Not many motorcyclists would argue if you called your motorcycle “therapist” or described riding as a “therapy session”. I certainly wouldn’t, and I’ve been living with some relatively serious mental health issues for the past decade. It’s not something I speak about on RideApart too often, but for this article, it’s important to note.
Therapists, psychiatrists, and even monks: I’ve seen them all. I looked for answers from Eastern and Western medicine, plenty of things in between, and took what worked for me where I found it.
But I’ve always had one sanctuary, a remedy to my issues that has never failed to take some of the load off—going for a ride.
