For example today i was feeling kinda anxious and as soon as i lifted the first weight everything seemed to just disappear. I get it makes me physically healthier but now does it make me happier?
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Part of it is physiological – working out releases endorphins, which are your brain’s natural “feel good” chemicals.
Part of it is psychological – working out gets your mind focused on the workout, which can help alleviate symptoms of depression or anxiety.
Exercise releases endorphins. Endorphins make people happy. Happy people don’t just shoot their husbands.
For me, I stop thinking about the thing bothering me, or I work it out in a way that I wouldn’t have, had I not been moving.
Also, if you set a goal, like “do 100 push ups today” you not only have the health benefits of doing the push ups, you feel good about yourself. You kept your word, so are a good person. And you set a goal and achieved it, so you’re successful.
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If you want to get technical this publication looks like a good review
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7460504/
To add on others: IMO we are programmed like animals:
Problem->action.
Our society does not provide an instant action for everything. Sometime we are “problem->hold->hold more” and you get easily to points where you have 10-100 unsolved, on hold problems. Doing something physical does give a false sense of action, that relieves the stress of being on hold.
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