What are the psychological benefits of exercise?

Some people have low self-esteem since childhood due to some defects of their own, which will only make them more afraid to communicate with others over time. Therefore, if there are such people around you, you must actively guide them. It is best to take these people to do some exercise outdoors. The psychological benefit of exercise is that introverts can open their hearts and communicate with others. In addition to this, what other psychological benefits does exercise have?

What is the reason? Because sports are always carried out in a certain social environment, and they always interact and connect with the people. We can see that whether it is the three major ball sports, or small ball sports such as tennis, badminton, table tennis, square dancing, aerobics, skating and swimming, etc., they all require contact with others. It can be said that sports are a good way to increase interaction between people. Due to the needs of exercise itself, people can not only overcome shyness and timidity, increase communication and enhance understanding, coordinate interpersonal relationships, expand social interactions, but also find like-minded partners through exercise to eliminate psychological loneliness. Ding Zan, a famous professor of medical psychology in my country, once pointed out that the most important psychological adaptation of human beings is the adaptation to interpersonal relationships, and exercise plays a significant role in eliminating people’s loneliness and improving interpersonal relationships.

Psychological research has found that extroverts have a stronger need for social connections than introverts. In other words, introverts need to engage in more physical exercise to increase opportunities to connect with others. Introverts should choose team sports more often. The more people participate, the more they can enhance their vitality and spirit of cooperation and win-win, thus having better interpersonal relationships.

Exercise can reduce psychological stress

Whether in daily life or in film and television dramas, we have heard such words, "Don't be so sad, let's go on the treadmill and sweat, you will feel better", "The work pressure is so great, let's go play a game of ball and relax." These descriptions are by no means groundless. Exercise to relieve stress is a very effective "medicine" with no side effects. Faced with this increasingly fast-paced real world, each of us has our own emotional knots. To deal with our own worries and reduce anxiety and stress, we can use exercise to solve them.

Scientific research has found that exercise itself can promote endocrine changes in the human body. The brain will produce substances called endorphins after exercise. A person's mood is related to the amount of endorphins secreted by the brain. Exercise can stimulate the secretion of endorphins. When the amount of exercise reaches a certain level, the secretion of endorphins increases. Under the stimulation of endorphins, the human body and mind are in a relaxed and happy state.

People who are not mentally normal are mostly unwilling to speak, so the best way is to let them participate in activities with more people. After getting along for a long time, they will naturally be willing to talk to others. This also reflects the benefits of exercise to the mind. Of course, this does not mean that mentally healthy people can not engage in sports. By the same token, mentally healthy people should engage in sports so that they can live a more optimistic life.