Sports As a Way to Regulate Your Emotions

[CARDOZZO]

Pick up your sport - gym, run, swim, soccer, basketball, martials arts. Do it 3x week. 

If you are not moving your body, bad news for you! 

We should see more of sports, business and practical advice here on the forum aka normie self-help.

 

Edited Wednesday at 08:31 PM by CARDOZZO

[Yimpa]

Ayyy, I love Yoga and @Beans 

Thank you for the reminder 

[NewKidOnTheBlock]

I was about to write a long post about my demotivating views on this matter and how gae it all feels, but you know what - Ima just keep it to myself, I don't wanna steal joy from other people lmao

[CARDOZZO]

56 minutes ago, NewKidOnTheBlock said:

I was about to write a long post about my demotivating views on this matter and how gae it all feels, but you know what - Ima just keep it to myself, I don't wanna steal joy from other people lmao

Share your views here. No problem 😜

[CARDOZZO]

8 hours ago, Yimpa said:

Ayyy, I love Yoga and @Beans 

Thank you for the reminder 

[Yimpa]

My rec center denied me access cus I’m trans. Back to eating fast food and being a lazy enlightened baddie 

[CARDOZZO]

16 hours ago, Yimpa said:

My rec center denied me access cus I’m trans. Back to eating fast food and being a lazy enlightened baddie 

😂😂

[NewKidOnTheBlock]

21 hours ago, CARDOZZO said:

Share your views here. No problem 😜

Eh, in short it just has to do with the meaning behind all of it. The only genuinely fun activity for me would be boxing sparring; so of course as fate would have it, it also has to be damaging to ones health as a consequence. I wouldn't find light sparring fun either it's got to be an all out boxing match lmfao. Just cause of competition aspect. But it's stupid and untenable. Running, lifting etc. just feel like a chore cause I don't subscribe to this whole suze maximization of ones bodily "meat", if I may put it that way; neither am I too enthusiastic about maxing out my VO2 MAX, nevertheless those are no proper excuses to not lift or run, it's just that if I decide to hop in that train I would view it as teeth flossing, taking a shower or something like that; just something to get out of the way LOL

I'd suspect that it's just yet again about one of those cases where reality doesn't really meet expectations; you sacrifice your time, effort and money to build a physique which ends up being hardly actually usefull in ways you'd want it to be, and then you have to keep eating the high amount of calories just to mantain it; same principle applies to other activities mentioned. Although I am probably being negligent about the mental upsides so maybe not a good idea to get discouraged

[Yimpa]

21 hours ago, CARDOZZO said:

😂😂

😭😭

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The rec center is owned by the state of Texas/Trump. 

After the rec center manager denied me, I sent an email to our city manager and advocated for the rights of disabled individuals, and for myself. I am still waiting for their responses.

I am a law-abiding citizen, even if I disagree with it. Texas still doesn’t believe that trans women exist in society legally, so I have to mask as a man in certain contexts as a survival measure.

I was curious how bad the new laws against me were, so I inquired to the rec center about my rights and where I am able to go. They denied me access to the women’s spaces, as I predicted. 

There is an exemption to the new law, however, that allows me to go into women’s spaces as long as I am accommodating a person, such as an autistic or disabled individual  (in this case @Beans).

And  yet they still denied  me. 

Now I am serious. I do not plan on joining the rec center, but I do care about standing up for my rights as a human being, and protecting the rights of other disabled individuals from discrimination, hence why I didn’t just silently walk away from abuse and discrimination.

This is my way of resistance training. New me, and I ain’t fucking around.  😼

Edited Friday at 05:25 PM by Yimpa

[Beans]

11 minutes ago, Yimpa said:

😭😭

—

The rec center is owned by the state of Texas/Trump. 

After the rec center manager denied me, I sent an email to our city manager and advocated for the rights of disabled individuals, and for myself. I am still waiting for their responses.

I am a law-abiding citizen, even if I disagree with it. Texas still doesn’t believe that trans women exist in society legally, so I have to mask as a man in certain contexts as a survival measure.

I was curious how bad the new laws against me were, so I inquired to the rec center about my rights and where I am able to go. They denied me access to the women’s spaces, as I predicted. 

There is an exemption to the new law, however, that allows me to go into women’s spaces as long as I am accommodating a person, such as an autistic or disabled individual  (in this case @Beans).

And  yet they still denied  me. 

Now I am serious. I do not plan on joining the rec center, but I do care about standing up for my rights as a human being, and protecting the rights of other disabled individuals from discrimination, hence why I didn’t just silently walk away from abuse and discrimination.

