On the topic of "fitness addiction may be a disease", Jonathan L. Chang, a scientist in China, did relevant research more than 30 years ago, but at that time he mainly studied the sport of running. It is often pointed out in the paper [1] that those who are addicted to running-not ordinary runners, but runners who take running as their obligation and will die if they don't run for a day-have similar psychological characteristics and behavioral tendencies with anorexia nervosa patients. They also pursue perfection and are prone to depression, but to a lesser extent.
"Sports addiction will occupy a person's life. Such people are physically injured, but their brains are still thinking about sports all day. However, because our culture attaches great importance to physical activity, this issue is easily overlooked. " Freimus said.
On 20 15, two Americans wrote a book called The Truth of Sports Addiction: Understanding the Dark Side of Being Thin as Beauty. This title simply tells you that fairy tales are lies. Katherine Schreiber and Heather Hausenblas, a professor of motor function at Jacksonville University, mentioned in their books that for sports addicts, their physical activity is both a coping mechanism and a compulsive behavior. Don't exercise or die! You can't go to the gym for a day! Ordinary people will get better physically and mentally after exercise, but for sports addicts, this feeling of pleasure is much higher than ordinary people!