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Reddit mentions of Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain
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| Release date | January 2008 |
Spark, by John Ratey provides similar evidence of the power of exercise on the brain. It aids our learning, memory, executive functioning, and reduces depression and anxiety. Since I read it, I've been cycling at least 30 minutes a day, 6 days a week. I notice improvements.
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(Note: I read the book, but I am not advertising it, nor suggesting you should purchase it)
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While your brain is developing, at least until 23, I would recommend that you only use nutritional and aerobic supplementation to boost your own natural brain development. Phospholipids, cholinergics, omega-3's, ALCAR and other "memory enhancing" supplements are just giving your brain more of what it needs to make cell membranes and neurotransmitters to strengthen and propagate your neural connections, which makes for a smarter brain with more robust, plastic circuitry.
I got into nootropics when I was 23, but I had also been an alcoholic and taken ADHD drugs since I was in kindergarten, both of which interfere with brain development. I think this has made me a particularly high responder for someone my age (now 26) and I don't think I had much to lose from starting when I did. If you haven't experienced a neurally traumatizing event, however, I would recommend exercising every day (there's a great book that just came out about smarts and exercise) and eating everything your brain needs to make it the best it can be.
That's just common sense based off of what is known about all of this stuff. A lot of people can mess themselves up or waste a lot of money getting into and out of nootropics. We don't really know what it does to developing human minds, however.
I'm surprised studies haven't been done on this at some point, at least on a group of students aged 18 who could legally consent to such a study. I understand the ethical ramifications of giving this to children... but college students are going to do this stuff anyway. It would be great to get some data out of it and see if we should be saying "no no don't" instead of "we don't know."
I started My Marathon and have a little bit of First Ladies of Running left. Haven't started Running with the Buffaloes yet - but that's high on the list to pick up once I finish those two.
My 'wish list' highlights right now include Duel in the Sun, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain, The Barefoot Sisters Appalacian Trail books Southbound and Walking Home, Swimming to Antartica, and Physiology really fascinates me even though I only understand a fraction of it so I kind of want to check out Running: Biomechanics and Exercise Physiology in Practice, 1e
I also have a couple of business related books (But those are boring. I just feel like I have to read them to stay relevant in some conversations.) I need to get through, as well as some good fiction reading in just to detox the brain. Haha. Archer has been taking precedence over that before bed lately though.
Good on you! I'm also starting again. Yesterday I started reading this book: https://www.amazon.ca/Spark-Revolutionary-Science-Exercise-Brain-ebook/dp/B000SFD21Q
I can only recommend it, the first few pages have already completely pulled me in.
There are a lot of different directions you could go. Getting your drivers license I think would be a good place to start if that's something you want. It would help open up more opportunities for you. Have you ever tried to learn to drive? You could practice in an open parking lot with your mom.
Exercise is great for me when I get stuck in a rut. If you can do it first thing in the morning it really helps to get your day started out well. There are a lot of things you can do right in your room. Anything to elevate my heart rate is a big help for me. I like working out with kettlebells. You can also do jump rope or body weight exercises with minimal space/equipment. There's a great book called Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain that shows how beneficial exercise can be for you mentally.
As far as education there's the GED and for work everyone starts with no experience and gets a first job sometime. There are a lot of jobs you can do that don't require much social interaction. I worked fast food for a couple years and didn't work on the cash registers at all or interact with customers in any way.
You have a bunch of different options and opportunities. Pick one to start with and post again to let us know how you're doing or if you run into any difficulties so that we can help.
All I do is be a magnificent student and human being. This book has helped me so much. Cuz I love STIMS. FUCK! I never knew drugs could be so awesome till I met stims.
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It might seem like an advertisement but this book legitimately changed my perspective on a lot of things. Mostly stimulants, though. Yeah. Cuz stim addiction or stim..wanting?-- is a lot like ADHD.
Oh, shit, and uh, I realize my last post prolly didn't make it clear. I last took Adderall two weeks ago. Sometimes it's 6 months. Sometimes it's 2 months. Sometimes it's less... like, yeah, two weeks. I love adderall. My point was that I felt equal to what I felt on Addy or Vyvanse after 1.5 months of consistent exercise. Like, I legitimately felt as good as I felt on adderall 1 hour after exercising for the entire day... but the time that I felt that good on adderall was, like, 4 hours or something. I mean, I felt better than that for 1 hour, but then I felt worse than that for 2 hours (coming down).
As difficult as it is to start, exercise can be an effective treatment for depression. Some studies have found that it is just as effective as medication in certain cases.
Give this a read sometime:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000SFD21Q/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_2nVNzbQW4K70R
Anxiety is not something to be ashamed of. It is as much a physiological issue as it is psychological. I would recommend reading Spark! The author covers exercise and its physiological/physiological effects on a variety of conditions, everything from anxiety to adhd, dementia and depression. Essentially the brain of a person with cronic anxiety produces excessive amounts of cortisol which both inhibits neuro genesis in your brain cells but also will erode the connections and eventually kill cells off if it goes on long enough it can lead to chronic depression. At any rate its a book i wish i had read when i was your age and they do give you some recommendations for improving things (namely they recommend 30 to 60 minutes of cardiovascular excersise at 70 -80 percent of your max heart rate).
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Look into sites like Lynda or Udemy. You pay between 10 or 40 euro's depending on the quality of the course & it's worth it. Making a website with php, sql databases (+html & css) are relatively easy. Aps for mobile devices are i think more difficult you either need Java or C# for that. Those are powerfull object oriented languages that will provide you with a whole universe of possibility's for creativity once you have mastered them, the websites i mentioned have courses for that as wel. You probably will get frustrated along the way, i found it to be challenging stuff- just keep at it. You could also consider investigating things like (zen) meditation in order to become calmer and improve your patience and also figure out which foods are good for the health of your brain, and exercise. those all help. https://www.amazon.com/Spark-Revolutionary-Science-Exercise-Brain-ebook/dp/B000SFD21Q
After getting the courses it's all about the strength of your own motivation in order to grind through those courses in order to learn the skills.
Good luck !
Please read the book SPARK by John J. Ratey, MD. Specifically chapters 3-5, but the whole book is an excellent read. It will help you understand how exercise will help you with bouts of stress, anxiety and depression.
It might offer you some valuable insight as to what is going on in your brain. Good luck and keep with it!
Here's a good book on the subject!