Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) typically develops in response to direct exposure to trauma; however, it can also be caused due to witnessing a terrifying event.
About 8 million adults have PTSD during a given year, which only reflects a small portion of people who suffered trauma.
There are several outdoor activities that have proven to be beneficial to combat post-traumatic stress disorder.
In this blog, we’ll try to understand how a fishing trip can be a doorway to healing from PTSD. Let’s dive in!
Improve focus and positive thoughts
Post-traumatic stress disorder can lead to annoying and intrusive thoughts that keep on repeating and make the person tense and extremely uncomfortable.
You can consider them like pop-up ads in mobile apps that keep on repeating and take away the focus.
Fishing is a sport that requires extreme focus. This blocks negative thoughts and forced to put the mental energy in something constructive—or at least away from pessimistic feelings.
Giving the mind break from negative thoughts facilitate the remedial process.
As the focus is shifted from negatives to positives, the mind opens a doorway to healing.
The questions like “How could I let that happen?” are replaced by “How can I catch this fish?”, which is great progress and serve as a building block toward a more positive mindset.
Spending time in the open sea
Depression is a big part of PTSD that negatively influences the mood and causes a feeling of sadness.
A person starts to lose interest in life and find it difficult to concentrate, think, or make decisions.
Spending some quality time in the water is a great outdoor physical activity that can reduce the symptoms of depression.
The fresh oxygen in the open sea environment and the calming sound of water waves can suppress negative feelings.
The peaceful environment also helps a person suffering from PTSD to refresh their mind and enter a trance-like state.
Combine that with catching fishes in the sea, a fun activity that takes attentiveness and focus, and you have a perfect recipe to treat PTSD—or relieve its symptoms, at least.
No more empty hours
Many people with PTSD want to keep themselves engaged as much as possible because the moment they are not doing anything, the negative thoughts start creeping in.
And what better way to eliminate the empty hours than fishing in a luxury yacht?
Though, it’s not necessary to always book a yacht when you want to go fishing.
You can plan a fishing trip every week with your family or friends to perfect the art of catching the fish and book a luxury yacht trip every month or two to elevate your fishing experience.
Fishing always offers a new adventure and learning experience.
Instead of sitting at home and contemplating negative thoughts in front of your television, you go out, meet new people and indulge in a fun, physical activity in a calm, soothing environment.
If you want to enjoy a great fishing trip with your loved ones to relax your mind, get in touch with us. At Tag Cabo Sportfishing, we provide luxury yacht charters and sports fishing services in Cabo San Lucas and La Paz. Book a luxury yacht charter today! Call us at +52 624 168 9544 or send an email at tagsportfishing@gmail.com to learn more about our services.