Eco-Anxiety Is a Reflection of a Sick Society
Commentary
Unless you happen to live under a rock on a distant planet, you’re no doubt familiar with climate doomism, the idea that our planet is past the point of saving.
In the UK, a staggering two-thirds of people are worried sick about the environment. In the United States, doomism, a potent mix of fear-based proclamations and patently false information, is causing a mental health crisis of epic proportions. It has given rise to a phenomenon known as eco-anxiety.
According to the American Psychological Association (APA) (pdf), eco-anxiety involves a “chronic fear of environmental doom” that comes from observing the “seemingly irrevocable impacts of climatechange unfold, and worrying about the future for oneself, children, and later generations.”…