I’ve been struggling with my mental health and although I’m trying everything the GP can offer me I want to try some more holistic options too. So far I have thought or yoga and swimming. Thanks
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What lifestyle change, wellness strategy/activity or alternative therapy has helped your mental health?
RioDJ · 13/05/2022 12:43
rifling · 14/05/2022 11:18
I am rather envious of the cold-water swimmers. There is nowhere near me where I could do this and I love cold water! I have found running to help but my knees now really hurt so I think I am going to have to find something else. I walk and cycle everywhere and that lifts my mood too. I tried therapy and hated it. I think it made me feel worse.
AuntieStella · 13/05/2022 12:58
I took up running, despite a lifelong belief that I'd be crap at it and had the wrong shape body for it.
C25K has a lot of fans for a good reason. I used to see posts here singing its praises and assumed that the posters were all secretly the sporty ones at school. I was wrong - it really can turn pretty much anyone who can walk into a runner.
It's better for fitness, gives you space to think (or to go mindfully into just the sensation of the repetitive movement), gets you outdoors, ideally somewhere green. And can lead to camaraderie if you ever decide to run in groups
1Week · 14/05/2022 00:32
Watch out, ClumpingBamboo!
ClumpingBambooIsALie · 14/05/2022 00:22
<eek>
1Week · 14/05/2022 00:03
Gardening for me too.
There was a clump of bamboo in our garden that was gone wild. I ripped it out over the course of a year with a fork and my bare hands. When the bamboo was gone, so was my horrible angry resentful depression.
ClumpingBambooIsALie · 14/05/2022 00:22
<eek>
1Week · 14/05/2022 00:03
Gardening for me too.
There was a clump of bamboo in our garden that was gone wild. I ripped it out over the course of a year with a fork and my bare hands. When the bamboo was gone, so was my horrible angry resentful depression.
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1Week · 14/05/2022 00:03
Gardening for me too.
There was a clump of bamboo in our garden that was gone wild. I ripped it out over the course of a year with a fork and my bare hands. When the bamboo was gone, so was my horrible angry resentful depression.
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