Exercise addiction || Balance
COULD YOU BE ADDICTED TO EXERCISE?
Sports psychologist Dr Josephine Perry explains the signs and symptoms of exercise addiction, as well as how to tackle the issue head on…
BALANCE
S earch#RunningAddict on Instagram and you will find over a million posts. Get a medal from a big run company and you might find Run Addiction brazenly printed on the ribbon. Both things suggest that an addiction to running is something to be proud of; a flippant humblebrag that shows just how dedicated you are. As a sport psychologist, I do not share this ‘badge of honour’ perspective. Running addiction is a compulsion that can cause real harm, most often prompting disordered eating, overtraining injuries and relationship breakdowns.
Addiction feels like a very harmful, shaming word for something that starts out so positively. For most of us, running is brilliant; it provides physical, mental, cognitive and social benefits that help us thrive. The problem comes when running turns into an obsessive and unhealthy preoccupation; not that hard to imagine when we have a running culture that reveres those who are dedicated and determined, personality traits that make us susceptible, tons of tech to ‘help’ us compare ourselves to others, and results that initially improve.
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