Many things that are beneficial for your physical health benefit your anxiety, panic attacks, ADHD, and depression. We outline them here.

Here are some examples

Exercise

Exercise promotes the release of brain chemicals that are very good for you such as hormones, neurochemicals and growth factors – which Dr. John Ratey describes as a fertilizer to help our cells function optimally – including brain cells – which helps cells adapt and change. This is important because change is the neurological process that allows you to learn. You see it is we learn by a process whereby the brain changes.

Exercise promotes neurogenesis which helps the brain grow new brain cells. It turns out that exercise is the best known way to grow brain cells.

Exercise also helps you generate endorphins which are the body’s feel good chemicals which can help you feel a sense of well-being and also provide relief from pain.

A German study completed at Charite-University Medicine in Berlin. This study found that 50% of subjects who completed 30 minutes of daily aerobic exercise were able to avoid having a panic attack in the experiment. Researchers wrote: “Our results for the first time suggest that exercise has an acute antipanic activity,” in the December 2005 American Journal of Psychiatry. Pretty good evidence for a correlation between exercise and panic attacks.

You can get started with something as simple as walking.

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