Comment by worldsavior
16 hours ago
Already said "I know some can't do sports." Also didn't say anything about fixing physical health issues.
16 hours ago
Already said "I know some can't do sports." Also didn't say anything about fixing physical health issues.
My point is not ability to do the sport, is that you're taking mental diseases as different from "physical".
The brain is harder for us to understand than a femur, but that doesnt warrant dismissing its malfunctions. Exercise, good sleep and similar stuff is healthy for everyone, but suggesting healing OCD with that is just as ascientifical as suggesting to tough it out for a broken bone.
Sports activity affect the brain physically, and in my opinion, can help fix mental disorders. Not all disorders, I'm no neurologist, but in my non-scientific experience, sports really help mental illnesses.
For example, if you have depression, doing sports most certainly help you get out of depression. If your body image makes you depressed somewhat, sports fix that. (Put aside cases where people have a burned face or some other irregular case.)
For OCDs, you may get your obsessive thoughts/actions to be replaced by sports activity. You exert energy, you work and it helps.