There are many reasons why we get addicted to exercise, we try to control our weight, we try to increase our self-esteem overall, we want to increase our body image and confidence, we try to increase our self efficacy, try to increase our mood and also to improve out health and lower risks of diseases and illnesses later on in life. All these contribute to people exercising and then becoming addicted physically as well as psychologically. As people become addicted to exercise, especially women, they tend to suffer from anorexia and bulimia.
Self-esteem is pride in oneself; self-respect.
Self-confidence is confidence in oneself or one's own abilities
Body image is the subjective concept of one's physical appearance based on self-observation and the reactions of others.
Self-efficacy is the quality or property of being efficient of oneself.
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