* deal, a major project!
I had a period of serious depression in my life and there were days that the difference between life and death was literally that I couldn't get up the motivation to tie my shoes so I could go out and throw myself in front of a train. Walking around the block..... that was a dream.
The article is absolutely spot on about the need for exercise, not only when you're already feeling down, but to *avoid* getting to that place to begin with.... but depression is another beast entirely than "feeling crappy" and although I'm convinced that exercise is essential for healing from depression, it takes a lot more than "walking the dog" to start feeling good again.... in fact, it takes a lot before even "walking the dog" doesn't feel like more work than it's worth.
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I fortunately quit my desk job before it got that far.. I realized where it was headed and quit. Didnt help that there was a complete lack of workplace enviroment there and that the location was a dud..Mine too.
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