Thread by @ClimateBen

I'm more than happy to answer when someone asks how I cope with the grim information on here because of course it needs to be talked about, and lots of people struggle with the feelings that inevitably arise from confronting what is happening. The fact is

whatever I feel (and I'm only talking about my feelings here) is nothing compared to people who are really suffering - those billions dealing with the famine, hunger, poverty and/or war which are overlapping with ecological and climate breakdown. It's much easier to 'cope'

when you're privileged (see my photo, job, location. For years reminding myself of my privilege when I was low made me feel worse, but that's in the past). I've talked through feeling low a good deal over the decades, so now I'm well set up to handle the grim science.

Anyway, here are some other factors that keep me going: 1) my outrage at crucial information being unavailable to people is so strong it buoys me 2) I have odd denial/partial-denial mechanisms, some linked to being a daydreamer, others to privilege, temperament etc 3) I listen to

music 4) I have a couple of friends who grasp everything and have the same or a very similar worldview as me that I can talk to any time 5) I have always wanted to get to core realities and feel better confronting/exploring truth 6) despite the grim science my outlook

remains positive because I am clear on the logic that says we cannot know what the future holds no matter how bad it looks. This isn't just hope or fantasy to me. 7) links back to 1): I feel better trying to break the silence. This is my way of taking action and action makes

us feel better. 8) taking a break from Twitter last week was great, and I'll probably do that more often.🎉

A long thread all about me and my feelings - how utterly nauseating and repulsive, I'm not doing that again and I will be deleting this asap *shudders*.