How often do you go outside?

Apr 02, 2020 at 06:50 AM

My therapist said that I should go outside more often (since I go out only once every 2 weeks). She says that I need to change up my environment to reduce the severity of symptoms, or at least to take the edge off.

How often do you go outside?

Apr 02, 2020 at 07:37 AM

when I need to.

I'm agoraphobic, and where possible try to avoid the outdoors. I need to for like appointments, or to go to the library, or to get groceries (so I suppose maybe a few times a month), but nothing that's not needed.

Blue_Bird · Apr 02, 2020 at 07:40 AM

I sit outside because there's a nice area outside my apartment complex for that and it's nice when the sun is out. Other than that I go out for groceries or to pick up my medication. But before the virus I would be out quite a bit, taking walks almost everyday.

Apr 02, 2020 at 07:55 AM

With hubby home, we have been taking short walks almost every day unless the weather is really bad. Others in my area have the same idea. Lots of walkers and bicyclists!

I have tried to keep grocery and pharmacy shopping to a minimum (once per week) because hubby wants me to wear a mask, which is uncomfortable. [Steams up glasses and is generally hot, because I breathe fire like a dragon.] I don't mind wearing the vinyl gloves. In fact, I sort of like the vinyl gloves. It makes opening those produce bags easier.

We have started ordering groceries online.

Apr 02, 2020 at 08:18 AM

1-3 times a day

Tucson · Apr 02, 2020 at 08:43 AM

At least once a day, and usually two or three times. It depends on how much energy I have that day.

fern46 · Apr 02, 2020 at 11:48 AM

Several times a day every day if weather allows. It is very important for gounding to connect with the Earth.

Aviza · Apr 02, 2020 at 11:51 AM

I go outside every day minimum sometimes more. I open my window to allow fresh air to flow through my apt. I go for walks outside. I enjoy being out doors.

*Beth* · Apr 02, 2020 at 02:09 PM

I've been taking a short drive every morning. I open my sunroof, turn on music, and just drive through some neighborhoods and look at the spring flowers.

I would love to take a walk, but the issue with my achilles tendon doesn't allow me to walk more than a very short distance.

Skeezyks · Apr 02, 2020 at 02:30 PM

I typically take our dog out for one walk a day. (My spouse takes him the other.) That's pretty-much it.

BeyondtheRainbow · Apr 02, 2020 at 04:07 PM

I live near a state park and we go and walk the dogs there every day we possibly can. It's become a much-anticipated part of the day for dogs and humans alike. If they close our state parks I will be so disappointed. So far they haven't and say they won't as long as people follow social distancing.

Fuzzybear · Apr 02, 2020 at 05:41 PM

I go outside to forage for berries

Sunflower123 · Apr 02, 2020 at 06:17 PM

I go outside for hours on sunny and partly sunny days.

Nammu · Apr 02, 2020 at 06:57 PM

I go out once a day to fetch the mail and newspapers from across the street. It's just now starting to get warm. So soon we can sit on the deck.

Daonnachd · Apr 02, 2020 at 07:52 PM

I take the dog out morning and evening, and go out for myself in between almost religiously. Sometimes -often- I don't want to but I can see that it's good for me. When I'm doing minimal time with the dog and neglecting my own time my mental state suffers.

zapatoes · Apr 02, 2020 at 08:33 PM

Like to get outside to walk my dog 30 minutes or more. If weather allows also do yard work since good exercise and helps reduce stress.

sophiebunny · Apr 02, 2020 at 10:43 PM

I haven't gone out in 16 days and don't plan to in the future.

Innerzone · Apr 03, 2020 at 01:40 PM

Most days. Just for the fresh air really. Not extensively, even a small amount of time is helpful. Might be a little walk around the neighborhood, or more likely hanging out on the porch.

Moose72 · Apr 03, 2020 at 02:43 PM

I walked yesterday- it was 63 degrees!- and today- its 65!

Its been sunny both days. Yesterday, I walked alone and today N3 was ahead of me. So many people were out walking in my mom's neighborhood both days. The flowers are up and the bushes are flowering too. Its looking and feeling more like May than the beginning of April!

N3 worked from 5-2 today. That's great! I think they like him there to give him that many hours. Of course, other days like tomorrow (Saturday) they might not give him his full shift. Saturdays have become weird like that.

