70% of Americans experiencing climate change anxiety and depression, survey finds

abc7news.com ^ | Nov. 7, 2021 | Leslie Brinkley

[PROCON]

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- A new survey from Yale shows that 70% of Americans are now very or somewhat worried about global warming as more and more of them show signs of anxiety or depression as a result of that worry.

Noah Oderberg is a psychologist working in Oakland. He says "You may have heard of PTSD- post traumatic stress disorder. A psychiatrist came up with pre-PTSD because it's not a trauma that's already occurred. It's a fear of a future trauma so it's this new idea. And it involves anxiety and depression."

He's seeing more and more people bringing up the subject of global warming in therapy citing feelings of sadness and despair. He says in California the wildfires and smoke are a trigger. The stakes are high.

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Some therapists are connecting on the website Climate Psychology Alliance. The new field is often dubbed climate anxiety, climate grief or eco-anxiety. Climate-aware psychologists are pushing for new training, new education for clinicians.

We live in the Prime-Stupid Era of America now, I doubt there will ever be a recovery.

[joma89]

Information warfare works.

[Veggie Todd]

The lies are working.

[Skywise]

What kind of non-sensical “study” is this?

I’m more concerned that our government is trying to kill us with shoddy “vaccines” and then shutting down energy supplies that keep us fed and warm.

Now if that’s what you mean by “climate anxiety” then count me in.

[peggybac]

This is so BS.

[Lurkinanloomin]

It does cause me some anxiety that so many people could believe this crap is “science”.

[Paladin2]

I find this report/analysis to be very depressing and stressful.

Where do I go to collect my $450,000?

[wjcsux]

“It does cause me some anxiety that so many people could believe this crap is “science”.”
Brought to you by the same people that tell us that there is more than two genders.

[Lurkinanloomin]

Two sexes, male and female.

Languages have genders.

[hinckley buzzard]

This is California. They are not like the rest of us. I have been in practice 40 years and have yet to see my first “climate anxiety” patient. If someone presents with it, it is a sign of histrionics, not anxiety.

[Jewbacca]

Selection bias.

I doubt 40% of Americans believe in the climate bs.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Nothing new. Ben known for decades. I used to suffer from it back in the 1950s.

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/seasonal-affective-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20364651

[ThunderSleeps]

Gee, if it is so traumatic, maybe the leftist scammers ought to stop telling everyone the sky is falling, we're all going to die, the (umpteenth) point of no return was last week, 9 years and change to go... etc. etc.

I'm declaring this a safe space - no climate change fear mongering and hate speech allowed. ;-)

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

SAD caused by the short hours of sunlight.

[PROCON]

Canadian becomes world’s first patient to be diagnosed as suffering from ‘climate change’

[EvilCapitalist]

Not me. I’m experiencing Inflation anxiety brought on by the Communist Party.... I mean Democrat Party.

[usconservative]

70% of Americans experiencing climate change anxiety and depression, survey finds

I am not one of them. I welcome climate change. Warm baby, warm!

[EvilCapitalist]

I always tell the “believers” that if Climate Change is going to cause the seas to rise, then why does Barack Hussein Obama own a mansion on Martha’s Vineyard?

[brianr10]

Me too. It’s been 60 degrees here for the last two days. It’s great.