Staring at nebula photos actually helped my anxiety

I was having a panic attack, so I pulled up some Hubble shots. Somehow, seeing how vast space is made my problems seem tiny.

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christopher_baker917mo ago

My buddy said the same thing about Hubble photos making his stress feel small. He was having a rough week and spent an hour just scrolling through those images. Said it didn't fix anything, but it gave him a quiet minute to breathe.

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patricia3177mo ago

That part about "a quiet minute to breathe" really gets it... I've done the same thing with those deep field images. There's something about seeing all those galaxies that just makes my own problems feel less heavy. It doesn't solve them, but it sort of... puts them in a bigger box for a little while. We all need those small things that give us a bit of space.

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wendy_jackson7mo ago

Wait, did you say he spent an entire hour on those photos? That's wild lol. I try to sneak in like five minutes with my phone in the bathroom just to breathe. An hour sounds like a dream vacation to me.

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