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‘An expanding body of research demonstrates that climate change is closely linked to adverse mental health outcomes. Acute events such as floods, wildfires, and heatwaves, as well as subacute and chronic environmental changes, have been associated with increased rates of depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress, sleep disturbances, and psychological distress.
Population-level studies further indicate that periods of extreme heat are correlated with higher rates of emergency department visits for mental health crises, suggesting a direct relationship between climate-related stressors and worsening psychiatric outcomes.
In parallel, the concept of climate anxiety has gained increasing attention, describing persistent worries, feelings of helplessness, and emotional distress related to climate change, which have been observed across diverse age groups and cultural contexts.’
‘There is hope, even when it doesn’t feel like it.’
4 Immediate Steps to Combat a Sense of Helplessness by Andrea Bonior Ph.D.:
1. Acknowledge your feelings and label them by name.
2. Reconnect with your values.
3. Choose one small action that helps make you feel in control, and watch out for all-or-nothing thinking, catastrophizing, and “checking out”.
4. Connect with others in solidarity, but in movement toward action, not rumination.
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