Exercise To Beat Depression

So here we go, day two of my journey and things really feel like they're moving now. In this blog entry I want to talk about using exercise to beat depression. Why? I feel depression has at times reinforced the downward spiral in my life and the last couple of years I have used exercise to beat depression on numerous occasions. 


This morning at about 10.20 I started my run - it's about a 2 mile trek along Welsh country 'farm roads'. It's only 2 miles but the gradient of the roads changes constantly and it can become a hard run. Do I feel better from it - hell yeah! Unfortunately because of work commitments I don't get to run more than 2 - 3 times a week.


I feel better, no question about it - it's partly down to the run this morning and partly down to starting this blog off. Is anyone reading it yet - I very much doubt it but the people will come in time and hopefully join me on my journey towards the 'light side' of the force. I'm not just using exercise to beat depression I'm using it for my night shifts as well.


What do I mean by this? Well, twice a week I work night shifts ( 12 hour ) in security and it is a very boring ( but well paid job ). The truth of the matter is I look after items which are far to large to nick! I don't know what I'm doing there and spend half the night watching DVD's on the portable and the other half the night sleeping.


Should I be sleeping? probably not. But there's sod all else to do there. As a rule of thumb getting to sleep in a car is generally much easier if you are tired so using exercise to beat depression also works wonders for your sleeping patterns. Don't think my body is some sort of temple because it's not. All through my adult life I have abused my body on every level known to man - it's a miracle that I'm still alive! Exercise is one way I have to try and extend my life and try and get my body back online.


If you're looking for the type of abuse I went through then stop reading here - that is for a later blog post and this is way to early in the day to be opening up that far. The main point of this post is to highlight depression and highlight it well. As you can see I use exercise to beat depression but others are not so lucky. Depression is very serious and has only contributed to my downfall at times. It's now 1.09 Tuesday lunchtime and I have some upkeep on websites to be getting on with. I will leave it there for now but I might see you a little later in the day if I can fit it in before work tonight. Be positive and do good things.