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I've written an article for @ExtinctionR that attempts to make sense of the struggles I experience when I try to talk to friends/family about the #climatecrisis. I hope it'll help others so I'm going to summarise it a bit here #mentalhealth rebellion.global/blog/2022/06/0…
Some responses I've had when I talk honestly about climate change. Any of these familiar?!
💩 U need to calm down
💩 You’re catastrophising
💩 Have u considered talking to a therapist about this?
💩 Scientists are human; they don’t know everything
I do not wish to calm down.
💩 U need to calm down
💩 You’re catastrophising
💩 Have u considered talking to a therapist about this?
💩 Scientists are human; they don’t know everything
I do not wish to calm down.
Therapist @LindaAspey says in order for humans to get through the day, we've developed all sorts of coping processes to stay feeling safe:
🙈 Distancing
🙈 Intellectualisation
🙈 Deflection
🙈 Disavowal
These apply when someone tries to bring up #climatechange.
🙈 Distancing
🙈 Intellectualisation
🙈 Deflection
🙈 Disavowal
These apply when someone tries to bring up #climatechange.
A thread about the dread we feel as we face a future of disaster. 1/18
Buddha taught that dukkha (suffering) arises when things change, we get things we don't want, lose things we want, or don't get things we want. Life includes anticipation of loss/change, called anticipatory grief. We could call it anticipatory dukkha 2/18
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As the article above notes, signs include "bouts of crying, anger, anxiety, depression, fear, and poor concentration." This is a real form of dukkha--not as painful as the dukkha of actual loss, but still quite real and distressing. 3/18
