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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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Not a diagnosis. Not medical advice. An invitation to listen.