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Why Going To The Gym Is Better Than Therapy
A lot of people tend to have difficulty expressing themselves and the thought of opening up to a complete stranger can be daunting and expensive. Some people get referred so it would be free, but that doesn’t make it any easier. Talking is hard. How are we to express ourselves to someone when we can barely say it out loud to ourselves?
People like to make the joke that ‘men don’t go to therapy, they go to the gym’. It’s true of people who refuse to go to therapy. Myself included. It’s understandable.
Another one is ‘hide your feelings in your muscles, the bigger the muscles, the more room to hide them’.
Fair enough. But I’ve had experience of both talking to someone and working through my issues as well as going to the gym and working OUT until my issues are resolved. No, they don’t magically go away. Don’t forget that while you’re working out you’re increasing oxygen flow to your body and mind. You’re focusing. Your mind is becoming disciplined. Logic becomes easier. Therefore, working through your issues subconsciously starts to happen.
Some people don’t feel that and that’s okay. Those are the talkers, the ones who heal through talking. Everyone is different.
I wasn’t serious about training until the last two years of my life, where before I was just going to the…
