Exercise Stopped Me From Taking My Life

Who hasn’t thought of wishing they were dead?

Some of us more so than others.

I used to contemplate suicide regularly.

I felt like I had nothing in my life to work towards.

I felt hopeless.

However, this spark of desire for more was there. I was too hard-headed to quit on myself. I knew there was an opposite to the pain I was feeling.

I knew there was SOMETHING out there for me.

So I decided to actively search for it.

I started to search for SOMETHING to work towards.

It did not matter what it was, it just needed to be SOMETHING.

And that SOMETHING was one of the things I had some control over — my body.

This is where my life changed dramatically.

An active lifestyle was a foundational part of my journey in taking back my mental health.

It helped me fight against my depression, anxiety, and my suicidal thoughts.

Today, I use it as a preventative to manage stressors in my life: I never want to go back to who I was in the past.