Do you feel uncomfortable if you don’t move for a day? Exercise addiction makes people stupid

Many people now think that exercise is the magic weapon for fitness, and the more activity the better. However, Dr. Huang Xiong'ang from the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine of Zhejiang Hospital reminds us that exercise is a double-edged sword!

Recently, Ms. Liu from Hangzhou has been quite worried because her husband has been running for a long time, running 5,000 meters every day and never slacking off. It's natural to be happy to have such a good habit, but Ms. Liu found that her husband insisted on exercising even when he was sick. If he didn't exercise one day, he would be restless and feel very depressed. In this regard, Huang Xiong'ang believes that this is a typical case of exercise addiction. Moreover, there are many people like Ms. Liu's husband. Exercise addiction is harmful to the body and must be overcome.

Exercise can also be addictive

American psychology and sports medicine experts believe that when exercise is no longer a pleasure, and the participant believes that he or she must exercise and cannot stop, regardless of the consequences, even when he or she is in poor physical or mental condition, then he or she is likely to be addicted to exercise. In other words, exercise has become a compulsive behavior for these people.

For these people with compulsive exercise behavior, exercise becomes the most unshakable "item" in their daily life, more important than work, school, friends or family. Even if you are sick or injured, you still "insist" on exercising. If you don't exercise for a day, you will feel "uncomfortable all over", which often leads to excessive exercise.

Are you addicted to exercise? Compare:

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The single form of exercise leads to a fixed schedule for daily physical activity;

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In order to ensure exercise, exercisers gradually give priority to exercise over other matters;

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The exercisers' tolerance for high-intensity exercise gradually increases, which further leads to a vicious cycle of repeated exercise;

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Once regular exercise stops, signs of a disturbed mood state appear, but once exercise is resumed, the disturbance is alleviated or disappears, further consolidating the "vicious cycle";

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People who exercise feel they have to exercise.

Exercise addiction makes people stupid

"Life lies in exercise", it can shape our strong body and enhance our ability to resist disease. However, exercise has its limits for the human body. Once it exceeds this limit, it may not only be useless but harmful to the human body.

Recently, American neuroscientists discovered in a study that the brain responses of mice addicted to exercise were slower than those of mice with normal exercise.

Therefore, Dr. Chen Linhui from the Department of Neurology at Zhejiang Hospital pointed out that "although exercise is good for the brain, it should be done in moderation." When exercising excessively, the human body consumes a lot of energy, and functional inhibition occurs to prevent further energy consumption. At this time, people will feel extremely tired, weak all over, and their brain reactions will slow down.

If you exercise excessively for a long time, the sensitivity of the body's "protective inhibition" function will decrease, causing damage to the brain function. The main symptoms include: inattention, insomnia, forgetfulness, etc. If this continues for a long time, it will cause great harm to human health.

Exercise in moderation is good for health

Nowadays, the slogan that exercise is good for people is being shouted very loudly. Some people, when they see someone in poor health, always advise them to exercise more regardless of the specific situation, thinking that exercise is a magic weapon for fitness for everyone. They also think that the more exercise, the better, and the greater the amount of activity, the better. Little do they know that excessive or inappropriate exercise can also be harmful to people.

Huang Xiong'ang said that exercise can give us a strong body, but we must never go to extremes. The best exercise is to choose a sport that suits you and share the joy of exercise with others. Exercise addiction can be overcome, but it takes time.

First, choose a variety of forms of exercise and don’t rely too much on one form;

Second, the sports you choose should be technical and difficult, requiring a certain amount of effort to complete;

Third, the project you choose should be competitive and require cooperation with others to complete; fourth, you should work hard to cultivate interest in other activities so that you feel that in addition to sports, there are other more important and meaningful things to do.