This is not a revelation, but more it is more evidence that supports the fact that we were designed to move and be active. The only issue I take with this report is that exercise should be prescribed with anti-depressants from the beginning not after medications are ineffective. There are more studies out there that have shown that exercise has a higher success rate for treating depression than medications with a decrease likelihood of relapse. The difficulty comes when the symptoms of depression convince you that you don't want to get up, get out, and get healthy/happy. It's a self-sustaining disease, if you get up and get out it dies off. So of course it works to convince you that you don't want to, that you can't, that you're a lost cause. When you're at this point you must will yourself to do what doesn't come naturally, to get up and get out. If the one true and perfect God loves you so much that He sacrificed His one and only Son, you are truly loved and you are never a lost cause. And remember doing something is always better than doing nothing. A 10 minute brisk walk has been shown to radically improve your brain chemistry. So in case you missed it...
GET UP and GET OUT!
Check out this great MSN video: Jog Your Mood
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