This mirrors my own experiences. When climbing it's like a nagging part of my brain shuts off. I imagine this is what other people experience during meditation

This mirrors my own experiences. When climbing it's like a nagging part of my brain shuts off. I imagine this is what other people experience during meditation. For me this works better than drugs. I have a partner who's suicidally depressed. Climbing is the only thing that gets them out of bed. The dark side of this is that high cliffs provide easy access to self-harm.