Improve Mental

Health

A Strong Heart
Reduces Stress

Benefits of sports

Increased Confidence Improved Lung

Function

Develop Stronger
Relationships
Activity 6: let’s get fit

Come on! Let’s go! Let’s do some physical activities or sports to relives our stress. Did you know
that sports help you manage stress? Exercise causes your body to release endorphins, the chemicals in
your brain that relieve pain and stress. It also reduces the levels of stress hormones, cortisol and
adrenaline. Studies have shown that 20 to 30 minutes of exercise each day can make people feel calmer.
This calmness continues several hours after exercise. And here are more reasons how and why physical
and sports activities can help you manage your stress.

Playing or doing physical activities or sports improves your mood .Playing a sport such as golf or
skiing forces you to put aside your worries and concentrate on the task at hand. This helps you clear
your mind and calm down. It also helps you sleep better.

Produce long-term mental health effects. Participation in sports can have long-term effects on
your mental health. Researchers studied 9,688 children who had bad childhood experiences, such as
physical and sexual abuse, or emotional neglect. They found that those children who took part in team
sports had better mental well-being when they were adults.

Boost mental health with team sports. Taking part in sports in a group has a greater impact on
mental health than individual sports. Researchers in Australia found that women who played tennis and
netball in clubs had better mental health than those who exercised alone, like walking or working out at
the gym. There were no differences in physical health between the two groups. A study of teenage
athletes found that those who played individual sports more likely reported experiencing anxiety and
depression. This may be because those in team sports often play for fun. Individual sports don’t require
another person to compete together and may make the athlete experience more stress than enjoyment.

Improve serious mental disorders. Exercise can help if you have a serious mental illness such as
schizophrenia. It improves some symptoms of schizophrenia, including loss of motivation and thinking
difficulties, but is less effective with other symptoms like hallucinations.

Help with depression. Sports help treat depression. Studies show that exercise improves
symptoms of depression and reduces the risk of relapse. Exercise was found to be as effective as
standard antidepressant treatment in one study, with modest amounts of exercise helping to improve
depression.

And that’s few of the reasons how and why physical and sports activities can help you manage
your stress. So if I were you I will do some physical activities and sport right now so it will help me to
relive my stress from school works and problems in life and it will also help me to become physically fit.