If You’re Anxious About Climate Change, This Is What Experts Say You Can Do To Cope

The Associated Press ^ | December 23, 2022 | By Anna Betts

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Worsening heat waves, droughts, wildfires, hurricanes, and flooding have caused immense human suffering — and countless deaths — in recent years. And because there’s been little progress or collective action to meaningfully change the way we live, more people are going to experience the effects of climate change and die.

It’s a depressing future to think about. In fact, experts say more and more people — especially young people — are now suffering from eco-distress or climate anxiety, a kind of fear related to worries about the environment and climate change’s lasting impacts on the world.

According to the American Psychological Association, just being aware of the problem can cause people to feel powerless, exhausted, scared, and angry — regardless of whether they’ve experienced the direct impacts of climate change so far.

“I’d say for probably half of my younger patients now, who are under 25, it’s a significant issue,” Robert Feder, a psychiatrist, told BuzzFeed News.

It’s normal to feel depressed about living in an increasingly unsustainable world and being helpless to do anything about it, Feder added, but there are ways to manage eco-anxiety and reduce negative emotions around the climate emergency. He and other experts shared these tips.

* Get involved in climate activism

* Join a support group

* See a climate-aware therapist

* Try to spend more time in nature and less time doomscrolling

* Compost, reduce your plastic use, and walk when you don’t have to drive

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Liberalism is a mental disorder.

[cuz1961]

Quit breathing / exhaling.

That’s what they really want.

[nascarnation]

Doomscrolling...love that term LOL

[buwaya]

Heavy drinking is suggested.

[dfwgator]

You must be Pre-Med.

[BBQToadRibs2]

[JennysCool]

This Is What Experts Say You Can Do To Cope

Step One:

Turn off the freaking TV.

[Stevenfo]

“See a climate-aware therapist”. Goof grief. I see a new career field developing.

[fedupjohn]

Grow up and get a life. That will solve it!

[Leep]

Government needs to spend trillions a dollars on fake remedies (their bank accounts).
Then when man made global warming doesn’t happen ..they can say, see we prevented it from happening.

[silent majority rising]

Liberalism is also idol worship, and idols are being created for the god of Climate. God created climate and is ably in charge of it. Galatians 4:8 and 1 Corinthians 13:11

[Gay State Conservative]

My advice? Fentanyl. About 100 milligrams should do the trick.You’ll just go oh-so-gently to sleep.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Source is Yahoo News, not AP.

[HonorInPa]

The planet will be fine - it has been around for 4.5 billion years in some form. It is we humans that may be screwed but our time here is only a blip on the overall span of time.

[nascarnation]

Young people don’t watch tv much.
Mostly “small screens” these days.
Apple News is a constant stream of climate related doom stories.

[beethovenfan]

* Ignore the bull$hit from the elites. (Best way to cope)

[HartleyMBaldwin]

If You’re Anxious About Climate Change, This Is What Experts Say You Can Do To Cope

Learn some actual facts about climate instead of mindlessly swallowing all the propaganda.

[cuz1961]

See a climate-aware therapist

who will recommend
gender reassignment surgery
or
euthanasia.

[dfwgator]

We’re here to make plastic.

[libertylover]

Worsening heat waves, droughts, wildfires, hurricanes, and flooding have caused immense human suffering — and countless deaths — in recent years for as long as humans have existed.

The climate IS changing. It has always been changing, and it always will be changing.