When You Exercise but Your Mind Does Not.

It is astonishing to find out that exercising affects people with diagnosed depression differently than it affects others. 

Whereas exercising often reduce an inflammation marker protein in people, it does not happen the same way in those who are depressed. 

So, if you are depressed and would like to tackle higher risks of heart disease and other conditions like type 2 diabetes relate to this protein marker, then exercising won't help you achieve that goal. I'm perplex. 

When some lights are out..

But still, on second thought, any and all changes in the body requires chain biochemical reactions. And when our brain works less efficient and some mental processes maybe blocked or hindered by depression, some physiological reactions just don't go the way they normally would go. So, it should come as a very little surprise.

If you are depressed, mild, moderately or severely, work on your mental health difficulties. Like I always say, make it a full time job if you have to. Without mental health, everything starts to work against ya.
Related Source: the journal Brain, Behavior and Immunity and the National Institutes of Health.

Time Lost

My heart go to the young women who've held hostage for over a decade by Castro. Just can't believe it. The news of Georgina DeJesus, 23, Amanda Berry, 27, and Michele Knight, 32 found alive and Amenda with child just give me this mixed feelings of both pain and triumph. 

It must be a miracle for their families to find out they survive. Yet, it is mind boggling to know how people's time are stolen from them. Dejesus, Berry and Knight were kidnapped consecutively between the years 2002 and 2004. Besides other details, the supposedly "charismatic" 52-year-old Ariel Castro, a former "school bus driver,"and  etc., these women have lost a total of 30 years of their lives. And their freedom. 

I just want to shake my head and let you all decide this event. How should one feel? For those of us who live a depressed and traumatic life, you may be able to make a good comparison with these women. They were held against their will. But if you've been living an unhappy life, you've held yourself against your will to.

If I can draw some conclusion out of this event, I'd say, treasure the time you have and the freedom you enjoy everyday.

Well, one strange thing is, I asked a pal on Experience Project about this and her response is "Why did they not escape sooner? Ten years is a long time and plenty chances of escape." Their long stay make some people wonder if in fact they were reluctant to leave. But that is only wild guess. The details have yet to be released. Let's wait and see.

Yeah, and the kidnapper's 31 years old son, Anthony Castro was once the local reporter that broadcast the news to one of those kidnaps. Oh, so this son or non of the older Castro's relative ever visited his house? It is totally odd.

Related links 
Son of captor suspect wrote article >Yahoo news
Cop almost miss suspect >CBSnews
Suspect's Chilling Admission Letters
Disappointed Daughter Speaks Out




Anyhow, enjoy the 
springtime while you can.