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HIKING FOR MENTAL HEALTH

all experience mental health issues at some point in life and for some of us a major event occurs that leaves us with a diagnosed mental illness. This is what happened to me following a violent incident at work – I developed anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. Nature and hiking has always been a panacea for troubles

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