Feeling blue? Daily doses of awe ‘fend off depression and stress'
Poets have long been entranced by awe, that fleeting shiver of wonder you might feel while gazing at an endlessly starry sky or the geometry of a perfect snowflake.
A study has now suggested that the emotion has medicinal properties, too, with a daily dose being found to ease depressive symptoms and reduce stress.
This did not require trekking to mountaintops or witnessing eclipses. Simply pausing to admire the intricacy of the veins of a leaf or being astonished by the scale of the universe after listening to a science podcast was often enough to spark the desired effect.
'Our data suggest that finding moments of awe in daily life can shift how we view ourselves and our lives overall, and how stressful and meaningful
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