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‘By using exercise to combat the symptoms of anxiety, you can treat the state, and as your level of fitness improves, you chip away at the trait. Over time, you teach the brain that the symptoms don’t always spell doom and that you can survive; you’re reprogramming the cognitive misinterpretation…aerobic exercise works immediately to fend off the state of anxiety.’
— Dec 16, 2023 09:26PM
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Eiman
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“Back then, doctors had no appreciation whatsoever for exercise as being beneficial in any way,” Pyles says. “I still think it’s dramatically underappreciated. Particularly in psychiatry. For people who grew up as intellectuals, there’s almost an aversion to it.”
— Dec 15, 2023 04:00AM
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“I tell people that going for a run is like taking a little bit of Prozac and a little bit of Ritalin because, like the drugs, exercise elevates these neurotransmitters…but the deeper explanation is that exercise balances neurotransmitters — along with the rest of the neurochemicals in the brain. And as you’ll see, keeping your brain in balance can change your life.”
— Dec 09, 2023 09:25AM
