Canada How tracking grizzly bears is helping veterans find way back from trauma

 “I learned a lot from my loss,” he said. “And the older I get, the more I realize that your scars, whether they’re mental or physical, are nothing to be ashamed of, and they come with silver linings as well.”

Humphrey has built a career as a wilderness guide in the UK and Europe, but the week’s bear tracking with fellow veterans was unlike anything he had experienced.

“It’s been fantastic, really rewarding,” he said. “Helping others put your skills to use – that helps me a hundred times more than sitting down with a psychologist.”

“I’ve learned quite a bit about how to move more quietly, and how to listen better,” she said. She had also forged a life in the mountains to address PTSD from what she calls a “tumultuous childhood” that left her on the streets at 16.

“I find people can be quite unpredictable,” Raymond said. “But nature and animals tend to behave predictably. I also think that it’s just good for us to be observant and get out of our own heads.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/10/canada-veterans-trauma-grizzly-bears-guides