Re:Rock climbing significantly reduces depression
by throwawayclimb on Thursday June 01, 2017 @12:32PM
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This mirrors my own experiences.
When climbing it's like a nagging part of my brain shuts off. I imagine this is what other people experience during meditation. For me this works better than drugs.
I have a partner who's suicidally depressed. Climbing is the only thing that gets them out of bed.
The dark side of this is that high cliffs provide easy access to self-harm.
When climbing it's like a nagging part of my brain shuts off. I imagine this is what other people experience during meditation. For me this works better than drugs.
I have a partner who's suicidally depressed. Climbing is the only thing that gets them out of bed.
The dark side of this is that high cliffs provide easy access to self-harm.