How The Outdoors Saved My Life | Nature Therapy - Benton Sorensen

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  • Опубліковано 2 лис 2024

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  • @reyesd709
    @reyesd709 6 років тому +2

    This is the first time I’ve seen/heard anyone like me, with similar experiences, talk about their relationship with the outdoors and be able to relate to it. Thank you guys ♥️

  • @Amelia._.dixon1
    @Amelia._.dixon1 6 років тому +10

    This is a really inspirational video I love when UA-cam's show that they are not perfect and that things can happen to them too. This can inspire

  • @DryIceSoda
    @DryIceSoda 6 років тому

    My escape or way to help myself or to get myself to feel better is skating. Cruising, carving, freestyle, etc. It helps me a lot to get through everything. Wether it's trying to ignore my dysphoria or just facing reality and accepting myself. It really gets me in my thoughts.

    • @WestCoastElements
      @WestCoastElements  6 років тому +1

      Everyone has a different escape. What's important is that we can recognize it and own it :) Skating is an awesome one.

  • @elibrusseau4592
    @elibrusseau4592 6 років тому +1

    So glad to see your full, honest self back!

  • @tomhenrik8187
    @tomhenrik8187 5 років тому +1

    I came to your channel 4 years ago for the trans* content, I stayed for the hiking/outdoors stuff, because now 4 years later I'm done with my own transition and have picked up time in the outdoors as one of my favorite hobbies as well :)

  • @lukaselijahephraimlarkins1467
    @lukaselijahephraimlarkins1467 6 років тому +1

    I'm happy that your back! I have missed your videos.

  • @jackmendez9481
    @jackmendez9481 6 років тому

    Recently Iam been connecting with nature, and it’s literally saved and changed my life for the most better. 🌲😊🐺🐶

  • @TheLuigiEdu
    @TheLuigiEdu 6 років тому +1

    I love this video, been a follower since the start of the channel! I've been blessed by being born in Costa RIca so we have hundres of national parks and lots of places to disconnect from the world. I used to be very depressed and anxious about my sexuality and by "isolating" myself through the woods I found my way to reach that internal peace. I believe that nature is the best therapy for a clouded mind.

  • @tutterbutter34
    @tutterbutter34 6 років тому +2

    Great video, your so inspirational.

  • @coolsocks7024
    @coolsocks7024 6 років тому +3

    the outdoors is super important to me. i love hiking and camping and it makes me really upset that where i live currently (germany) wild camping isnt allowed and hiking trails are few and far between, despite all of the forests they have around here.

    • @SemmelOff
      @SemmelOff 6 років тому

      Where in Germany do you live? I can only speak for southern Germany and the trails there but they are pretty good

    • @snowpiercer9111
      @snowpiercer9111 6 років тому

      Semme Warum sprecht ihr Englisch? Ich liebe wandern, kenne aber wenige Wege (da zwei meiner nähesten Familienmitglieder schwerbehindert sind kann ich nicht mit meiner Familie wandern gehen) und ich habe nicht wirklich jemanden mit dem ich wandern gehen könnte...

  • @d.orecchioni7951
    @d.orecchioni7951 6 років тому +4

    Amazing video! Keep up the amazing content guys

  • @mirrormimi
    @mirrormimi 6 років тому

    "Look on a map. Look for green space. Look where you can go. Tell someone where you are going, and just go explore!"
    You know what? That's an EXCELLENT piece of advice, and I'm seriously gonna try to do it.

  • @milesopossum3748
    @milesopossum3748 6 років тому

    Love you guys! Keep doing what you do and staying happy! :)

  • @LucasGonzo
    @LucasGonzo 6 років тому +2

    Currently, I am contemplating leaving NYC because I don't have access to the outdoors like I would. Very insightful!

    • @TheKuldi
      @TheKuldi 6 років тому +3

      Do it, humans are not created for a concrete jungle. Go out, experience our awesome planet, and live your life to the fullest

    • @haydenroth5892
      @haydenroth5892 6 років тому

      Yeah! Do it! Come to Canada we've got lots of it here!

