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Whether nature connection can replace pharmaceutical mental health treatment

I take my anxiety medication while sitting under the same tree every morning and wonder if I need the pills because I don't spend enough time with trees or if I need the trees because the pills aren't enough.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The relationship between environmental disconnection and mental health symptoms raises questions about whether modern psychological suffering has ecological roots.

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“Where Are You with Forests — ancient and new?”

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