What exactly is the meaning of the phrase “The morning constitutional”? Is it an early morning walk or the first visit to the bathroom during the day?
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Whenever your wife will go with me? But, seriously, I use yoga more for my mental health endorphins and self focus but try to get in a few good walks a week but it's highly variable.
I generally find bicycling or sitting on my porch more relaxing, so it's not my top mental health tactic.
That said, I often have therapy appointments on the phone while walking through my neighborhood, and I also recently experimented with "nature therapy" in the woods nearby, so if therapy counts, then I probably do it weekly.
going for a walk to nowhere stresses me out, but (usually e-)biking every 2-3 mile errand or school run keeps me relatively healthy physically and mentally, despite the transportation bureau's best efforts.
how do you define "mental health walk"? I try to leave the house at least once. Even if it is only to get something small from the supermarket or take out trash. Leave the house at least once.
I try to get out daily, but really only manage a few times per week. I do notice the difference, though, and have been starting to note whether or not I walked in my "mental weather report" when I sit down to write morning pages
I can say, as a licensed clinical social worker who's trained in EMDR, that walking helps anyone process because your right side arms and legs are controlled by the left hemisphere of your brain just as the left side is controlled by the right. It is easier for your brain to process information while opposite limbs are moving because both hemispheres are active and information gets moved to the hypothalamus more efficiently. Good for mental health and problem solving.
I was daily for almost two years but new meds kind of threw off my rhythm. I’m still multiple 1 mile plus walks a week though and working back up in frequency.
It helps a lot that I live in a walkable and scenic neighborhood. Very blessed in that way.
I walk daily, usually at least twice. Never taken a mental health walk.... Although I've probably had a mental health pub visit, and will have gotten there by walking.
I have been shocked countless times how quickly my brain can zig-zag from "life is great! I feel amazing!" to "I think I'm dying"…and unless I get outside at least once a day for a *substantial* meditative walk (or e-scooter ride which is my new favorite thing), the likelihood of a mental crash skyrockets. So it's not just something I enjoy doing…I NEED to do it.
definitely not enough. With newborn and an older kid it's pretty hard to "just go", unfortunately. Also, the weeks long overcast, dark, short days, and constant rain feel like they're definitely not going to improve my mood.
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•I saw "roll" and "stroll", but also a lot of pushback that it was OK to just use "walk".
I decided to stick with it since "mental health walk" is an idiom.
But people with wheelchairs, I see you and I'm glad you're getting out and about.
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•I think of it as being good for my physical health, but I just call it a "walk".
I suppose it must have some mental health benefits. And I'm needing those more and more I guess.
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•That said, I often have therapy appointments on the phone while walking through my neighborhood, and I also recently experimented with "nature therapy" in the woods nearby, so if therapy counts, then I probably do it weekly.
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•I try to leave the house at least once. Even if it is only to get something small from the supermarket or take out trash. Leave the house at least once.
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•I'm daily. I try to get out for some kind of walk every day. Sometimes it's long, sometimes just around the block.
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