Nature and it’s effects on mood
Have you ever just sat in nature or hiked through it and felt so at peace or energized after? I have been getting really into hiking and being outside. See with depression you tend stay inside away from life. You sit in the darkness of your own personal hell wanting to get out of it but unable to move. It’s fucking awful. But this quarantine has opened me up to move forward past it. It’s taught me so much about myself that I can’t say that it’s a bad thing.
The first month and a half I was walking through a swamp that was waist high. The smell of garbage and thickness of the sludge weighed me down and created so much inner turmoil. I was all over the place feeling lost and depressed and sad without even sometimes understanding why it was happening. I didn’t go outside cause it was raining everyday practically but even more so because I felt so utterly helpless. I felt that my existence was meaningless. Even on good days I would stay indoors wallowing. Time would pass by and I would shelter inside my mind and collapse under the weight of depression. It was exhausting and downright fucking scary. There was such an extremely low place that scared me. All because I couldn’t get up and move.
Over the past week I have been outside for most the day. My farmer tan is on point and as a result of high dose vitamin D and fresh air I have come out of that dark place. Yes all the blogging has helped, yes confronting the past has helped a lot as well. But if the sun was missing still I don’t think I would be as joyful as I am now. Why am I talking about all this in regards to nature,well I am getting to that.
Nature has the ability to end our suffering. Something we take it for granted. When you can walk a trail or just sit in your back yard the ground beneath your feet, it grounds you. It is like one of those wireless, solar charging stations for your phone and yet we take it for granted. I hiked this place the other day and all I felt during that hike was peace, and then hiked somewhere else today and felt such peace. Yes the past couple of days I have been around people more but it was outdoors and in the sun. Did you know that just 5 minutes in nature will boost up those positive emotions? Why? Because natures energy and frequency is a way to reset ourselves. Nature brings balance to our lives and that can change our energy.
So do yourself a favor go for a walk. Go sit out on your lawn. Do yoga outside. Find something to do that is out in nature. The fresh air and nature will do so much for your mental health. If you feel lonely bring a pet or social distance walk with a friend. You have to get moving. Go ride a bike or hike. Paint outside. Do whatever you want, but do it outside. Allow yourself to be infused with the suns rays and the fresh air. It helps a lot.
Today I was at an 8. I walked over 7 miles today. That for me is huge because I have allowed myself to sit still for far to long.