Christan Touch

Professor Hugetz

ENGL 1302

9 February 2021

First Draft: Intro and Body Paragraphs

Throughout the lives of people, there can be stress from work, school, family members,

etc. but there can be many ways to solve those stressful anxiety. Stress, anxiety, and depression

can be a hard task to overcome when it gets to its boiling point. In an article named “Health

Benefits of Fishing” written by Ontario Parks, in July of 2020, states that fishing can be an

escape route to those stressful events. Fishing is a form of relaxation and meditation to reduce

mental illness. The simple activity of fishing can cure stress, anxiety, depression, and mental

illness contributes to the act of effectiveness of “Health benefits of Fishing” by Ontario Parks.

Relieving stress seems like a hard task to do, but fishing is an activity that can help

reduce it. Fishing is a patient sport to participate in, and during that patient wait it can reduce the

mindset from reality and soak in the moment. It will clear the mind and allow the person to

appreciate the environment, the great outdoors. Being outside in the wilderness will build the

mindset to be happy with themselves, and appreciate the little things in life. Fishing will allow

your mindset to focus on the present instead of the past, it brings focus to live in the moment.

Stress is a big part of life, and it is good to be able to reduce the stress and relax for a few hours,

days, or even weeks. Being in the environment of a fishing place is always good to ease the

mind, and body.

Anxiety is another source that humans have trouble with and is hard to overcome. With

fishing, it allows the body and mind to release all the anxiety built up. There is no better activity
to do to release anxiety than being out by the lake, pond, or ocean fishing. Fishing can build up

the mind to be more confident in themselves and the anxiety will be released, allowing the

mindset to be positive instead of negative. Having built up anxiety will tear down the brain and

fall into depression, that is not something anyone wants to do. Therefore, fishing can help release

all of those hormones by being out on the water. Being on the water will allow the mind to settle

down and release every negative aspect going on.

Many human beings are going through things in life that they do not enjoy speaking

about, which can cause them to go into a depression stage in their life. Being in a deep

depressing stage can be hard to crawl out of, and can be very exhausting to the mind. Watching

fish in an aquarium can help reduce that depression that is built up in their mind, and body. Not

only will watching fish in an aquarium help reduce depression, but getting out in the great

outdoors and participating in catching fish can help relieve that depression. Getting into a deep

depression stage can be a hard act to overcome, but fishing can help improve the mindset and

build confidence in their mental health. Fishing is a mental health workout, that will stimulate

the mind and release all of the built up depression. Fishing may seem like an activity that is

boring, but the quiet and peaceful environment can ease the mind and ease the depression

occurring. The act of fishing can help relax the muscles that are tensed up and will release

hormones built up.

There are many mental health problems that humans tend to suffer also known as mental

illness. Mental illness is something that is not easy to overcome and can take many months, or

even years to successfully overcome. Having access to watching fish in an aquarium or even

being in an environment to catch fish can help release the mental illness from the body and mind.

It can help with the mindset and cause the person to relax more and be interacted with watching
the fish or catch the fish. Fishing requires a lot of concentration and to be focused on the task,

which can help get their minds off of the drama or maybe even trauma going on in their life at

that moment. Having the ability to release all of the stress and drama out of the mind will always

be tremendous for the soul and mind due to the fact that it can be a great distraction from reality,

There is no better feeling than escaping from reality to live in the moment of the great outdoors

or sit back and watch fishes roam around in a tank. Fishing is a great escape route to just be

yourself and live in the moment.

The article written by Ontario Parks named “Health Benefits Of Fishing” can ease the

mindset and body language by releasing stress, depression, mental illness, and anxiety

tremendously. Fishing is an activity that will stimulate the mind and create the body to relax

from reality. The amount of time and concentration that fishing requires will distract the human

mind from everything going on in their life. Not only will participating in actually catching fish

can help stimulate the mind but watching fish in an aquarium can help release those hormones as

well.