We are spending more time indoors and online and too much time in front of screens which is deadly having negative effects on our physical and mental wellbeing.
‘Nature Deficit Disorder’ is really a thing and it means a lack of time in the natural world, largely due to hours spent in front of TV or computer screens.
It’s the idea that human beings, especially children, are spending less time outdoors than they have in the past, and the belief that this change results in a wide range of behavioral problems.
Nature-deficit disorder describes the human costs of alienation from nature, among them: diminished use of the senses, obesity, anxiety and depression, attention difficulties, and higher rates of physical and emotional illness.
Recent studies suggest that spending as little as 2 hours in nature each week can help our brains and bodies to stay healthy and make you happier.
Its mindful time in nature that can reconnect us with the “more-than-human world” in which we live.
Fresh air, sun, trees. Nature is a magical thing, and according to some studies, can have strong healing powers – such as improving mood, boosting the immune system and increasing anti-cancer proteins.
Nothing can quite compare to those feel good vibes that nature gives us, and science backs this up. Recent findings reported that people’s health, wellbeing, happiness and relationships can all be improved by being out in nature.
There are so many great reasons why getting yourself into the great outdoors is ALWAYS a good idea. And even better, when we combine nature with physical activity, it has even more of a calming effect helping fight depression and anxiety and making us feel fantastic.
If you have been using your brain to multitask – as most of us do most of the day – and then you set that aside and go on a walk, without all of the gadgets, you will let the prefrontal cortex recover. And that’s when we see bursts in creativity, problem-solving, and feelings of well-being.
Humans have long intuited that being in nature is good for the mind and body. From indigenous adolescents completing rites of passage in the wild to modern East Asian cultures taking “forest baths,” many have looked to nature as a place for healing and personal growth.
You can’t have centuries of people writing about this and not have something going on. If you are constantly on a device or in front of a screen, you are missing out on something that’s pretty spectacular: the real world.
You’ve got this!
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