One Way That I Take the Edge Off

We are losing too many people to sadness.

Like many in our world, I struggle with sadness. I don’t really do or take anything to take the edge off when I am feeling sad or depressed. I like to try to stay grounded in reality and sometimes reality is depressing to me. I try not to judge anyone for what they do to escape their own sadness.

The one thing that I do to help deal with the issues going on in my head may seem crazy to most. I try to torture myself through working out early in the morning.

Those 5 a.m. workouts that I have been doing over the past several months have been my escape.

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