The Importance of Therapy: Overcoming Roadblocks and Avoiding Substitutes.

While exercise is beneficial for mental health, it is not a replacement for therapy. Therapy offers an outside perspective and tools to help deal with distressing situations, while exercise relieves stress and boosts physical and mental energy. Conflating regular exercise with clinical mental health treatment might just boil down to misconceptions around therapy. Taking care of mental health requires other lifestyle factors like eating well, getting enough sleep, not drinking too much alcohol, and yes, exercise.