i was suicidal and started to hit the gym hard. i got ripped. every time i was depressed i would hit the gym. but the depression would not go away so i’d hit the gym the next day. got very physically attractive, got into a relationship without thinking (cause of the depression i wanted validation) made me more depressed. got on anti depression meds that didn’t work either but it did make going to the gym easier. i was so hot healthy and ripped up until the day i almost killed myself. WORKING OUT DIDNT DO SHIT.

infact the ONLY thing that helped me was ketamine therapy, which literally saved my life and gave me the calm i needed to get my shit together and move which made me very happy. (pandemic took that away long story)

my point it. the Gym is NOT depression medicine. and i’m fucking sick of people acting like it is. at no point did exercise or looking attractive make me feel any better in the slightest. Proper medicine, a decent job, and changing environments did.