22/04/2026
Earth Day - every day not just one day 🌿
Believe it or not, touching trees is a new thing for me… 🥲
I have no idea when or how, but at some point in my life I developed a fear of touching nature. Mud, trees, old leaves, even touching grass, leaning on a tree or picking up a twig sends my mind and body in to overload. So putting my hand on a tree is a mind explosion.
I’m uncertain if this is an AuDHD thing or a fear that has been instilled in me over years, but either way I love and have always loved nature an the Earth and I want to be able to walk bare foot in grass or woodlands without my body tensing or my mind racing.
I decided to start with my absolute favourite of all trees, the Birch, who was a lot softer than I thought it would be 🩵 and then afterwards an elm which had some moss growing which was wet from the rain 🌧️
I am looking froward to spending some time with in the future so I can get more confident, and unafraid, of what I love most in this world 🌲🌳🌱🍁
I hope you spend some time in nature this Earth Day, and remember that we only have one planet to call home 🌍
