Anyone who has ever owned a dog knows how dogs need walks outside for their mental sanity. Dogs have an enthusiastic energy, they need open space to move, to roam, to explore. If they get trapped indoors for too long they can become destructive and anti-social. Dogs intuitively understand the natural need for open space and for the fresh air that many humans ignore at the expense of their mental health.
Not too long ago I was at the zoo. There were lions, jaguars, leopards, and other noble and majestic animals. I could see the broken spirit in their faces. They were trapped, caged, deprived of open space, of the freedom to move and master their own territory. They were imprisoned in an enclosed space, to be gawked at and humiliated.
Claustrophobia isn’t a disorder, like it is currently classified by the medical community, but a hypersensitivity for the need for open space that humans, along with animals, naturally have.
The feeling of being trapped is a terrible feeling indeed. Solitary confinement is considered a form of torture, and rightly so.
Humans share this need for open space that other animals intuitively understand. We need open space to move, to roam, to explore, to meet new people, to master our surroundings. Being deprived of open space is a form of entrapment and domestication, a process that weakens and breaks the human spirit.
But in the modern world many humans deprive themselves of open space. No wonder mental health cases and suicides are skyrocketing. Reject the debilitating sedentary lifestyle and embrace the open space!
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