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Nature and mental health

Time in natural environments measurably reduces anxiety, depression, and cognitive fatigue while boosting attention and emotional resilience—nature is psychiatric infrastructure we've been bulldozing. The mechanism isn't mystical: your nervous system evolved in forests, and concrete jungles keep it in permanent high alert.

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