It is difficult to get started on anything when your mind is fighting you---sometimes you just have to force yourself to "do" without thinking too much about it. You begin to feel differently as you "do" over time; one of the hardest things to learn, and continue to remember (not saying I do with any consistency) is that you change how you feel after you change your behavior, just doesn't work the other way around. And no one, or handful of things work for Everyone. In general exercise is good because our bodies were meant to move (just look at kids who are not restrained), relaxation is much harder to master; and it doesn't take away powerful negative emotions necessarily (think of Buddhist monks self-immolating in protest, and some of the violent political clashes that occur in nearly All societies of all kinds of beliefs and practices)----good luck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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