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Exercise Addiction
Exercise is an enjoyable way to relieve stress and increase energy levels, however, when involvement becomes intense, exercise can turn into an addiction that must be performed every day. If an exercise-addicted person cannot exercise, he or she will experience a great deal of guilt and anxiety over the inactivity.
Not being able to exercise causes severe depression. ...
“Psychological and/or physical dependence on a regular regime of exercise characterized by withdrawal symptoms after 24 to 36 hours”. ... edu
There are two types of Exercise Addiction
Positive Addiction: (healthy habit)
Negative Addiction: (exercise controls ones life)
Only a small percentage of people have a negative addiction.
Symptoms and signs:
- Exercising to the detriment of every other element of their lives
- Exercising despite serious physical injuries
- Missing work, school, and time with loved ones in order to exercise
- Depression, low self-esteem, repressed anger
Withdrawal Symptoms
Anxiety
Irritability
Guilt
Muscle twitching
No matter how much they exercise or achieve in other areas of their lives, they believe they should do more.
Because some sports demand a certain body type (such as gymnastics or ice skating) or depend on the weight of the athlete (such as wrestling or horse racing), exercise addiction often develops in elite athletes like dancers, ice skaters, gymnasts, jockeys, and wrestlers, in their task to excel at their sport.
Exercise addiction is common in anorectics and bulimics, since they think that excessive exercise can help them get thin. Bulimics will often use compulsive exercise as a method of purging.
Compulsive exercise can cause many painful injuries, such as stress fractures, damaged bones and joints, and torn muscles, ligaments, and tendons. ...
• Impulsive, thoughtless activity, with a high risk of damaging consequences
Depression and exercise
Everyone feels sad from time to time, but depression is characterised by long-lasting feelings of sadness, misery and despair. ... Recent study suggests that standard exercise may also be a helpful way to raise a persons mood. People who suffer from anxiety also pick up when they exercise on a regular basis.
Depression and the inactive lifestyle
Researches into serious heart attacks indicate that depression, exercise and physical wellbeing are directly linked. On average, depressed individuals only exercise about half as much as people who arent depressed. ... It furthermore seems that depression and exercise manipulate each other - an inactive lifestyle increases the risk of depression, and depression increases the likelihood of an inactive lifestyle.
Exercise study
A recent research study at Duke University Medical Centre (study and figures courtesy of www. ... html) compared the special effects of exercise and drug treatment in treating depression in adult individuals. ... Over 16 weeks, one group took antidepressants, the second group undertook an aerobic exercise program, and the third group used both medication and exercise.
Approximate Word count = 2182
Approximate Pages = 8.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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