whether you're the pro, the wannabes, the weekend warriors, or just casual
Ever suffered from depression? Ever wonder how it felt? I am not referring to the kind whereby you suffer a heartache or something miserable, neither am i referring to the post-natal, or the work related type or family stress. I'm picking a topic that hits close to my heart : post-injury depression.
As 'casual' as i may have claimed to be, i still am out doing something everyday. A simple 3km run can cheer me up, in ways that i can't just describe to you. A good stretching session or core strength session can work its magic, despite it being really low impact. Come to think of it, i work out at least 3 days a week, unless i am really busy.
Being busy is never a bad thing. You forget about training. There are things to occupy your mind. Having a crazy social life meeting up with friends occupy a lot of time and your mind, and yet provide comic relief to the soul. But as triathletes, your life revolves not just around family and friends, your life revolves about swim, bike and run. You spend a lot more time with your friends who are almost always doing some sort of training. The way you bond with these friends are through doing the same activity together. You find common ground and common topic. How many of us triathletes do hang out with others on a normal day that is skirt, pants, and normal clothes instead of skin tight lycra (oooh sexy...)? Not many. When you fill your schedule with 4 to 5 days of training, you barely have time to yourself, and your family.
When you train that much a week, you're more likely than not to suffer from overtraining (burnout!) or injuries. When that happens, you suddenly feel lost, and upset. You can't focus at anything you do, as your endorphin and adrenalin seeking activities are pulled to a halt. Your social life doesn't seem so revoltingly exciting any longer. You get envious of friends who are on the move. You feel useless, and just sink into depression. At that time, you feel like you're slumped to a corner, without any care and concern from anyone. But wait! Your friends do care, they advise you to stop to prevent more injuries, and they meant well. Except how do you tell someone who's always on the move to stop?
As difficult as it may seem to be, it is inevitable that you who may be suffering from post-injury depression to stop and let the injury recover. Tell yourself everyday that you'll get stronger. Find things to do : pick up a new hobby. Read more, you'll discover something you never knew. Spend time with those you might have to miss out everyday. I may have been having shin bone problem, and always wanting to run. But i have since learnt that sometimes i have to stop and smell the roses. I've decided to spend time with more friends. And you will soon realize sports isn't everything.
And especially to my bbbreeeeeasssstttt friend :
pls get it into your head. I'm always on your case, and always will be.
Rest is to go a longer distance.
1 comment:
Breast friend? alamak...i hope i am wrong...
Anyway, my 5 cents worth.
We evolve around the rest of the world, and there are so many things in life we would like to hold on dearly, such is the greed of humans.
We want friends, party, money, career, good health, good races...there is only so many things one can accomplished, Richard Banson is still going on and on, when will it ends? Never probably.
I would rather chose what matters most to me, list it down to top 10, from there just do the first 3. I believe in life, if we try to do many things, we loose everything. Doing well in afew things sound better to me. No one can tell you what is the few things you should do, no one can say its wrong too, only YOU can and should decide.
Believe in yourself. Farting is rude to alot of people, but releasing gas meant a logical way to maintain healthy toxic level in the eyes of the doctor....
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