Are You Fighting Depression And Anxiety? Try THIS Instead

Dr Elayne (Saltzberg) Daniels
5 min readOct 18, 2022

They call it The Fight of the Century. Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier entered the ring as the first match-up of two undefeated prior world Heavyweight champions. Two of the greatest, toughest, most determined boxers of all time duked it out for a 15-round unanimous Frazier victory. Each fought a foe. But neither was fighting depression and anxiety.

At least not in the ring.

Sweaty, bruised, swollen, cut, achy, and well paid. They walked out of the ring alive, one energized by the “thrill of victory,” the other by the “agony of defeat.”

These greatest-of-the-greats would go at it again. Two more times. With a dual vindication by Ali.

These men lived for the fight.

But very few fights grab the world’s attention. Very few come with promotion, interviews, statistics, booked flights to Vegas, and meetings with bookies.

Most fights are battled in silence, or with a small audience at most. They are endured in hospitals, at work, and behind closed doors at home.

And some are endured in the shackles of an inner foe that is insidious, relentless, and disguised to the outside world.

Yes, fighting depression and anxiety is that oppressive. That…

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