Bryan Johnson· Author
Regular sauna users (1–4 times/week) report feeling happier and less stressed.
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Regular sauna users (1–4 times/week) report feeling happier and less stressed.
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so it you know your depression is you know it lowers depression it helps with anxiety it helps with all these things when you're when you're sensitized to endorphin and so it's quite possible that um this is actually why the sauna was able to help me deal with my xiety and help me to deal with um stress and made me feel really good
so I was using the sauna and it noticeably improved my mood and helped me deal with stress. It helped me deal with the anxiety I was experiencing.
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