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Exercise: You don't need heavy, expensive weights. You need to move a very specific part of your ass until you can't easily do so anymore. Find 2 dumbbell or body weight exercises here (https://exrx.net/Lists/Directory)) for each of your major masses and limbs (chest, back, arms, shoulders, legs, waist) and just do them spread out across 3 days of the week, at least. It takes less than an hour, watch some cartoons while doing hammer curls, I don't know. Figure something out. If you don't exercise fairly regularly your brain and body aren't going to be on good speaking terms with eachother and it will either cause problems or exacerbate problems you're already having.

https://www.livestrong.com/article/22590-effects-exercise-serotonin-levels/

Last but not even close to least: Stop defending what doesn't work (what you've been doing) and embrace the possibilities that change provides.

When someone suggests something like for example I don't know, diet and exercise to you which we both know 99% of you fuckers literally never tried or even entertained the idea of trying don't dismiss it outright like you know a goddamn thing about what you're talking about.

Depression is kind of a mysterious thing and absolutely nothing is guaranteed to work for YOU the individual or even alleviate a fraction of your suffering that's true, but you owe it to yourself to try whatever our scientists', physicians' and nutritionists' current collective understanding of the phenomenon tells us to so you can get your life back or maybe even start living for the first time. Try not for a day, not for a week or a month. Try for as long as it takes. Don't eat a single bowl of oatmeal and do one pushup and think you've got everything figured out, smartass (you'd think that would go without saying but many people actually think just like this, and these are the people that are well and truly screwed).

I sincerely hope this not-so-subtle troll thread ends up helping somebody

One of the original "strongmen" Eugen Sandow advocated the use of extremely light dumbbells (5lb) to craft his storied physique, however we have learned today that there is utility to using heavier weights as well-not the least of which being the fact that lighter weights take a longer time to reach the "climax" of rep failure than do heavier weights.

Still, in lieu of heavy, expensive weights I currently use 10lb and 25lb dummbells, 3 sets per exercise with the third being a "pyramid" set (start at the heavier weight and move down to the lighter weight at failure) to close out most of the exercises I do. I know that a gym membership and expensive, bulky pieces of iron are not something that everyone can make space for or afford, so take heart in that you can definitely get and see results without a major investment.

I am still an amateur in this field but my gains over just a few short months of wanting to improve my physical and mental state have been appreciable. Lifting weights and other physical activity is a key component in mental health and if you're not doing it now I urge you to consider taking it up. The only thing I would suggest is that you do something every day or almost every day.

Diet is important, too. Protein and iron, lads. Don't be afraid of whole eggs. I eat six of them a day. Eggs, lentils and oats are some of the cheapest sources of complex carbs, protein and iron out there. You should of course eat meat as well if you can afford it or have the inclination!

One of the best things we as adults can do for our health is address any dietary issues we might have, to accept that as adults we are possibly better off eating things that don't taste "conventionally good" to us in order to help us improve the other important areas of our life like our body and our psychological well-being.

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How often do you lift? I felt it was a pretty big problem when I started but now that it's part of my routine it's become less troublesome.