From Psyche Guides: While anxiety about the climate crisis can be rational and even adaptive for most people, sometimes it can become pervasive and incapacitating. This burdensome form of climate anxiety can lead to feelings of helplessness and hopelessness, causing intense suffering and potentially even deterring one from taking action in pursuit of climate solutions (what some have called 'eco-paralysis'). Structural change is the real solution for climate anxiety, but as people work together to achieve that, we can also focus on building emotional resilience. Strategies include getting a better understanding of what you're feeling, calming your body when it's in a state of alarm, tackling unhelpful thoughts and media usage, seeking safe spaces to explore feelings, and taking collective action and building community.
How to cope with climate anxiety and take action
From Psyche Guides: While anxiety about the climate crisis can be rational and even adaptive for most people, sometimes it can become pervasive and incapacitating. This burdensome form of climate anxiety can lead to feelings of helplessness and hopelessness, causing intense suffering and potentially even deterring one from taking action in pursuit of climate solutions (what some have called 'eco-paralysis'). Structural change is the real solution for climate anxiety, but as people work together to achieve that, we can also focus on building emotional resilience. Strategies include getting a better understanding of what you're feeling, calming your body when it's in a state of alarm, tackling unhelpful thoughts and media usage, seeking safe spaces to explore feelings, and taking collective action and building community.
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