How does /fit/ handle depression and how has if effected your gains?
I was in the best shape of my life, I only gained about 10-14lbs this semester but god damn that had made all the difference. I just became depressed and started eating my feelings. I ate the shittest food, got acne, didn't work out anymore (that always helped with my anger), basically became a fucking slob.
>>35303725
Why did you become depressed? What made you go from positive to negative? Find the root of your issue, acknowledge it, accept it and finally confront it. Yesterday is just that, yesterday. Focus on your mind and body today and the right way will be shown to you.
Been there done that, all you have to do is commit to stop being a faggot again and get back in. Mix in cardio too, runners high is a great antidepressant and lasts all day. I just make it part of my therapy along with the stacks of medication.
>>35303725
i know that feel when you tumble down and spiral into a void that can last months, maybe a year or 2
ive been there. As long as you still have a tiny little bit of motivation left to at least work out or so you can maybe make it back but if not the best thing you can do is ASK FOR HELP.
I couldnt. I still cant. Don't be me.
>>35303752
>maybe a year or two
im going on year three lads
>ask for help
i did, now im on two different medications and i still cant find the will to wake up and face the day
I utilize my depression in the gym tho
i figure im at rock bottom, so my theory is:
"if you want to hurt yourself, do it with weights"
>lift until failure every single workout, 6-7 days a week
>never be without DOMS
Yeah a little over a year ago I broke up and it was just horrible. Had to move to my parents place for a while and I thought I'd never overcome that.
Started eating and working out only little here and there. Kept doing that entire year, tried dieting many times but didn't lose anything cause I always slipped into my old habits and getting pleasure from food.
Then I got rejected like multiple times and I heard people joking about my weight. Damn man.
For me working out is not the issue, I go to the gym regularly and my diet isn't that bad, I just eat too much and I'm afraid of hunger and the horrible feeling followed by it.
Today I went to the gym first thing in the morning, woke up at 7:30 even though it's Saturday, did some HIIT, stretching and took a cold shower afterwards. Got back home and eat some oats and eggs. Gonna study later on.
We are all gonna make it. Just make the decision. Watch some motivational videos from Youtube and get yourself going. And remember, you'll never feel like doing it. If you wait for the day when you wanna be on diet and wanna push yourself physically at 6am in the morning and go do that morning cardio, you are going to wait for a long time, man.
What anti depressants is everyone on? does it work? how long did it take to work? what side effects?
mirtazapine here.
>>35303725
Who not enough energy for socializing after work and gym here?
Introvert but socially skilled and enjoy the bants but I only have 2 friends who I talk to once a month or so.
No parties, no hangouts on the weekends and no New years party. That last one really hurts me because I've come a long way from where I started.
>>35303933
I've been depressed since age 16 btw but It turned into apathy after I started lifting.
>>35303923
Escitalopram 10 mg daily here
It helps, I can get out of bed and have motivation to do stuff
But if I skip a day it goes to shit
>>35303923
prozac and wellbutrin here
definitely cuts a little bit of the edge off the depression, but it cant magically make the mentality go away
took me between 5-7 days to feel a difference.
couldnt work out as hard for the first week because i would start to feel nauseous
for some reason i dont have an appetite in the morning but i can eat like a horse later in the day/ night
>>35303725
Forgive yourself.
Give yourself the permission to walk from your ruins unscathed without the desire to stab yourself in the head
Yes, assuming responsibility for the consequences of your actions is the hallmark of growing up, but it should not cripple you.
That's what i learnt.
>>35303947
Thats not how they work dude, they have a way longer halflife than that. Its in your head
>>35303942
I've been depressed since 14 or so and it has also turned into apathy.
>>35303953
Tried Trazadone for like a month and I swear I've never been so fucking depressed, so I stopped. Kinda glad I did. I still have a bottle full and I occasionally use it when I have to fall asleep and I'm not tired. I get depressed for two days after doing that.
Two years ago I had one of the worst year of my life, my parents decided to divorce and go through all the papers, using me as mediator it was my last year of college, super stressful since all that work for conclusion shit and my 5 years girlfriend decided to break up with me. Literally abandoned me when I needed her the most.
After everything was done I went through some shitty depression that lasted maybe 6 months, I would just sit home eating and playing video games until my friend asked me if I wanted to go walking with him everyday.
So I went and after a while we started running and that was my saving grace, running and having company saved me from the shit hole I put myself into.
Nowadays I feel much stronger, I just had another girl breaking up with me this week and even though I am upset about it. I'm not depressed and thats huge, I value myself now. I'm going to keep on going to the gym and keep on taking care of myself, because in the end of the day, what matters is that you realize that life goes on. And you gotta hold on to yourself and your health because thats the most important thing.
>>35303888
trips of truth
>checked
I can't afford to be depressed. I can't afford to catch a breath. I can't afford to sit there and cry about how hard it is.
