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Why do people always respond to depressed people, by recommending visiting a therapist or going to gym? (programming.dev)
submitted 1 week ago by Pro@programming.dev to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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It feels pretty weird to me that people are almost programmed to recommend Therapy or Gym as the ultimate solutions.

Despite the fact that not all people are capable of doing both.

Further more, there is no study, as far as my knowledge go, that show any ultimate cure for depression. Matter of fact I had seen a study that suggest a very high percentage of people are drug treatment resistant (meaning that there depression would not get better with any prescribed drugs).

I had seen studies that say that training or even just daily walks can highly improve mood, but I had never heard that they fully cure depression.

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[–] NihilsineNefas@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 week ago

In my mind it's because starting training to take care of your physical health is one of the first steps toward training your brain to take care of yourself as a whole.

It's also a lot easier to feel better about your existence if you have the physical ability to do get up and spend it doing something that gives you joy, like going for a longer walk than usual because the weather hits right

There's also potential link to how we as a species have survived- we had to keep moving to stay alive, so our brains throw a wobbly if we don't.