Nature Therapy

My second, creative artifact is nature therapy. Because there is no one representation of nature therapy, I have chosen this picture of a garden, because I believe that many people would have access to gardens of some sort, most likely in a public park. Nature therapy is based on the principle that humans have agrarian minds and that nature fascinates us. Our modern Western society over stimulates the brain and gives us attention fatigue constant stimulation, resulting in various mental and physical ailments. Nature therapy proposes that people spend more time in nature to enjoy and cultivate our inherent interest and need to be in nature. Nature therapy combats attention fatigue by fascinating the senses.

Nature therapy is done through exposure to green settings, and increasing one's time in around nature. The slightest changes in one's environment, such as a view of a green area, or a few more minutes outside everyday, can be beneficial to patients of nature therapy. There is something inherently healthy in nature, that our bodies react to which makes this process restorative and beneficial to our bodies and minds. I know that my own experience with nature has always been very therapeutic and restorative.

In my paper I focus on the implementation of Nature therapy instead of psychostimulants, such as Adderall to control and reverse the effects of attention fatigue on children with ADHD. Medications are not the best means of treatment for children with ADHD, and something as simple and natural as Nature therapy can make a world of difference in lessening their ADHD symptoms.