Shetlands

In July 2021 I decided to go to the Shetlands for a few weeks having left my job. I know from experience that when I am upset, as an introvert and someone who finds nature uplifting and magical, somewhere remote with a wildlife subject to study will generally bring me back to feeling myself. I think we are all different and so I wouldn't go so far as to say nature is healing or it is medicine for everyone. I am a family Doctor and I have worked in remote places of beauty like the Isle of Wight and people can be as unhappy and stuck in life as people that I saw in inner city Birmingham. There is no quick way of getting well with chronic illness or finding your new normal with your symptoms. I like the idea of social prescribing but I think you have to be interested first and to have taken the time to know what gives you joy (not addiction). It actually can take a lot of focus to achieve a true picture so don't be discouraged if you are figuring that out still, I think to a degree I still am.