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When nature therapy triggers environmental grief

My therapist says spending time in nature will help my depression but every time I go outside I just think about how humans are destroying everything and feel worse.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Natural spaces intended to provide healing become reminders of collective harm and future loss.

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“Where Are You with Hindu nature traditions?”

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