Running Is My Therapy: Relieve Stress and Anxiety, Fight Depression, and Live Happier

Running Is My Therapy: Relieve Stress and Anxiety, Fight Depression, and Live Happier

Running Is My Therapy: Relieve Stress and Anxiety, Fight Depression, and Live Happier

Running Is My Therapy: Relieve Stress and Anxiety, Fight Depression, and Live Happier

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Overview

A lifelong runner’s groundbreaking guide to fighting depression and anxiety, one run at a time

Everyone knows that running builds stronger muscles and a healthier heart. In Running Is My Therapy, longtime runner Scott Douglas shows how endurance running is also the best form of exercise to develop a healthier brain. A natural antidepressant, running reinforces the benefits of therapy and triggers lasting, positive physiological changes. In fact, some doctors now “prescribe” a running regimen as part of their first-line treatment plan for depression. Marshaling expert advice and a growing body of research, Douglas explains how we can all use running to improve mental health—and live happier.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781615195817
Publisher: The Experiment
Publication date: 04/30/2019
Edition description: Reprint
Pages: 288
Sales rank: 675,781
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 7.40(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Scott Douglas is a senior editor for Running Times. He has been the magazine’s editor-in-chief and has contributed articles on running to Runner’s World, Slate, the Washington Post, and Men’s Fitness among others. He has co-written four books on running, including The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Running and Advanced Marathoning, and has run more than 95,000 miles since taking up the sport as a teen. He lives in South Portland, Maine.

Table of Contents

Foreword 5

Preface to the Paperback Edition 9

Introduction 13

Chapter 1 How Running Helps Your Brain 21

Chapter 2 How Running Helps People with Depression 41

Chapter 3 How Running Helps People with Anxiety 71

Chapter 4 How to Use Running to Improve Your Mood 91

Chapter 5 Running and Antidepressants 113

Chapter 6 Running and Talk Therapy 145

Chapter 7 Running and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 159

Chapter 8 Running and Mindfulness 175

Chapter 9 Running and Strong Social Connections 195

Chapter 10 Running and Meaningful Pursuits 209

Chapter 11 Running and a Healthy Lifestyle 227

Chapter 12 What Running Can and Can't Do 251

Appendix: Quick Tips on Using Running to Manage Mental Health 267

Acknowledgments 283

Index 285

About the Authors 288

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