>>2462871Yes and no.
Depression can have a shitton of causes, usually some that are pretty deep. Going /out/ gives you three major things that may help:
- It grounds you in reality. It's easy to dissociate in modern society with depression and to feel like a zombie, where days are starting to flow together and time is meaningless. Meditation is nothing more than being present in the moment and paying attention to the present. Most people have issues doing this without help, so being outside can help with that a lot, it's a meditative experience. As such, being /out/ can help with some forms of dissociation.
- It removes distractions. To fix depression you have to analyze it. Find the original causes, what feeds into it and then take steps to fix it. This is hard work and requires concentration. It is also part of what a therapist should help you with normally. This deliberate reflection is hard to do with distractions, so going /out/ can give you the distance (physically and mentally) as well as calmness to do so.
- It can recontextualize suffering. Sometimes in everyday life you can get things into your head, start getting trapped in negative though loops, and start feeling very bad over things that in the grand scheme of things matter little. When you sit at a campfire with others, or walk in the forest, you realize that really, not much is needed to be happy in life.
- (bonus) if you go on longer hikes, or do something rewarding like foraging/hunting/fishing the sense of accomplishment from overcoming adversity or learning/displaying a skill can give you a small self esteem boost.
Will it fix you? No. But is it worth doing? Absolutely. It may help and it will at least help you get out of thought loops and give you some silence to contemplate things. Just don't go into buying a shitload of gear or getting distracted, instead focus on actually going /out/.
I hope things get better anon, I really do.
