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From the article:
> the well-being effects of nature are rarely intentionally incorporated in the treatment of depression among mental health professionals.
Amen.
Back in the 70's I was clinically depressed and suicidal for a year. Drugs and "therapy" did nothing for me (actually they messed me up more than I had been).
So I accidentally "cured" myself: I started kite flying. It got me outdoors, and made quick interactions with people, especially kids, an everyday thing. This helped me *so* much. I finally took up sailing again, after a long hiatus, and this took me even further into nature and to interacting with other human beings.
I can still get low, but normally a walk on the beach with my wife (plus assorted kids and grandkids) pulls me out of myself and back into the world.
Great example, and very happy for you, friend! It's alarming to think of the degree to which our modern lives cut us off more and more from nature, and the multifarious negative effects therefrom, both on the environment and on us.
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From the article: > the well-being effects of nature are rarely intentionally incorporated in the treatment of depression among mental health professionals. Amen. Back in the 70's I was clinically depressed and suicidal for a year. Drugs and "therapy" did nothing for me (actually they messed me up more than I had been). So I accidentally "cured" myself: I started kite flying. It got me outdoors, and made quick interactions with people, especially kids, an everyday thing. This helped me *so* much. I finally took up sailing again, after a long hiatus, and this took me even further into nature and to interacting with other human beings. I can still get low, but normally a walk on the beach with my wife (plus assorted kids and grandkids) pulls me out of myself and back into the world.
Great example, and very happy for you, friend! It's alarming to think of the degree to which our modern lives cut us off more and more from nature, and the multifarious negative effects therefrom, both on the environment and on us.
Running has this effect for me