    • @bananafan3309
      @bananafan3309 6 років тому

      A friend of mine specifically excluded certain parts of Germany during his job search bc he needed to be within 1 hour of the alps. He lives in Munich now and his Instagram is flooded with great pictures from the outdoors. If you find a way to do it, I'd go for it! Especially if you're an outdoors person and need to be in nature more.

    • @SemmelOff
      @SemmelOff 6 років тому +1

      This is a very reasonable thing to do I grew up there and it's beautiful. Instagram flooding with nature pics is also always greatly appreciated :)

    • @WestCoastElements
      @WestCoastElements  6 років тому

      love that!

  • @bkfacebook0200
    @bkfacebook0200 6 років тому

    Come to Chicago I would love to meet you in person!

  • @extra_nos5081
    @extra_nos5081 6 років тому +10

    that's pretty cool you recorded this whole film in front of that bride. How'd you get it to not be windy?

    • @lightning2367
      @lightning2367 6 років тому

      extra _nos it’s not real 😂

    • @hazzy6866
      @hazzy6866 6 років тому

      You couldn't tell its a green screen?

    • @WorstRescueEver
      @WorstRescueEver 6 років тому +2

      Not a green screen. It's an infamous IKEA picture. I see the canvas with this photo literally any time I'm at IKEA and I've seen so many households that sport it, lol.
      But damn hope OP was being sarcastic, because you can't possibly have thought it was anything other than a wall he was filming in front of?!

  • @TaziH3ro
    @TaziH3ro 6 років тому

    I want the music!!! It is so good!!! Love the video, I really want to hike but my physical fitness just doesn't exist.

  • @djjohnson6035
    @djjohnson6035 6 років тому

    I love the outdoors and want to get back into it. Do you have any advice on how to start out? Or can you make a video on how to start becoming an avid hiker?

    • @WestCoastElements
      @WestCoastElements  6 років тому

      Videos on all of those topics are in the works! Thanks for the suggestions :)

  • @spiky15
    @spiky15 6 років тому

    great video!!

  • @foxontheedge
    @foxontheedge 6 років тому

    You rock, i love your videos

  • @raczyk
    @raczyk 4 роки тому

    anyone hiking during crona virus? Can't really fly anywhere nice to hike?

  • @Alex.P.
    @Alex.P. 6 років тому +1

    Is he on a bridge or inside with a bridge wallpapered wall???? No one knows oooooohhhh

  • @nadol13
    @nadol13 6 років тому +1

    I can’t find “it was the cat”

  • @Faustobellissimo
    @Faustobellissimo 6 років тому

    How do you reconcile your love for the outdoors and the knowledge that you wouldn't be able to be a transman if you lived for a long time in the outdoors?

    • @Patrick-wv8or
      @Patrick-wv8or 6 років тому +3

      I'm a farmer and traveler, and this is something I've thought about when I've considered what it would be like to disconnect for longer periods of time. The first thing to recognize, is that not having access to medical transition doesn't make anyone less trans or less of a man/woman/insert-gender-here. That said, I am someone who relies on medically prescribed hormones, as well as surgery. One thing I've recognized in my life, is that nothing has to be absolute, and moderation is generally a good thing. It's possible to get a prescription for a multiple-months-long supply of hormones, and for me, coming out of the wilderness every few months or a couple times a year for bloodwork & prescription refills would be well worth the trade-off, as would the occasional traveling for surgery. And this is even for the more extreme idea of living off in the wilderness away from almost all people for a number of years. Fitting in medical transition would be even easier with things like thru-hiking where there are checkpoints in towns with post offices and whatnot. So it's really all a balance of priorities and planning.

    • @WestCoastElements
      @WestCoastElements  6 років тому +4

      Recently this is something I have been thinking about as I am nearing my hysto surgery. Thank you for sharing :)

  • @yodagaming2559
    @yodagaming2559 6 років тому +1

    I love you 💗 💕 💖