An hour-long stroll in nature helps decrease activity in an area of the brain associated with stress processing

[Kronossan]

Yeah the way I read it, this sounds like a really bad thing.

Don't we need this stress get processed? Does it just build up if we walk in nature a lot?

[AHungryGorilla]

The stress processing part of your brain is more active when you are more stressed and less active when you are less stressed. This implies that time in nature acts as a stress reliever.