My anxiety ...

sbrya03
sbrya03 Posts: 40 Member
edited November 16 in Health and Weight Loss
My anxiety is messing with my exercise if I exercise and I quit after a certain amount I feel bad and I do more even if it's going to make me sore.. I need to know what to do..

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  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,418 Member
    What do you mean you feel bad? Physically? Or you're letting your thoughts run away with you?

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  • Afura
    Afura Posts: 2,054 Member
    Are you saying your anxiety is messing with your ability to exercise, or that you quit exercising because of your anxiety, then you have guilt and work out even more?
  • sbrya03
    sbrya03 Posts: 40 Member
    cmriverside wrote: »
    What do you mean you feel bad? Physically? Or you're letting your thoughts run away with you?

    I mean I have trouble stopping cause I feel bad
  • sbrya03
    sbrya03 Posts: 40 Member
    Afura wrote: »
    Are you saying your anxiety is messing with your ability to exercise, or that you quit exercising because of your anxiety, then you have guilt and work out even more?

    I having issues stopping exercise even if I do 1000 steps I'm not satisfied
  • sbrya03
    sbrya03 Posts: 40 Member
    Look_Its_Kriss wrote: »
    you need to speak to your doctor about something to relieve your anxiety.

    I already on anxiety meds
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,418 Member
    Well, an hour a day of exercise is all you need, and even taking a couple days off a week is recommended.

    I'm not sure what you are asking for here...Definitely don't beat yourself up over anything. Be kind to you. You deserve it. None of us are perfect and we all have troubles in our past that we have to rise above.

    One day at a time, lovely. :)
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  • OhMsDiva
    OhMsDiva Posts: 1,073 Member
    I kind of understand. I suffer from anxiety but i am not on meds. I feel guilty when I do not exercise on Sunday, which is my one day I don't exercise. Sometimes I keep exercising just because I have the time, but I actually feel better mentally when I do exercise because I have accomplished something positive for myself. There are days, when I have the time that I want to keep going but my body simply says no. At that point, I have to stop or literally drop. I do not exercise for hours, but on a Saturday when I have nowhere to go, I can go for about 2 hours and still have to make myself stop. Good luck to you
  • hourglassleatherworks
    hourglassleatherworks Posts: 1 Member
    You could try setting daily Excercise goals for yourself. Try to reach the goal, but not exceed it, as we know too much Excercise can be bad too! Maybe find another positive activity to fill any spare time that also makes you feel god? (I find gardening to be an anxiety helper, personally.) Also, talking with a therapist can be a huge help. Hope you can find a happy medium!
  • Aftronthegreat
    Aftronthegreat Posts: 54 Member
    edited March 2017
    hourglassleatherworks wrote: »
    You could try setting daily Excercise goals for yourself. Try to reach the goal, but not exceed it, as we know too much Excercise can be bad too! Maybe find another positive activity to fill any spare time that also makes you feel god? (I find gardening to be an anxiety helper, personally.) Also, talking with a therapist can be a huge help. Hope you can find a happy medium!

    So much of this! Little goals to make you feel accomplished! Talking to close friends and family! And also, doing a hobbie (mine is painting! ). One day at a time!
  • RoteBook
    RoteBook Posts: 171 Member
    The meds can help your brain chemistry, but as Kriss said, you may need a second (or different) medicine if this is not helping your symptoms enough. Or you may want to add talk therapy to help your thoughts get out of the well-worn path they've made. It sounds like your brain chemistry has been telling you that you're bad for not working out "enough", and talk therapy can help you tell your brain to shut it when it's being unreasonable. :)
  • crackpotbaby
    crackpotbaby Posts: 1,297 Member
    OP - talk to your doctor about the obsessive behaviours, like the excessive exercise to combat guilt from not doing what you think you should have ...

    This kind of behaviour and thought pattern is not uncommon and your therapist/psychiatrist can offer many tools to help you control it (non pharmaceutical as well as - or as an alternative to - medications).

    If you don't have a psychiatrist or therapist as your primary care doc for a referral.
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