How to Escape the Darkness: Why Exercise is Powerful Medicine For the Mind with Dr. J.M. Thompson

<p class="p1"> </p> <p class="p2">Untreated child traumas in life, depression, and alike usually either form from deep-rooted causes or spark from very early experiences that start during childhood. For that reason, these issues aren't the type one can take a break from nor run away from. Yes, you can't run away from it. But you can still try running! How? In this episode of The Fit Mess, Dr. J.M. Thompson talks about why exercise is a powerful medicine for the mind, how one can train tolerance and endurance through running, and what he tells about in his book <em>Running Is a Kind of Dreaming: A Memoir</em>.</p> <p class="p3">Find out how you can adopt new practices in life in this episode of The Fit Mess with Dr. J.M. Thompson!</p> <p class="p3"><strong>How Running Works Against Mental Issues</strong></p> <p class="p2">When the mind struggles with mental disorders, it becomes challenging to stay in the <em>here and now</em> of life. For individuals who experience these and other mental conditions, the mind tends to preoccupy feelings and emotions of the past. It weighs it down. And as the mind gets busy with before issues, this is when you tend to lose a sense of where you are in the world. For the individuals that become victims of this, the predictability of things gets lost.<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p class="p2">For Dr. J.M. Thompson, author of <em>Running is a Kind of Dreaming</em>, endurance activities is a proven counter for these types of issue. From experience, Dr. Thompson speaks of running as a form of grounding. It becomes one's <em>coming</em> into the <em>right now</em> of the moment. Like any other physical activity, it helps create predictability and presence of mind. It also creates a strong connection between your brain and body and denies you the option of isolation.</p> <p class="p2">Listen more to how Dr. J.M. Thompson explains the benefits of endurance activities to mental health in this episode of The Fit Mess!</p> <p class="p3"><strong>About Dr. J.M. Thompson:</st