Most of us will agree that mental health is just as crucial as physical health. This is the reason why thinkers, scientists, doctors … have always looked at the link and the real bridges that exist between the two sides of the same coin.
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When we talk about mental health, we don’t just mean the absence of mental disorders, we mean something broader that corresponds more to a kind of state of well-being that allows an individual to feel better. achieve, overcome obstacles and everyday tensions and contribute to life in society. This same society which precisely, by virtue of its infernal pace, is often the generator of a form of psychological imbalance, and which therefore requires that we find means to preserve ourselves and remain in control of our mental health.
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It has been proven that physical activity is a major lever for doing this, and although statistically we cannot decently affirm that our societies tend towards a population that is more and more in phase (obesity, stress and related diseases are constantly gaining ground …), the fact remains that most people are despite everything more and more aware and better and better informed about what is happening. It would be necessary to make and efforts to which it would be necessary to force oneself to balance … The problem is thus more in the faculty of a great number to act as if they did not know, oh o or could not.
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An inappropriate way of life
We all now know that certain very lax lifestyle habits (junk food, lack of confirmed exercise and assumed over the long term, smoking, sedentary lifestyle, etc.) will by force of circumstances and time be worth developing many pathologies which are all witnesses of a society that is all in all sick of “laziness”, in a certain way. To illustrate this, how can we not cite the growing number of cases of hypertension, cholesterol, cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, diabetes, and even certain types of cancer.
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Sport is an effective way to fight stress, and a lot of other health and mental health problems. (P.Lahalle / The Team)
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In fact, before any other treatment dedicated to this type of ailments, the doctor should start by investigating what is pacing your life, what you do on a daily basis to fight and not fall into the collection of these bad habits of ” sub-activity ”which only encysts a disease that only needs time to take root and cause damage that can eventually become literally irreversible.
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Studies have widely shown that people who suffer from anxiety, bipolar disorders, schizophrenia and even more prosaically from depression (mild or acute …), are mostly people who do not have to spend physically on a regular basis and in a framework that could suit them, whether we are talking about a given discipline, an appropriate program, or a framework that would suit them …
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Sport is a cure
These same studies have very clearly highlighted the benefits that everyone could derive from regular physical activity adapted to their condition, their form, and obviously their preferences.
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When we exercise, we almost immediately notice an improvement in mood, greater vitality and greater dynamism to complete tasks whatever task. General well-being is also very positively impacted by the practice of a sport, and when you come out of a session during which you have given yourself well, how can we not speak of this effect of pride immediately. felt and of that self-esteem that takes over without firing a shot.
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But physical activity is also an excellent way to improve your ability to concentrate on more intellectual tasks, for example, and it is also one of the main levers for influencing the quality of your sleep and your propensity to fall asleep quickly. .
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To obtain such results which will truly transform your life, do not think that it is necessary to oblige yourself to a discipline of Spartan or to complex and painful training, worthy of a future Olympic middle distance champion! By the way, just be content with your daily 20-30 minutes, no more, but stick to that pace and don’t compromise on it.
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