Does depression sometimes get the best of you? Hey, it happens to the best of us! Let me ask you this, what are you currently doing about it? Are you sitting on your rear end on the "pity pot"? Are you taking a whole bunch of medications hoping that they'll make you feel better? Did you know that antidepressant medications are only partially effective at best on 70% of the people that take them? I was shocked at this number too, but I guess I should've known. After all, why in the world would the doctor have me taking so many different types of meds over time?
You want to know something? I still get the blues from time to time, it's something that I just have to learn to live with, however, I found one way that seems to help more than anything else I've ever done. As a matter of fact, I'm almost certain that it will help you too. Would you like to know what it is? All right, here it is.
The way that I'm talking about is by exercising regularly. I'm talking 5-6 days each week without fail. You don't have to hurt yourself when you do it, but stretching yourself well from head to toe and knocking out 10-15 minutes worth of calisthenics, followed by a thirty minute walk won't kill anyone. If you're new to exercise then cut the workout time down to one third until you start getting used to it. After a month or so increase it one third and then do the same thing again in another month. I know that it sounds "hard" and I can almost guarantee that 95% of the people reading this won't do a thing but continue to whine, but for those that do, I congratulate you. You'll soon see that I'm right!
By Joe Stevens
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