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by DanBC 2732 days ago
Evidence for exercise as a treatment for depression is weak at best, and most of the research fails to show direction of causal effect: do people who exercise recover from depression, or do people who recover from depression become well enough to do exercise?
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People who exercise recover from depression, definitely.

For these reasons and more:

- If you get outside consistently you will start facing reality from a different perspective. (being at a desk or closed office constantly sucks and contributes to mental and emotional atrophy)

- You start getting free endorphins that will make you feel better instantly.

- Also you relieve stress and pressure by burning energy.

If you mix that with travel, example running in a different place, town, country, it makes wonders.