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๐ข๐ญ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ. โฃ
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๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด? Because Iโve been so very guilty. โฃ
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For years I masked everything from anxiety, to stress, to loneliness, to depression, with one thing: my fitness. โฃ
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๐๐ก๐๐ง ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐. โฃ
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Suddenly I realized my entire world revolved around my workouts and my only form of coping with negative emotions was through fitness. โฃ
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It was the reality check I didnโt know I needed. โฃ
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Since then, Iโve learned to embrace the fact that fitness can be therapeutic and a helpful tool to temporarily band aid some negative stuff, BUT I alsoโฆ โฃ
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๐๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ฑ๐บ โฃ
๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญโฃ
๐๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด โฃ
๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐บ โฃ
๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐บ ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด โฃ
๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ด๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ฆ โฃ
๐๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐บ๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ด๐บ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ โฃ
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And I still use fitness as the occasional dose of therapy, but now I also go to therapy. โฃ
