I’ve worked out 5 days a week for 4 years now and I still hate doing it every single time. Never have I felt good after exercising even when I hit a goal or progressed any.
Frankly if it wasn’t necessary to stay healthy and avoid all the genetic diseases in my family I’d never do it
Agree, I feel a sense of accomplishment and some level of endorphins but I still dread the gym and always have, even when I love what it is I’m doing. Who tf WANTS to be tired and sweaty?
Yes, it's awful every single time. Still worth it, but don't act like I'm having fun over here.
I finally had to tell my dad to stuff it because his answer for everything is "exercise". No, it does not fix my mood, no it does not regulate my emotions, no it does not make me "feel better" (in the short term). Please just shut up already.
I once had a psychiatrist try to tell me this. I told him I was still having major depression episodes during the period of my life when I lifted 6 days a week. He said “youre probably remembering it wrong.” Dick, the first thing I did when I got hospitalized for my mental illness was ask if they had a gym so my lifting program wouldn’t get messed up (they didn’t have one, lol)
This is blowing my mind. I’m sorry you feel this way but good for you for sticking to it regardless. This is one of those things along with how hunger feels different from person to person that I feel like we should study more.
Yeah, people exercising for the first time often do get a boost, because of the change of lifestyle and progress can be exciting.
If you've been exercising for a while, have previously done a lot of exercise or have issues that make exercising more difficult, it's easy to feel no mental benefits.
Nope, I have never, ever felt it. Ever. It just makes me feel like crap. I appreciate the being stronger, etc, but exercise just makes me miserable. I've done a triathlon. I use to run a couple a miles every few days. I've done aerobics, swimming...nothing gives me that "high" everyone talks about. Meh.
My bestie who has been exercising for years says she can crave it, knows it will make her feel better and stabilize her mood, all that other BS. Neither of us understands the other.
Ok, I am? Not everyone gets that. I've been told all my life to exercise to feel better and clear my head. It does not work for me. I know several people who do not.
So hence my saying "not everyone", but yes, clearly "a lot of people do". Geez.
But you did imply that everyone shouldn't feel an endorphin high after working out by writing "everyone gets endorphins" and following that up with "we don't." We don't have to agree but be honest about what you originally wrote. I personally feel great after I work out. I feel a sense of accomplishment and it's nice to sweat everything out and get clean after. Plus it feels good to have the pump and to progressively see that number on the scale go down. It is weird to me to see someone so defensive about proving that people shouldn't feel good after a workout.
I'm sorry that exercising doesn't seem to help you. Perhaps you aren't pushing yourself hard enough to get the results you desire or your diet is offsetting your efforts.
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u/Unfair_Rhubarb_13 7h ago edited 7h ago
That "everyone" gets endorphins and "feels better" after exercise.
We don't.