A common “self soothing” technique (depression, anger, negative feelings) is to take a short walk outside.
A new environment / context can make it much easier to get out of a negative thought loop or spiral.
ruekk@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Being depressed inside is the same as being depressed outside. Your feelings and emotions don’t change whether you’re inside vs outside. However, there is science that sunlight can help produce serotonin. Which might temporarily improve your mood. But it will not “fix” the root cause of your depression
piecat@lemmy.world 2 days ago
BassTurd@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Anecdotally, my mental situation is notably better when I can get out and exercise or just be active outside. It doesn’t make the world’s problems go away but it does do some chemical stuff in the brain that helps. Sometimes just a change of location can help break that negative feedback loop too which helps improve things.