Sport and mental health.

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Percentage of what? I'm still not exactly sure the question. There are a massive amount of different stats on the subject. Here is a study about exercise and depression.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC474733/
Jogging moderately 3 times a week for half an hour is as effective as pychotherapy and more effective than ssris.


Personally though, I cured my anexity disorder with rock climbing. In college I had an extreme case of panic disorder. I had terrible panic attacks and nothing worked. Then I got addicted to rock climbing and they went away almost completely.

For whatever reason depressed people are extremely resistant to the idea that they depression can be cured by sport, it's too simple, even though all the evidence suggests that exercise is one of the best treatments there is.

I'd say that study is pretty limited, because it only studies what I'd call extremely moderate excercise. Joining a sport or doing a sport is the best thing a depressed person can do. Because it's both exercise and social and a good way to meet women and sustainable. Where as just going to the gym is lame and temporary unless you like going to the gym.

Thanks for the answer. I have a mentally demanding job and I need to heal up mentally to endure that stress.

I've done a ton of sports in my life. If you want to be able to mentally endure something, two stand out. Rock Climbing and jiu jitsu. Both of them are what I'd call stressful sports. In that you put yourself in a stressful situation and have to work your way out of it. It'll make real life situation seem rather trivial. Esspecially rock climbing.

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Note, at least in the case of football, there's still a damn good chance of even those who played in college and even high school getting shockingly high rates of CTE.

Granted, American Football seems to be the worst offender, and the rush of endorphins that usually comes when someone is really into sports can certainly help mental health, but it doesn't really mean a thing when you go through a period of time when you routinely get concussions.

I've actually read that study before. I'd hardly call the high school rates 'shockingly high'

Problem with american football is that it's not a sustainable sport. Nobody does it as an adult except maybe touch football in the back yard anyway.

I'm also not certain your point. A reason to not play american football professionally is definitely not a reason to not go jogging where there is no risk of concussion. Most sports have no risk of cte. So if that's really a concern, don't do one of those.

Like I pointed out before, every study ever done on the subject shows that sports help depression.