Exercise
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If only exercise came in a pill form
Shared by Drew on Sep 13th, 2008
15 out of 19 people found this treatment experience helpful:
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I joke, but I've found exercise to have a profound effect on how much anxiety and specifically, feelings of panick I feel Sometimes I'll start to get anxious just in my apartment sometimes for seemingly no reason, other times when I'm thinking about future events. I can drop down and do 30 pushups and instantly my feelings of anxiety completely go away.
I encourage you to find the form of exercise you enjoy so that you'll want to do it regularly. For the longest time I ran regularly because I felt I *should*. The thing is, I absolutely hate running. Now I ride a bike daily to get around and it's great, because when I get to the places I'm going I don't feel anxious because I've exercised to get there. Whatever it is for you, it doesn't really matter, the important thing is you find something you'll want to do regularly.
To go back to my humorous title, unfortunately I can't always exercise to reduce my feelings of anxiety. I don't think it would be appropriate to drop down and do pushups during a first date to burn off that adrenaline and cortisol, do you?
I joke, but I've found exercise to have a profound effect on how much anxiety and specifically, feelings of panick I feel Sometimes I'll start to get anxious just in my apartment sometimes for seemingly no reason, other times when I'm thinking about future events. I can drop down and do 30 pushups and instantly my feelings of anxiety completely go away.
I encourage you to find the form of exercise you enjoy so that you'll want to do it regularly. For the longest time I ran regularly because I felt I *should*. The thing is, I absolutely hate running. Now I ride a bike daily to get around and it's great, because when I get to the places I'm going I don't feel anxious because I've exercised to get there. Whatever it is for you, it doesn't really matter, the important thing is you find something you'll want to do regularly.
To go back to my humorous title, unfortunately I can't always exercise to reduce my feelings of anxiety. I don't think it would be appropriate to drop down and do pushups during a first date to burn off that adrenaline and cortisol, do you?
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Wellness program at Stanford University
Shared by StressReduction on Jul 9th, 2009
1 out of 3 people found this treatment experience helpful:
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I guess this is sort of a second-hand experience, but I work at a psychology lab that does research on Social Anxiety Disorder, and as part of our study, we offer clinical interventions to people who suffer from social anxiety.
One of them is our Wellness program. The Exercise-based stress reduction program:
1. You set up an exercise program with our exercise specialist tailored to fit your life, personal goals and skill level and you follow it daily/weekly
2. You check-in by phone weekly for 10 minutes with our exercise coach and trouble-shoot any potential barriers to following through with the program
3. You attend a group exercise class of your choice to expose oneself to more social contact in a given week
4. We pay for a gym membership or an exercise class for you for 8 weeks
I know that I've learned a lot from just being a part of this, and I hope others can benefit too. That's why I wanted to share my experience.
If you or someone you know is in the San Francisco Bay area is looking for help (specifically, free therapy), contact the CAAN lab at the Stanford Psychology Department:
650-723-5977 or email us (caan.mbsr@gmail.com)
At the website you can find out more about our study: http://waldron.stanford.edu/~caan/Free_Treatment.html
I guess this is sort of a second-hand experience, but I work at a psychology lab that does research on Social Anxiety Disorder, and as part of our study, we offer clinical interventions to people who suffer from social anxiety.
One of them is our Wellness program. The Exercise-based stress reduction program:
1. You set up an exercise program with our exercise specialist tailored to fit your life, personal goals and skill level and you follow it daily/weekly
2. You check-in by phone weekly for 10 minutes with our exercise coach and trouble-shoot any potential barriers to following through with the program
3. You attend a group exercise class of your choice to expose oneself to more social contact in a given week
4. We pay for a gym membership or an exercise class for you for 8 weeks
I know that I've learned a lot from just being a part of this, and I hope others can benefit too. That's why I wanted to share my experience.
If you or someone you know is in the San Francisco Bay area is looking for help (specifically, free therapy), contact the CAAN lab at the Stanford Psychology Department:
650-723-5977 or email us (caan.mbsr@gmail.com)
At the website you can find out more about our study: http://waldron.stanford.edu/~caan/Free_Treatment.html
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