dirt is like prozac

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  • September 16, 2020 at 9:31 pm #121195
    wv
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    soil-happiness:https://realfarmacy.com/antidepressant-soil/

    “It turns out getting in the garden and getting dirty is a natural antidepressant due to unique microbes in healthy organic soil. Working and playing in soil can actually make you happier and healthier.

    What gardeners and farmers have talked about for millennia is now verifiable by science. Feeling like your garden or farm is your happy place is no coincidence!

    The soil microbe mycobacterium vaccae has been found to mirror the effect on neurons in the brain that drugs like Prozac can provide, but without side effects….”

    September 16, 2020 at 10:21 pm #121198
    zn
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    I’ll attest to that.

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    September 17, 2020 at 9:22 am #121210
    wv
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    Yeah, there is something to it, i think.

    But then i also think there is something generally toxic about big-city-life.

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