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176: Scott Douglas - Interest Edition: Bestselling Author: Running is my Therapy

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How Running Helps People With Depression

The book details the overwhelming evidence of how running regular exercise, primarily aerobic, but it can be resistance results in the regular release of feel good brain chemicals. Running devices are built in way to build and maintain strong social connections for people with depression or anxiety. For someone who's really depressed, the running has this paradoxical accomplishment of making you more energized by going out and doing something active.

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