Will getting fit and eating healthy help me against my suicidal depression?

Will getting fit and eating healthy help me against my suicidal depression?

It helps, but its up to you to find happiness.

it made it worse for me

Yup.
Stopped me from pulling the trigger.

maybe

barely, depends why you are so depressed

Anytime I feel it coming on again, lifting instantly makes me feel better. Not sure why but it's the only thing I've found that works without fail

it just gives me something to do

Actually yes.

Will it help you become more sociable? No.
Will you magically get a gf? Most probably not.

But if you are actually lifting weights and acquiring steady gains, depression is almost impossible. I think even doctors recommend exercise for depression among other things.

There is just no way for a man to make sick gains and weekly PRs in deadlifts while being clinically depressed at the same time.

Exercise and diet are one of the many factors associated with mental wellbeing.

The underlying causes will most likely require counselling and therapy to resolve; but no doctor is going to dissuade you from improving your diet and fitness to mitigate the lack of energy, discipline, and motivation inherent with depression.

I get random fucking panic attacks over banal nonsense and have periods where I'm genuinely petrified of and dread socialising in any capacity. Lifting was at something I got into and it's helped a great deal with dealing with day-to-day anxiety and depressive thoughts.

Those are just the symptoms though, the cause is something you've got to deal with somehow.

>TL;DR yes it will in terms of the symptoms, seek professional help to deal with the underlying cause, you are not alone user.

No.

exercise generates a shitton of endorphins. helps ease your fucked up depression brain chemistry

It helps but sometimes you really do need counseling and medication. There's nothing wrong with that if that's the case, too.

Healthy life style improves brain health

A bit, at least in my case

I suffer from BPD, for those that don't know what that is, it's basically a mindset where you struggle to judge people or situations in any way other than Absolutely great or Fucking horrible. I'm also learn with intense anxiety and depression at times, episodes happening a few times per week. It's something I am aware of and can control most of the time but occasionally I slip up.

I started lifting and eating healthy religiously about 3 months ago, and after I started doing so for a couple of weeks I found it alot easier to maintain my emotions, and not only act, but feel like a normal human being.

Think of your mind like a part of a car, if you take care of your car and put the right fuel in and do general maintenance and upkeep once in a while, it will reward you down the line. In short lifting is a part of the solution, but a solid diet goes a long way in keeping your hormones and and neurotransmitters in check.

Meditation daily for about 15 minutes helped me a lot too, maybe look into that as well.

Diet, exercise, and meditation is key to maintaining a healthy state of mind and confidence in a challenging world. Best of luck to you OP.

Perseverance is key.

Can I ask you a question? I had a falling out with a guy with BPD a few years back and I'm scared he'll do something to me as a result. I KNOW that's fucked up to think, but any insight or reassurance or well, anything, you could provide would be greatly appreciated.

I've had falling outs with lots of great friends because I didn't understand how to have healthy relationships.

I feel so guilty now days that I'm afraid of reaching out to apologize, that's something I'm currently working on. If you feel this person might hurt you, be cautious but remember you can still talk and let yourself be heard, nobody is incapable of change.

Most of us aren't keen on revenge, remember we're anxious and scared of the same things you are, it could very well be just a case of breaking the ice once more

I stopped lifting because of depression and ended up taking three years off. I got back into it and struggled for months with motivation to keep going.
I Don't think going to the gym will help you but it will give you something else to think about which is what helped me.

Thing is, despite what happened I still wish he was my friend. Like, shit broke badly, but I still respect the FUCK out of the guy and if he every reached out I'd be happy if he was happy and doing well.

Let him know man. Men are capable of logic and reasoning.

Thanks guys. I hope you all are doing ok, too.

Definitely with weight if you are suffering from a lack of confidence, but finding happiness is the real goal.

No.
I'm extremely fit and healthy right now and I just want to fucking kill myself. Barbells can't fix a fucked up childhood. But it's kind of easier to PR when you secretly kind of hope you can't do it and it will just crush you, ending your miserable existence.
Hasn't happened yet.

Who this

It might.
And at worst the people you leave behind will have kinder things to say about you.
Some grills might even say they had wished they'd banged you when they had the chance
>implying hoes won't bang the dead

Walk 30 mins a day at a brisk pace, fish oils, no caffeine, reduce sugar...Worked for me and I struggled for years

It definitely helped me. Add in meditation, attempting to be more social and trying to think more positively and you will feel drastically better. I used to have suicidal thoughts all the time and now the thoughts are very rare.