Azeranth t1_j29tydw wrote on December 30, 2022 at 6:11 PM

The main difference is that you can stop exercising, rest, recover, etc etc. Prolonged anxiety keeps the body I'm a state of heightened alertness that it never backs down from. It's the fact that you stay wound up forever and don't calm back down to heal and recover that makes that kind of stress bad.

Some stress, followed by rest is good. Some stress forever all the time, is bad.

SparklyMonster t1_j2ar51i wrote on December 30, 2022 at 9:45 PM

Which is the reason excess exercising is also bad for you. Think about sport injuries involving ligaments, stress fractures, even heart attacks. Of course, that's more common for professional athletes who are contract-bound to train many hours every day. But even if you lift weights: the reason training regimens make you cycle through different exercises is to allow some muscles to rest for a couple of days even if you hit the gym everyday.