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Anonymous35014 Guest Posts: n/a	Apr 02, 2020 at 06:50 AM #1 My therapist said that I should go outside more often (since I go out only once every 2 weeks). She says that I need to change up my environment to reduce the severity of symptoms, or at least to take the edge off. How often do you go outside?
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Anonymous32451 Guest Posts: n/a	Apr 02, 2020 at 07:37 AM #2 when I need to. I'm agoraphobic, and where possible try to avoid the outdoors. I need to for like appointments, or to go to the library, or to get groceries (so I suppose maybe a few times a month), but nothing that's not needed.
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Anonymous43918 Guest Posts: n/a	Apr 02, 2020 at 08:18 AM #5 1-3 times a day
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Tucson Grand Magnate Member Since Jul 2014 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 3,105 9 16 hugs given	Apr 02, 2020 at 08:43 AM #6 At least once a day, and usually two or three times. It depends on how much energy I have that day. __________________ Dx: Bipolar I, ADD, GAD. Rx: Fluoxetine, Buproprion, Olanzapine, Lamictal, and Strattera.
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fern46 Grand Magnate Member Since Mar 2019 Location: USA Posts: 3,021 5 4,300 hugs given	Apr 02, 2020 at 11:48 AM #7 Several times a day every day if weather allows. It is very important for gounding to connect with the Earth.
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Aviza Magnate Member Since Jan 2013 Location: Midwest Posts: 2,456 11 86 hugs given	Apr 02, 2020 at 11:51 AM #8 I go outside every day minimum sometimes more. I open my window to allow fresh air to flow through my apt. I go for walks outside. I enjoy being out doors. __________________ Son: 14, 12/15/2009 R.I.P. Daughter: 20 Diagnosis: Bipolar with Psychosis. Latuda 100 mgs.
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Beth catches the flowers Member Since Jul 2019 Location: Downtown Vibes, California Posts: 15,701 (SuperPoster!) 4 23.7k hugs given	Apr 02, 2020 at 02:09 PM #9 I've been taking a short drive every morning. I open my sunroof, turn on music, and just drive through some neighborhoods and look at the spring flowers. I would love to take a walk, but the issue with my achilles tendon doesn't allow me to walk more than a very short distance. __________________
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Skeezyks Disreputable Old Troll Member Since Oct 2015 Location: The Star of the North Posts: 32,762 (SuperPoster!) 8 17.4k hugs given	Apr 02, 2020 at 02:30 PM #10 I typically take our dog out for one walk a day. (My spouse takes him the other.) That's pretty-much it. __________________ "I may be older but I am not wise / I'm still a child's grown-up disguise / and I never can tell you what you want to know / You will find out as you go." (from: "A Nightengale's Lullaby" - Julie Last)
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Fuzzybear Wisest Elder Ever Member Since Nov 2002 Location: Cave. Posts: 96,325 (SuperPoster!) 21 81.2k hugs given	Apr 02, 2020 at 05:41 PM #12 I go outside to forage for berries __________________
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Sunflower123 Legendary Wise Elder Member Since Jan 2015 Location: USA Posts: 26,543 (SuperPoster!) 9 95k hugs given	Apr 02, 2020 at 06:17 PM #13 I go outside for hours on sunny and partly sunny days.
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Nammu Crone Member Since May 2010 Location: Some where between my inner mind and the solar system. Posts: 71,285 (SuperPoster!) 13 53.6k hugs given	Apr 02, 2020 at 06:57 PM #14 I go out once a day to fetch the mail and newspapers from across the street. It's just now starting to get warm. So soon we can sit on the deck. __________________ *Nammu* …Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. …... Desiderata Max Ehrmann
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Daonnachd Magnate Member Since Feb 2006 Location: Napa Valley Posts: 2,116 18 3,379 hugs given	Apr 02, 2020 at 07:52 PM #15 I take the dog out morning and evening, and go out for myself in between almost religiously. Sometimes -often- I don't want to but I can see that it's good for me. When I'm doing minimal time with the dog and neglecting my own time my mental state suffers. __________________ ><
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zapatoes Grand Magnate Member Since Sep 2018 Location: Islandia Posts: 4,263 (SuperPoster!) 5 10.9k hugs given	Apr 02, 2020 at 08:33 PM #16 Like to get outside to walk my dog 30 minutes or more. If weather allows also do yard work since good exercise and helps reduce stress.
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sophiebunny Veteran Member Member Since Jan 2019 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 570 5 77 hugs given	Apr 02, 2020 at 10:43 PM #17 I haven't gone out in 16 days and don't plan to in the future.
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Innerzone Wise Elder Member Since Nov 2009 Location: NW US Posts: 9,383 14 31.3k hugs given	Apr 03, 2020 at 01:40 PM #18 Most days. Just for the fresh air really. Not extensively, even a small amount of time is helpful. Might be a little walk around the neighborhood, or more likely hanging out on the porch. __________________ ********* Mr. Robot Makes me sick to the heart, Oh I feel so tired. And the way the rain comes down hard, that's how I feel inside. --The Cure
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