This is my way of resistance training. New me, and I ain’t fucking around.  😼

👏👏👏

[Yimpa]

https://www.threads.com/@joy_yimpa/post/DUJKjIOEWBd?xmt=AQF0IOSdPDFk4tqfIpiQB-8Re591Duse5yw5YEiJwP4ham5g891D2v_Gs4lJPN2Q3hqcXAFK&slof=1

[Judy2]

it can go both ways. for some people, excessively exercising can be a dysfunctional behaviour when trying to regulate themselves. that being said, for most people, it isn't, and most of us would benefit from exercising more. in that case, exercise is also nice because it offers both more immediate and long-term benefits for emotional regulation: it can be implemented as a routine for general stability, and as a spontaneous skill in moments of crisis (running around the block, doing a few squats, running up and down the stairs to deal with an immediate emotional trigger or stressful situation). 

 

 

[CARDOZZO]

23 hours ago, NewKidOnTheBlock said:

Eh, in short it just has to do with the meaning behind all of it. The only genuinely fun activity for me would be boxing sparring; so of course as fate would have it, it also has to be damaging to ones health as a consequence. I wouldn't find light sparring fun either it's got to be an all out boxing match lmfao. Just cause of competition aspect. But it's stupid and untenable. Running, lifting etc. just feel like a chore cause I don't subscribe to this whole suze maximization of ones bodily "meat", if I may put it that way; neither am I too enthusiastic about maxing out my VO2 MAX, nevertheless those are no proper excuses to not lift or run, it's just that if I decide to hop in that train I would view it as teeth flossing, taking a shower or something like that; just something to get out of the way LOL

I'd suspect that it's just yet again about one of those cases where reality doesn't really meet expectations; you sacrifice your time, effort and money to build a physique which ends up being hardly actually usefull in ways you'd want it to be, and then you have to keep eating the high amount of calories just to mantain it; same principle applies to other activities mentioned. Although I am probably being negligent about the mental upsides so maybe not a good idea to get discouraged

You're framing sports as a fun/entertainment pursuit. This is not my intention. You do sports to feel the whole spectrum of emotions and you do not resist them, you feel them as they are.

Sports will push you to feel your whole body as it is. You can't close your mind to feeling when you are running as an example. Sports is a doorway to develop new ways to access your body mind systems.

Edited Friday at 07:15 PM by CARDOZZO

[CARDOZZO]

2 hours ago, Yimpa said:

😭😭

—

The rec center is owned by the state of Texas/Trump. 

After the rec center manager denied me, I sent an email to our city manager and advocated for the rights of disabled individuals, and for myself. I am still waiting for their responses.

I am a law-abiding citizen, even if I disagree with it. Texas still doesn’t believe that trans women exist in society legally, so I have to mask as a man in certain contexts as a survival measure.

I was curious how bad the new laws against me were, so I inquired to the rec center about my rights and where I am able to go. They denied me access to the women’s spaces, as I predicted. 

There is an exemption to the new law, however, that allows me to go into women’s spaces as long as I am accommodating a person, such as an autistic or disabled individual  (in this case @Beans).

And  yet they still denied  me. 

Now I am serious. I do not plan on joining the rec center, but I do care about standing up for my rights as a human being, and protecting the rights of other disabled individuals from discrimination, hence why I didn’t just silently walk away from abuse and discrimination.

This is my way of resistance training. New me, and I ain’t fucking around.  😼

This is sad. Hope you get good!

[CARDOZZO]

35 minutes ago, Judy2 said:

it can go both ways. for some people, excessively exercising can be a dysfunctional behaviour when trying to regulate themselves. that being said, for most people, it isn't, and most of us would benefit from exercising more. in that case, exercise is also nice because it offers both more immediate and long-term benefits for emotional regulation: it can be implemented as a routine for general stability, and as a spontaneous skill in moments of crisis (running around the block, doing a few squats, running up and down the stairs to deal with an immediate emotional trigger or stressful situation). 

Sure.

Sports + Breathwork + Clean Diet = Natural Medicine.

[Yimpa]

3 hours ago, CARDOZZO said:

This is sad. Hope you get good!

I am not sad. I am Joy.

You know what else is a 3 letter word?

GYM!

[Miguel1]

I play football (soccer) 3-4 times a week, and dance multiple hours a week.

I couldnt agree more. Not only as a way to regulate my emotions and to stay healthty, but man it gives me so much joy.

[Yimpa]

25 minutes ago, Yimpa said:

Yimpa is now allowed in the Women's private spaces legally in Texas.

HOLY SHIT, HALLELUJAH!!!!!!

 

Had a private chat with our city manager. She is letting us in, legally. 

She happens to also be our first female city manager in San Marcos. 

Wow.

Edited 12 hours ago by Yimpa

[Oppositionless]

@Yimpa on the one hand I'm very happy for you on another I wouldn't even want to go at that point I'd feel so cringe . Just being a somewhat more feminine straight male makes me feel so cringe .

Advocaring for myself in general feels cringe but against active opposition would feel catastrophic.

Edited 13 hours ago by Oppositionless

[Yimpa]

@Oppositionless

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