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by Broken_Hippo 3690 days ago
It didn't let you hide from your problems the first time, either. But for me, at least, it has gotten me out of my head and back into it with a different perspective on the problems. The stuff you think about it... it is basically fear (which goes away). The amazing part, I think, is that you don't even need all that much to get benefits.

I am in my late 30's now, and luckily I'm in a position to take a trip to Amsterdam every year or two - and that is after not doing it for years and years. I now find it a part of keeping myself psychologically healthy. I come back with a slightly altered life outlook. The worst part, for me, is that I usually can feel daily anxiety coming back as I come back down - but even that has become less over time and it gives me a better perspective on what those happen to be.