How Exercise Can Benefit Your Mental Health
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How Exercise Can Benefit Your Mental Health
In this blog, I will be discussing mental health and specifically what affects our mental health. I believe that mental health is one of the most important things we need to take care of. In a society that is so stressed, finding ways to better ourselves is very important.
Staying fit and active is not only beneficial for your physical health, but it is great for your mental health too!
In an over-anxious society, people are looking for ways to improve their mental health.
Exercising is a great way to help reduce stress, increase cognitive function, and improve mood. According to the 1907 Foundation website, in some cases, exercise can work as well as antidepressant medications.
The website also suggests that participating in 30 minutes of aerobic activity such as cardio can increase your quality of sleep. This gives the body and the brain a chance to recharge for better cognitive function.
Riding your bike, running, walking, jogging, and jumping rope are ways people can stay active and reset their minds. Exercise also releases endorphins which increases your sense of well-being. People should consider exercise as an all-natural approach to resetting their minds and their bodies.
If you feel like you are having a bad day mentally, maybe consider going for a walk. I think that our phones can cause us a lot of stress and taking a break to participate in physical activity will help to increase our overall mental state.
What other benefits does exercising have on our mental health?
According to neuropsychologist Dr. Amrita Sharma, constant and regular physical activity can reduce the risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease which affects cognitive function, memory, and learning. Exercise can also help improve the cognitive health of people with ADHD, Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, and more.
People may consider taking up exercise to save money. Seeing doctors and paying for medication can be costly. Improving your mental health should not have to come with a price.
Our bodies are capable of enduring physical activity. However, there may be people out there who are less likely to use exercise as a remedy for anxiety and depression. Exercising takes effort and time. It is very efficient to receive advice from doctors or to take a pill that you might have to be on long-term. But, exercising offers people a natural and cost-efficient remedy to fix their stress and anxious thoughts.
If you want to improve your mood, sleep, and overall cognitive well-being, try exercising regularly, it has many benefits to your mental health!
Hi Kristen, I also wrote my blog post on how exercise can benefit your mental health. This is a great topic that I feel like a lot of students resonate with. I like how you talked about how exercise can help improve the cognitive health of people with ADHD, Parkinson's disease, and schizophrenia. This is something that I did not talk about in my post, but it is really good to know. I look forward to reading more of your posts.
ReplyDeleteFirst off, that image makes me laugh and want to keep reading, so well done. (Don't forget to attribute the image, though. Always give credit.) This is a great start. It is well written--and the paragraphs are appropriately short. Remember, you need to introduce the blog to start because it is new. You sort of launch right into your topic a bit. Also, when you attribute the source in the text, add a hyperlink to connect it to the actual story. For AP Style, use past tense attribution--the website suggested (though I think it would be better to name the author if available and the article if no author is available--it isn't the entire website, right? Rather, it is a specific page/article.) Be careful with unnecessary capitalization (neuropsychologist doesn't need to be capitalized), and be careful with your comma placement, as well (in that same sentence, you should not have a comma after "constant." No need to include word count at the end (but thank you).
ReplyDeleteKristen, I love the idea behind your blog! Like Clara and myself, using the topic of exercise (or sports) and connecting it with mental health! I think this is a phenomenal topic to discuss, in addition to how you explored it effectively. I loved your references, and the positive you included involving exercise with mental health. I think one of the unique aspects of what you mentioned throughout your blog post is the ability to save money by simply exercising!
ReplyDeleteKristen! I really liked reading your blog and the idea behind it. Since I did the negative aspects of technology on mental health, it was cool to see you do the positive side of it. As an athlete myself, the exercise can definitely take your mind off a lot of things.
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