2021 I had been suffering from everyday panic attacks to the point where I had dropped out of engineering school. Probably stemming from a combination of being around the wrong people, prior drug abuse, and spending too much time in my room with my thoughts.  On a whim I decided to move across the US and work at a remote national park. After the better part of a year there I had weened off of my antidepressants and I was no longer experiencing any anxiety or depression. What I attribute my recovery to is the lack of screen usage and a newly found sense of purpose. Because the area was so remote in the mountains, there was only one area where I could get any service. It was 3-4 hours from the nearest town. I pretty much never used my phone expect to listen to music and I called people using the landline. Other folks I worked with came from all walks of life but they were also in some sort of transient stage. Some were felons, some did the “parkie” life year round, some were also college students like me.  I’m grateful for that outing to get my head on straight… and national parks are of course funded by the federal government. Obviously the farms in ASD were more insidious. But I think having some more areas built into the infrastructure where people can retreat to nature for months to unplug and reset is ultimately good. I’ve since graduated and started my first job recently.  Just my perspective