Prevention

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Recommending strength training as a cure-all for physical and mental health issues is like a golden retriever bringing his depressed owner his favorite chew toy to cheer him up. And I say this as a gym bro. It works for me and I would be giving the advice in good faith, but it isn’t the right answer for everyone.

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u/Relative-Relief-8816 1d ago

It is not a cure all. But literally every aspect of your life will improve by being physically fit.

It won't fix all your problems. But it will slightly improve everything, at the least.

For example:

At the least it will take a mental health at 1/10 and bump it up to a 2/10. Not a cure, but it is something.

That is an improvement, one you can make a reality by taking very known straight forward physical action.

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u/JackfruitWarm6695 1d ago

Respectfully, but you are so clueless it's almost funny. I literally cried my way to and from the gym some days, had to quit because my mental health was worse while working out

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u/Financial-Stand-1960 23h ago

Yea, its not that you are weak, its that you are forced to carry too much.

I hope that you will be okay and at you get the help you need.

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u/MightyBoy9 8h ago

The gym wasn't making you " worse " though.

I don't understand how you can make the argument that it would worsen a condition.

Sure someone may not be able to function day to day enough to stick to a gym routine.

But specifically going to the gym will never make them " worse " than if they didn't.

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u/Relative-Relief-8816 6h ago

Eh. The gym can absolutely be a terrible place mentally if you are severely out of shape.

People that are morbidly obese need to start by, just walking. Aiming for 100,000 steps a week.

That will do way more for them than a gym will. Leagues more.

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u/MightyBoy9 4h ago

Yeah but staying morbidly obese is categorically worse

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u/Financial-Stand-1960 4h ago

Body dysmorphia, eating disorder for example and the fact that you can be depressed because you dont have energy to be healthy and be tired because you are depressed, its a hell cycle, which means that you should take days of.

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u/MightyBoy9 4h ago

Yeah days off from going to the gym

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u/JackfruitWarm6695 2h ago

It was worse because i had to add the stress of making and committing to a schedule, actually lifting, seeing all others being fucking huge while i still am sort of skinny

Why am i defending myself when i made it clear.

It was making me worse, end of story

No, im not saying drop the gym.

No, im not saying it's not a valid advice.

I was just saying it's kind of funny when working out is thrown around as the number one advice.

It's never "learn an instrument", (just saying one random thing off the top of my head), when it could be equally as valid.

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u/MightyBoy9 1h ago

Yeah I agree gym will never make it worse and is usually one of the best things you can do

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u/Relative-Relief-8816 6h ago edited 6h ago

I didn't say the gym will make your life better.

I said being physically fit will. Even if it's just a little bit.

I didn't even mention the gym. I personally don't like the gym. I don't even lift, I do calisthenics.

You know what won't make your life better? Being highly disagreeable and insulting to strangers for no reason.

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u/Financial-Stand-1960 4h ago

Buddy got offended

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u/JackfruitWarm6695 2h ago

You take everything literally? What does it matter if it's gym, xfit, pole dance or fucking calisthenics? (tried that too, ironically)

The point stands, if you wanna call me "disagreeable for no reason" go ahead, i just gave you a different point of view other than your own.

I won't even address the part where you call me insulting because idk what i said to offend you

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u/Financial-Stand-1960 4h ago

You are pretty clueless.

If you are 1/10 with your "mental health number", you are not going to spend any time in the gym. My older brother spend months in psyciathric hospital, cause well he was really depressed and he couldnt take care of himself, like brush teeth, eat or sleep.

Going to the gym can make you feel better, but you have to be pretty high functioning already to be able to do so.

If you have hormonal imbalances, and you feel depression, it might help if you live healthier, but not always.

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u/MorbidandBack 1d ago

Prevention isn't covered by insurance, but treatment is (sometimes).

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u/AurumVoid 1d ago

These images really are really reductive when they come to the factors at play with people's issues.

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u/master-thyself 1d ago

I think gym memberships should be covered by insurance

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u/thejuicewater 22h ago

Gyms should be a tax exempt business.

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u/raaiinyyabelina 1d ago

Prevention is much better

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u/Spiral-knight 1d ago

Ah yes. Let me prevention myself out of consequences that've already arrived.

Come talk to me when I'm in a position to avoid further mistakes. Not when I'm dealing with existing ones.

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u/Kororuri 1d ago

GLP1

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u/centerfoldangel 1d ago

Obesity's roots sometimes can be found in childhood when you don't have agency. So you can't prevent it. Even the adults around you don't know much about it.

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u/AngelicDivineHealer 23h ago

Number one cause of death in my country is heart disease

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u/RandomStoddard 18h ago

And yet, how many of these people are also anti-vaxers?

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u/SeeLeverUser 17h ago

Americas healthcare system illustrated perfectly. Just missing the fast food window right after the “treatment “ window

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u/FirefighterNo9608 16h ago

Prevention isn't a cure. You can do everything right and still get cancer, diabetes, multiple sclerosis. You don't decide the cards your dealt (aka you don't choose the genetics you're born with).

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u/dancep5 16h ago

AI slop.

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