If that happens, I will fail university, I will lose my job, my mother will commit suicide. All that hard work will have been for nothing.
Too much hangs on me. I have no choice other than to be strong.
Also, try meditation.
it isn't some voodoo shit, there is real neuroscience studies that are done that's shown a decrease in your Medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) and your Amygdala with a regular meditating
Now what are these strange words? I'm glad you asked,
>mPFC
-Your 'me' center
-references back to you, your persepctive & experiences
-processes information related to you including when you are daydreaming
>Amygdala
-Alarm system of the brain
-"fear center" part of brain that's responsible for our initial emotional responses & "fight or flight" responses
>>35303942
>>35303964
bros why are we forced to grow up in this world without love or purpose
every year i tell myself it will get better
>it never does
>>35303961
Nah can confirm that anon is right. When I was on Zoloft every single time I'd miss a dose I'd get irritated as fuck and something bad would happen.
>>35304002
just pee on me or let me sniff your hair.. that would do wonders
>>35304013
http://sketchtoy.com/66339585
have a nice day s0n
b a sikkunt not a sadkunt
hard to do sometimes, but you gotta breathe through your balls and try
>>35304030
>http://sketchtoy.com/66339585
nice sense of humour ;-;
It's not like.. I like you or anything baka.
>>35304142
are you OP?
Have you decided to live by your balls of steel?
>b-baka
get a 3dpd gf instead of liking autistic azn gooks online. That being said, thank you brah
>>35304163
I'm not OP
just passing through after post-injury depression
I'm not really into sex so 3DPD is a bit awkward.
>>35304175
vigorously pressing F5 waiting for sparrow-waifu to reply~
>>35304175
>post-injury depression
did you take a trip to snap city?
What injury and how?
>I'm not really into sex so 3DPD is a bit awkward.
AWAKEN MY MASTERS
>>35304196
S5-L1 hernias, both sides. Sciatica pain finally stopped so I tried doing the squats again, but I felt that horrible pain again the next morning; so I'm avoiding it for now.. No point in going to the gym unless you're training for a sport to be honest; and I think I have to say goodbye to weightlifting forever ;_____;
>>35304196
Don't know when it happened exactly; have a high physical pain threshold. I had some aches for a while before a competition but I powered through it and it gradually declined.
Turns out I also had a torn gluteus medius.
>>35304207
oh shit nigga
how did that happen?
Have you visited a sport injury specialist? or a chiropractor (inb4 ancient voodoo magic)
Life still goes on, may I ask which aspect of weightlifting do you like? Is it the explosiveness? The repetitiveness? There are many other avenues to look into, boxing, rock climbing or even hiking, bodybuilding if it's the physique that matters to you
Just because one door closes doesn't mean it's the end of the world aiite
>>35304210
>torn gluteus medius
torn muscles hurt like a little bitch
don't think you're kidding when you profess to have a high threshold for pain.
>powering through an injury
why oh why
>>35304222
Visited sports specialist; they told me I had 5 years left if it was painfree, otherwise probably best to just stop altogether.
It's hard to explain what I liked about it. It's the intense focus before every lift combined with slowed time perception as everything falls into place. That fight or flight reaction that turns into fight as you're on the platform.
The sensation of moving a heavy weight that seems light during the movement itself. (If you've ever tried an overhead snatch with your max snatch weight you'll know the difference)
Maybe boxing is something for me, I thought about it for now; but until then I'm hibernating until I'm painfree. I've thought about swimming too but I don't think I'll have the same sensations.
t-thanks for talking to me sparrow-waifu
p-pls giv email
>>35304245
Didn't feel like an injury; and had a big competition up to qualify for nationals! If anything it felt like doms.
Doctors had a hard time diagnosing me because it just didn't hurt as much as it should; until it really hurt.
>>35304258
>It's the intense focus before every lift combined with slowed time perception as everything falls into place. That fight or flight reaction that turns into fight as you're on the platform.
my current powerlifting coach is a weightlifter/rugby 140kgs hy00ge maoi guy, he recounted in his past weightlifting that he would also lift through the injuries and pain, pain is apparently very 'normal' in weightlifting, thus I suppose your unassuming gait to your injury
email me @ worldsbiggestgirlonly4u@gmail
I rarely use that email tho, and should get back to making videos too, but have been cocooning and improving on my form on all lifts since nationals a few months ago
Going to head out to the gym now, it's deadlift day!
Today I lift for you, herniabro and the lad who lost his mom yesterday in a surgery
Bless & b well
How to make the post workout high last longer ? Im basicly like on coke after a session of heavy weights for 1-2 hours but the euphoria slowly fades and i get low again and bad thoughts start to come.
>>35303725
Been depressed as shit for months now, had a 5 year relationship that ended badly.
I basically just picked the most intense program i could find and started doing it, i feel like shit but atleast my squat is improving...
