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Exercise can be ‘frontline treatment’ for mild depression, researchers say
(www.theguardian.com)
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Delivery might be part of it. The advice sounds very similar to the typical "if you want to be less depressed, just don't be depressed" or "you don't need bottle of something that rattles, you need a pair of sneakers and fresh air" business, so a lot of people automatically file it away under the same category.
Something like what the researchers suggested, where even moving a little bit helps, and it doesn't replace medication, though it may make it more effective, is better, but a lot of people will just read the headline and move off.
Also, insurance doesn't cover any of it. I need someone to show me how to exercise in a way that doesn't make my joints angry. I had to quit sports as a teenager when my knee came out of place, and nobody's been able to show me how to be active without my joints going in directions they're not supposed to.