mistermelvinheimer t1_j1n0q07 wrote on December 25, 2022 at 7:17 PM

Reply to comment by Autumnlove92 in TIL while writing "A Christmas Carol," Charles Dickens was "taking night-time walks of 15 to 20 miles (24 to 32 km) around London." to build out the story in his head. by SuperMcG

I know this is a boring answer but go to the gym. You can’t think about other stuff while working out. If you have self esteem problems it helps with that too.

Autumnlove92 t1_j1n3b1o wrote on December 25, 2022 at 7:38 PM

Believe it or not, I advocate this. My depression got far worse this year when I stopped my workouts. I used to go heavy at the gym (and lost 115lbs) but the loose skin in my stomach made it nearly impossible to continue, and at that same time I picked up a second job that took my energy from me. I just got an abdominalplasty to remove that loose skin and I'm very eager to get back to the gym. It'll still be a couple months before I can, but I know for a fact exercise -- while not a total cure -- DOES help. Maybe it's just 5%, but it's something.

Also sunshine. God, I'm already itching for winter to be over....and it's just started

mistermelvinheimer t1_j1n88iu wrote on December 25, 2022 at 8:17 PM

Holy shit thats incredible, great job, yeah when it’s safe to work out again you should do it. I live in sweden so i know all about how dark and depressing winters get. We get maybe three hours of sunlight around midday then its back to darkness…