Country walks 'can help reduce depression'

I hope they are right, otherwise you soon will see lots of "Christmas" trees in the woods ...

 

This is definitely a good find, also heard of this before. Ppl tend to spend way too much time penned up indoors.

 

Wow, so going hiking have therapeutic effects?

I guess people just need a little time off from day-to-day

 

But if you live in a small country like Hong Kong or Singapore, it will be very hard to find this oasis of peace and quietness ...

 

Well, in Hong Kong I live next to the mountain, so I can go pseudo-hiking all the time, but it's just pseudo-hiking because the road's paved

Not sure about SP though, must ask XJ about that -lol

 

HK has places where you can hike without paved roads.

 

^ And then you'll have to worry about snakes and centipeds =_=b

I guess I'll just pseudo-hike on paved roads, long as I am surrounded by greenery I'm good ^0^

 

Then u only get the pseudo therpeutic effect also. -tongue2

 

Maybe, but it does to job for me, so I'm not complaining nor risking the poisonous snake

 

I think that HK is quite safe. The traffic cause more victims

 

Well... I am not that trusting when it comes to the greeneries @_@b

 

But isn't it the same with Canada? There are also dangerous creatures lurking around ...

 

Not the kinds that can literally kill you. We have some dangerous ones, but not as poisonous as the ones in Asia.

 

Well, we have a total of THREE species of venomous snake... if that's what you are asking...

And yeah, somehow Asia got much more dangerous species @_@b

 

But as far as I know these animals, if you don't do something funny, they will not attack you. Since creating venom is lots of work. Especially if they don't use it for lunch ...

 

They have it in them already, dont think they need to create it at all.

 

^ They kind of have to create it... not unlike how we "create" our blood, automatic yet it DOES take effort/resources (from the body).

 

Actually... it depends on whether the person enjoys walking in the first place...
I think some people might find it quite stressful and that would make 'walking to reduce depression' pointless instead ..

 

why dont ppl just work out or find a hobby then ur depression will be gone