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Old Oct 30, 2014, 06:13 PM
ChangingMyMind ChangingMyMind is offline
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Originally Posted by vital View Post
I had similar experiences with therapists.

I'm confused by your answers here, though. If you walk your dog 2-3 times a day (say for 30 minutes total or more), that counts as aerobic exercise in my book. I think that brisk walking is quite well known to be beneficial. However, this seems to contradict your answer to 1. If you really get tired and (especially) lightheaded doing a short walk that sounds pretty alarming to me and very much like an underlying medical problem rather than a symptom of depression.

Your daily meditation sounds great. Do you find that it helps?
When I walk the dog I walk very slowly and he sniffs around a lot in one place so typically I'm just standing there. He never stays out longer than 15min or so. So I'm not getting a ton of light or exercise but I am getting small amounts. I am tired after walking him as well and have to lay down afterwards.
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