The article addresses the growing phenomenon of climate anxiety, defined as a rational emotional response to the climate crisis exacerbated by current administrative policies. According to psychotherapist Parker Bowling, this anxiety is not a mental health diagnosis but reflects the intense feelings many individuals experience regarding environmental issues. While natural disasters like Hurricane Helene and the L.A. wildfires have catalyzed acute distress, climate anxiety generally pertains to anticipatory fears about future environmental decline, especially among those feeling disconnected from direct impacts.
Does reading all the headlines about park ranger layoffs and the L.A. wildfires make you feel a weird, overwhelming sense of dread? Climate anxiety is becoming increasingly common as policies that protect the environment are stripped away.
Climate anxiety is not a mental health condition, but a rational response to deeply irrational circumstances. It reflects the emotional turmoil surrounding climate issues that many are experiencing.
A lot of people are feeling rage and anger around what's happening. Climate anxiety can't be separated from issues like public health and federal workplace cuts.
Historically, climate anxiety has been controversial. Many people already suffer from climate consequences, while others in the U.S. see it as a future problem.
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