Why put on your running shoes and a visit to the psychologist
Sunday, March 7th, 2010Is your boss driving you crazy? If a client makes the stress levels sky rocket? Are you feeling overwhelmed by the demands of life in the places you? Thinking about a visit to a psychiatrist? You could see the psychiatrist, or you can simply go to run. Most people are going to lose weight. Yes, it works. It runs daily, with a proper diet can help you lose weight. Finally, you burn more calories than you can go biking or swimming, or in most sports. Moreover, it is running in a very comfortable sport. All you need is a good pair of running shoes. One reason that many people are working, not so much for weight control in managing stress and better mental health. Let’s start with stress management. In the days when people lived in caves, our ancestors kept the stress response – the response of fight or flight, alive. Think about it. If you live in a cave and the need for food, what kind of stress you are hunting? Running in a cave lion? Adenaline pumps in the veins ready to run for his life. Other thieves tried to steal the meat to dry foods for the future? The stress response to adrenaline, increase their strength to fight them, so they preserve food. Hunting for food? The charm of hunting is a positive form of stress, in turn, receives the high adrenaline, so it has more power and speed to hunt prey. Fast forward to modern times. We are exposed to stresses at a low level, most of the time. Too late for work. Caught in traffic jam. Long line for breakfast. Dissatisfied customer causes problems for you. Nasty bosses yelling at you. How does the fight or flight response work here? You can not hit his head. In addition, customers can escape. Just grin and bear it. The natural outlet for pent-up tension, simply does not work. Or was it? They can run forever. Not there and then, but later, when time permits. Running is a natural release of tension. At the end of the day you can go jogging for a night and sweat and stress leave, the building has all day. Running also helps with some problems related to stress. People with chronic stress at all times with an increased risk of exhaustion, high blood pressure and irritability or depression. Runners tend to have lower blood pressure. Running strengthens the mood because of the endorphins released in advance. Running offers postponement of perpetual tension that otherwise can lead to wear. When problems arise, or if you feel overwhelmed in the long run you away from the clutter in your life and leave you alone. Running is therapy. It helps you sort your life out of money to the hourly rates in the psychiatrist couch. There are times to cut its aid is a necessary, but for most of the stresses of everyday life, running can help you cope quite well.