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  • j4k3@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    It takes a few years to really reinvent yourself after a major social inversion. I did okay after ~5 years even with near total isolation. Daily exercise is absolutely vital for the endorphin balance.

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      3 months ago

      That was part of my trouble. I love running, and I got pneumonia (but not covid) right at the beginning of the pandemic, and it took me about a year to recover from that. On top of that, I would regularly run parkrun, and play roller derby, but they both got shut down too.

      All coping mechanisms that I lost access to…

      It’s all back now, and even though fitness wise, I’m not back where I was, I’m getting closer every day