One in four endurance runners displays ‘worryingly high’ levels of anxiety and depression, according to a study led by a man who has himself run more than 400 marathons. Isn’t exercise supposed to make you feel good?
Running is recommended when you have depression or anxiety, so it would make sense that runners have a higher percentage of depression and anxiety. Did the study control for that?
Of course, people can still be stressed and exhausted from running (or their goals and training regime). But I’m wondering how much this study actually tells us.
And if you’re peeing blood, you’re doing something wrong I think 😳
Yeah, the question should not be “do you have anxiety or depression” but how does that change before and after starting running, how does it evolve over time with respect to the hobby you are understanding, does it get better if you quit and so on. (I am no great fan of running, but ill-constructed statistics grind my gears to no end)
Running is recommended when you have depression or anxiety, so it would make sense that runners have a higher percentage of depression and anxiety. Did the study control for that?
Of course, people can still be stressed and exhausted from running (or their goals and training regime). But I’m wondering how much this study actually tells us.
And if you’re peeing blood, you’re doing something wrong I think 😳
Yeah, the question should not be “do you have anxiety or depression” but how does that change before and after starting running, how does it evolve over time with respect to the hobby you are understanding, does it get better if you quit and so on. (I am no great fan of running, but ill-constructed statistics grind my gears to no end)