I'm always surrounded by crazy people, but when I come back to the country I'm into my plants, I love gardening, I love bird watching and I absolutely love nature.

The reset nature demands nothing

There's something quietly radical about needing a total reset from your own life. Most of us think we should be able to handle our chaos—the demanding people, the constant noise, the performances we're all running. But Gemma Collins is naming something real: sometimes the people and energy around you become so much that you need to step completely outside of it, not just for a vacation, but for something that asks nothing of you.

Plants and birds don't need your attention in the way people do. They don't care about your status, your mood swings, or whether you're performing well. Gardening especially is honest work—things grow or they don't, based on real conditions, not on how charming you are that day. It's why so many people suddenly become obsessed with their gardens during stressful periods. There's almost a permission structure in nature: you can just exist there without being "on."

The overlooked part is that this isn't weakness or escape—it's self-preservation. Coming back to plants and birds and soil is how she comes back to herself. It's a reminder that the crazy-making stuff isn't actually who you are, it's just what you're navigating. When you understand that, the daily chaos becomes a little less consuming.