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When exercise becomes compulsion instead of health

I started running to lose weight but now I'm obsessed and I run even when I'm injured and I know it's destroying my body but I can't stop.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The pursuit of physical improvement has transformed into a punitive cycle where self-worth depends on performance despite clear harm.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Movement and exercise — principles?”

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