Why a Walk in the Park Can Save Your Life
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Feeling overwhelmed by life’s small failures? This film explores how the quiet indifference of nature and the mundane world can offer a powerful antidote to personal despair. Discover the profound, humbling lesson of a simple walk in the park: that by diminishing the ego, we can find peace, perspective, and a quiet sense of belonging in the vastness of the world. #Mindfulness #MentalHealth #Wellbeing #Philosophy #SelfCare Unlock all the content of The School of Life with a subscription to our podcast, articles, videos, and exercises, specially tailored to your needs.
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20 Comments
I have a backyard and also a treadmill which I use. I don't really like going to the park that much because of running into people.
I hope people who have a park nearby, actually know how blessed they are. I have one, but it is a dangerous one, so it is no place to stroll by. I'd love to have a place to go to, so I can sooth my chaotic mind.
Crikey! stop the catastrophisizing! Going to the park and sitting on a bench is just distracting your "Self" and you'll have those thoughts when you return to your empty apartment. Better to have a shower dress up, go outdoors, get some real Vitamin D on skin and go for a walk anywhere. Sitting is the new smoking. Walk, walk, walk, move, at the mall, at the gym, library, supermarket, by the seashore or do some laps around the park. Just move. The cinema is sitting and fantasy escape. Walk and do some thinking. Record your thoughts and musings. But get up and move your body.
Idk what to say…, i am tired of tiredness, i am bored of boredom, everything is stupidly complicated, when it’s supposed to be easier with the technology and stuff…, shit gets worse especially mentally, and even physically (simple things like back pain, joints’ pains, and dry eyes for young people, for instance) we can’t even force ourselves to look to the bright side of life, consider it a lie or temporary or superficial or elusive!! Therapists disappoint me while having high hopes and expectations that they will fathom the deep despair i have that blocks everything in the long run, the intrinsic sensitivity i have (I can’t benefit from the good things about it), the active mind…., that the outer circumstances and most of things that are out of your control inevitably affect me a lot, and because of my tendencies I can’t lie to myself, I can’t fake that i will accept all of this out of nowhere like magically and without a real reason and justification!!! Out of money, out of work!! It’s just a vicious cycle, a dilemma that any option is worse than the others non matter what, because most life isn’t convincing, meaningless, doesn’t make sense!! I am fed up with all the cliches and overused advices…, maybe we are just trying to find a black cat in a dark room, meaning that psychology is reliable and everything, but there are many many things that are unknown and we can’t deal with it….., it’s not just a mold that everyone should fit in, do the same, overused strategies and processes, and apply them for everyone!!! But i have no choice till i try therapy for the 6th time or something…., no choice really!! And it’s a vicious cycle, you need money for therapy, and you need therapy because it’s the only choice without much guessing (although i don’t believe in it much as i mentioned), but the least worse option……., anything i do isn’t enough, something is missing, and it’s all about control, meaning, freedom, peace of mind…, and you are so hopeless and doubtful that they are real and you will get them, REALLY AND FUNDAMENTALLY!! And therapists just give cliches, then!! Like wtf!! It’s not all about me and i am the full problem and full solution and i need to change fully, and the outside world still the same! It won’t work, it will be fake snd superficial and temporary!! Delusions!! I don’t live in an isolated island or a different planet, i am affected by the environment!! And matter of fact, most things about you, and that affect you, you didn’t choose from the very beginning!! I can’t stand people who just put the blame on an individual fir being depressed or anxious or whatever, and want you to believe the delusions that you can control everything about you and how you respond and react!! This shit is so destructive and make you feel guilty all the time because of subjective experiences, and nonsense generalizations, and unjustified ideas!!! Good luck superman!!!!!!!!!
A lesson in stoicism
It may be soothing for a while but you can't stay in the park forever. You eventually have to return home, the problems are still there, and the anxiety starts up again.
"Solvitur ambulando" is a Latin phrase which means "it is solved by walking"
Didnt like at all even the video or the concept, Is more like for the illustation and story, rather than the meaning. Overated
Thank you for your soothing voice; and for your wisdom.😊❤❤❤
Depends what park you're talking about.
Jesus Christ, this is one of the most beautiful episodes of yours! Thanks so much for it!
When I was young I lived in the mountains for ten years, went for all-day long hikes around twice per every week. Hiking improved my fitness levels. Now, twenty years later I am still benefitting from it, albeit now my walks are shorter, not that frequent and much less challenging. I still can walk much faster and longer distances than most of women of my age. I am certain this is the consequence of those ten years living in the mountains.
Sadly this is so accurate 😅
我年轻时在山里住了十年，每周大约进行两次全天徒步。徒步提升了我的体能。如今，二十年过去了，我仍然受益匪浅，尽管现在我的徒步距离更短，频率更低，难度也更小。但我仍然可以比大多数同龄女性走得更快、更远。我确信这是那十年山里生活带来的成果。
My friend died while walking in the park
It's really easy to allow problems to overwhelm you when your whole life is taking place inside one small domicile. Spending time outside in nature, even man-made natural spaces, can help you remember there's a whole wide world out there filled with living beings with their own unique lives who are blissfully unaware we even exist. It's nice to feel small and insignificant sometimes, to help put our troubles into perspective.😊
Watching this in my small room mourning about my poor English that never becomes useable and about my weakness
So this is how people with ADHD make videos?
Sorry but when you've been abroad and experienced true freedom and a better life and social connection, you don't need any of this BS advice anymore. You just wanna go back and live abroad and be alive again.
These videos are depressing. I don't get why this channel has 9 million subscribers. Doesn't make sense. Maybe most of them are AI bots or not real.