I will let all the freepers in on a secret about Opie. I have, in the past, (and can again if I don’t keep an eye on it) suffered from severe depression bringing me to the verge of suicide. When I am in that state of mind I will fast for 5 days minimum. No food at all. Only water. I tell you. It works better than anything.
Opie’s theory...
I believe... We are so comfortable in our American lives that we no longer know how to physically react to emotional disorders. When we fast, we shock the body in to thinking “Oh my God, I’m starving.” and 100% of all bodily functions smack the brain in to a shift to survival. All the emotions and damaging thinking disappears.
Maybe I’m just nuts, but it works and has worked more than any other treatment I have sought.
Great post.
I have a tendency to get depressed and fitness and fasting do indeed seem to work...though I never made the connection with fasting until you mentioned it.
I was also a depression sufferer to the same extent as yourself and I have also found the fasting helps. I do intermittent fasting everyday now (i skip breakfast) and it has helped tremendously. I’ve lost 30 lbs over a year and a half and also off all medications. After 25 years of agony, I’m finally free! Plus lunch tastes really good.
I wish you the best.
agree. I fast every other day. Water all day. It clears up my mind as well as my body.