Vitamin 'Sea' Thu, Jul 19, 2018

I’ve recently had the urge to visit the ocean and it’s been on my mind so much that I googled “Why do I feel like I need to see the ocean?” … I know, it’s super weird but I read a few interesting facts behind the psychology of the beach and our brains!

I very creatively copied and pasted some quotes from the articles I read:

1. The ocean has calming affects on our brain, “Staring at the ocean actually changes our brain waves’ frequency and puts us into a mild meditative state.”
2. The noises — coupled with the visuals — activate your parasympathetic nervous system, which is “responsible for slowing us down and allowing us to relax and feel more engaged,”
3. When we're near the ocean, the mind switches into a different mode of engagement, known as the default mode network— The ocean activates creativity!
4. Standing beside a vast ocean or swimming in an epic lake brings inevitable awareness of this great, big world and your teensy, tiny place in it.