Compulsive Exercise
Possible Buried Feelings
Controlperfectionismpunishmentfearanxietyguilt about rest
Possible Buried Beliefs
- “Rest is laziness.”
- “I have to earn food.”
- “If I stop, everything falls apart.”
Healing Notes
Emotion Link offers these as possible associations to explore, not causes or diagnoses. Possible purpose or secondary gain: training may discharge anxiety and create control, discipline, or atonement.
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