Ease Anxiety In Nature

I had been feeling very depressed for a while, and it is the worst when I wake up in the morning. One week ago, I went with my friend to a state park in Wisconsin to film bats at sunset and sunrise. We camped overnight, and I have a single person tent that is mostly mesh, and while I lay in my sleeping bag I looked up at the stars, and peered out into the dark forest. It was so relaxing that when I woke up at sunrise to help film bats I was not depressed. I was not depressed at all the entire day, and even the day after I still had no depression. Nature works faster than my medication.

Oh, Jody, this post resonates with me on so many levels! As you know, Roxy and I practiced "forest bathing" every day--sometimes three times a day! After the knee injury, this was reduced to nothing. I miss it so much. I've taken to going to the dog park now that I can walk some more but it's not the same. Nevertheless, I can still breathe in the positivity of the trees, flowers, and nature's sounds. Such a great post, my friend! By the way, I've been practicing my beach visualization daily! :)

Nature always brings me peace, the sounds of the wind or birds, the smell of the first rain, and the colors.

Your writing is in accord with wisdom acknowledgement that "the man is outdoors animal". On purpose to support the useful recommendation that mitigate the anxiety as common emotional suffering, I would to augment that we live in confrontation with our biologic evolution. The science of biologic evolution teach us that through thousand years the men lived outdoor and only last two hundred years they changed this genuine lifestyle of living. This and many others unnatural psycho-social deviation of current civilization causes many mental disorders among whose, anxiety is most frequent ones. Thus, it goes without saying, that coming back to nature is preferential choice that should decreases our daily sorrow feelings.

[...] or something. Anxiety breeds in isolation. Connecting with a family member, a friend, a pet, or even a tree can help you feel less alone and often brings us out of the panic. Have a sense that you are not [...]

It's a holy, sacred kind of feeling for me to be in forests, woods, stands of trees especially when some form of water is nearby. I take my dogs for long walks on trails and parks often. I think I may be descended from Druids.

I've gravitated to this sort of natural therapy all my life, though for a long time I did so intuitively not knowing, perhaps, what my psyche was seeking. Nowadays I'm really fortunate to live with a waterfall behind me and a forest park that begins scarcely two blocks away. I'm sure I'd be reminded how much good this is doing my soul, were I to suddenly plunge myself into a big city environment for a month!

Yes Jodi, nature, gardening, even mowing the lawn are calming for me. I like to go to the botanical gardens here and smell the roses. There's one particular scent that takes me back to my back yard as a kid. Then there are those varieties that are refreshing and new. And a rose petal is so soft. So you get the idea ... sense of smell, sense of touch, sense of peace and pure enjoyment.
Also, my son recently showed me how to reseed flowers from the seeds found in the core of a flower. The new plants popped up. It was a sweet moment for us all.
Thanks for your post about nature.