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Is strava bad for mental health?
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yes
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If you are a weirdo and check it all the time praying you get more likes and constantly comparing yourself to others in a self-defeating way.
My friends and I use it to encourage each other and lift each other up.
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No.
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Apparently I work way more than everybody I know because everyone posts up runs hours before I even leave the office. In that sense it's bad for my mental health because I'm starting to hate my life even more than usual.
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Strava has totally changed the running scene in my town. There used to be only one or two running clubs around and now there is some kind of running event every day of the week, morning or evening.
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It can be but only if you let it. My straw is locked down and I don't follow anyone else. I have two followers or friends I've known since high school and I follow them. No public scrutiny, no peer pressure, no need to try and keep up, no trying to impress, just log in my time and looking at my results.
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bsu2uwhewg wrote:
It can be but only if you let it. My straw is locked down and I don't follow anyone else. I have two followers or friends I've known since high school and I follow them. No public scrutiny, no peer pressure, no need to try and keep up, no trying to impress, just log in my time and looking at my results.
My Strava.
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The grand order of mental health and running. 1 Least -to- 10 Most...
0 - going for a run no watch and not telling anyone.
2 - GPS watch, but keeping it to yourself. You still analyze pace and HR.
4 - Upload runs to Strava don't care about Follows or Likes.
6 - Upload runs to Strava and care about Follows, Likes, and Segments.
7 - Screen shot runs to Facebook or Twitter so your non running friends think you are amazing for doing a 10k.
8 - Posting anything on LGR political or negative.
10 - Grown adults running in High School races.
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Starting thread’s asking this is bad for your health.
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Life can bad for your mental, if you let Strava, Instagram Facebook, and Let’s Run rule your every second!
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No for Strava. Yes for reading the LR message board.
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Fire wrote:
The grand order of mental health and running. 1 Least -to- 10 Most...
0 - going for a run no watch and not telling anyone.
2 - GPS watch, but keeping it to yourself. You still analyze pace and HR.
4 - Upload runs to Strava don't care about Follows or Likes.
6 - Upload runs to Strava and care about Follows, Likes, and Segments.
7 - Screen shot runs to Facebook or Twitter so your non running friends think you are amazing for doing a 10k.
8 - Posting anything on LGR political or negative.
10 - Grown adults running in High School races.
Is #10 actually a thing?
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I would say compared to other social media: instagram, twitter, FB, LRC, strava has been the least damaging to my mental health. And the benefits it has made to my running far outweigh any drawbacks
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long distance dedication wrote:
Fire wrote:
The grand order of mental health and running. 1 Least -to- 10 Most...
0 - going for a run no watch and not telling anyone.
2 - GPS watch, but keeping it to yourself. You still analyze pace and HR.
4 - Upload runs to Strava don't care about Follows or Likes.
6 - Upload runs to Strava and care about Follows, Likes, and Segments.
7 - Screen shot runs to Facebook or Twitter so your non running friends think you are amazing for doing a 10k.
8 - Posting anything on LGR political or negative.
10 - Grown adults running in High School races.
Is #10 actually a thing?
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Yep. The wife of a former pro miler enters her kids' races almost every weekend. It's weird.
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Yes.
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Questioner. wrote:
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Yes , the best coaches don’t allow their athletic use it
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Of course not, but people with existing mental health issues struggle with the app.
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