First of all, joining a gym and training with other will force you to meet and interact with other people. This will help you with your introversion and social anxiety. I'm not saying that you will meet your new best friend or even another girl here. But it will help you to overcome your anxiety of interacting with other people.
Second, I'm sure you have heard that exercise helps with depression. Well, it is actually true, to some extent. It's impossible to say that it will cure depression. And with some people, it may not work. But, there are many ways that exercise, especially boxing, will help overcome your depression. Any exercise releases endorphins in your brain. These endorphins interact with the receptors in your brain that reduce your perception of pain, as well as trigger a positive feeling in the body, similar to that of morphine (for example: a runner referring to "runner's high").
Third, it will help you get into the best shape you’ve ever been in, which of course, helps to increase your self-esteem, which helps you attract and ultimately meet new, better girls. As you get better as a boxer, and once you reach a point where you feel ready to spar with others, you will find out that exercising is important. You will want to strengthen your abs so when you get hit by a body shot, it won’t hurt. And, btw, girls tend to like hard abs. Also, you will find out that you want to be able to hold your ground or push your opponent around the ring more, and even be able to hit harder, so you will exercise your legs and upper body more. And again, girls like strong men too. So, naturally, by training in boxing, you will become more attractive to women (as long as you keep your face away from getting smashed too much…which is another reason why I stress readiness and defense so much).
Also, boxing, more than any other regular exercise, forces you to take your mind off of anything else that may be going on in the world around you. And if you don't, you get punished. Of course, this will not come for a while because no legitimate trainer is going to throw you into the ring until you and he believes you are 100% ready. But even working mitts and boxing training, in general, makes you do this. There is a quote by Tex Cobb that I love! "If you screw up in tennis, it's 15-love. If you screw up in boxing, it's your a** baby!".
So it will help you to not think about any seemingly upsetting things that may be going on in your life at the time. Other than my dog (literally my dog, my Rottweiler; not “my dog”, like as a friend), boxing helped me through many breakups. You may feel as if you have lost “the one”, or the only girl that will truly love or understand you. But you haven’t. You lost a girl that is not good enough to waste your time sulking over. So the best thing to do is to start getting over her as soon, and as quickly as possible. Of course, it will take time. But the more you allow her to walk around in your head, the longer it will take you to get over her. And I promise, the very last thing that will be on your mind as you are standing in front of another ugly, sweaty man that’s trying to knock your head off, will be her, or any girl, or anything else, for that matter! It’s the ultimate escape. After training, working harder and putting yourself through more than anything you ever have before; you step into the ring and strategically pick another fighter to pieces, and yes, beat the crap out of him; you hear a crowd of people cheering every time you smash your hand against him; then he falls as you stand, victorious, above your fallen opponent. It’s one of the very best feelings you will ever experience as a man. In the real world, if you release your emotions by beating someone up, you will go to jail. But in boxing, if you do the exact same thing, you can become an extremely wealthy person. How ironic.
Finally, if nothing else, it is a great experience. I believe everyone should know how to properly and effectively defend themselves. By training, there is absolutely nothing at all you will lose! Of course, if you decide to advance and get into the ring, you put yourself in danger. So again, I stress, DO NOT take the decision to begin actually fighting too lightly. Not training, but actually fighting others. Make sure it’s what you want to do, and make sure that you are ready.
I hope this helps!
Good Luck!!!
rage always works and so does fear. i dont know your weight or height but if you stay dedicated and know how to take a hit you can become a great boxer. neck exercises are the main thing for absorbing a hit so increase your muscle area on that side. on the heavybag rage is good but what with good timing do not go crazy on the bag becuase you will burnn out
A doctor and a mild prescription would help you very much to alleviate a lot of your pent up emotions.
It will help you to get rid of stress,but what's inside of you depend on you...Boxing is great but for your problem I suggest educative reading books, watching videos and listening to relaxing music.You need self-development and that way you solve the problem.
sorry for my english ;-)
Yes, beating the sh*t out of people helps. Alot. Just trust me.
I'm a very introverted person, I suffer from social anxiety and depression, so I tend to keep things in all of the time. But every now and then, when it comes out, I feel rage.
My girlfriend just broke up with me and I have no one to talk with about it. I have no means of venting and it'll be difficult to bottle up all of these feelings in me.
Do any of you think boxing will help me cope with such afflictions?
I know it will help me get back in shape, but will it also help with confidence and help fight off my inner demons?
