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In 2008 due to the recession Japanese workers could go to a shop called ‘The Venting Place’ in Tokyo and buy plates to smash against a wall to release anger. “You can get three small dishes for 500 yen, a medium sized plate for 500 yen, a big platter for 1000 yen”. 00
In Japan doctors would prescribe “Forest therapy” to treat depression and anxiety. The scent of the trees increases activity of the natural killer cells that enhances your immune system which boosts resistance against stress. 00
Living in an area where you can see the ocean has been found to reduce psychological stress, even after controlling for factors such as income and neighborhood status. 00
The average high school student today has the same stress level as the average psychiatric patient did in the 1950s.