If you are anxious or suicidal about climate change please realise that you are not alone.
Reading or thinking about climate change can make people anxious. This has been called ‘climate anxiety’ or ‘eco anxiety’.
To be worried is a normal response to frightening information. A 2020 survey of psychiatrists showed that more than half (57%) of the children that they helped were distressed because of the biodiversity decline and the climate crisis.
If you feel anxious speak with someone about it. You are not alone other people feel the same. Another thing that you can do is take action to change things.
Becoming empowered reduces anxiety. For example, finding other people to meet as a local group to support the Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill (CEEB). There are also other groups to potentially join, including Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, the Climate Alliance, Extinction Rebellion, and the Green Party. Apart from the latter these are all non-political.
Another idea is to host a Climate Psychology Alliance Climate Café is. This is an event held at a café or community centre that has a private or semi-private space where the usual pressures to join/conform/act are temporarily suspended.
The Climate Psychology Alliance ‘s regular climate café trainings are a great resource.
Anxious or Suicidal
Anxious or Suicidal about Climate Change
Reading or thinking about climate change can make people anxious. This has been called ‘climate anxiety’ or ‘eco anxiety’.
To be worried is a normal response to frightening information. A 2020 survey of psychiatrists showed that more than half (57%) of the children that they helped were distressed because of the biodiversity decline and the climate crisis.
If you feel anxious speak with someone about it. You are not alone other people feel the same. Another thing that you can do is take action to change things.
Becoming empowered reduces anxiety. For example, finding other people to meet as a local group to support the Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill (CEEB). There are also other groups to potentially join, including Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, the Climate Alliance, Extinction Rebellion, and the Green Party. Apart from the latter these are all non-political.
Another idea is to host a Climate Psychology Alliance Climate Café is. This is an event held at a café or community centre that has a private or semi-private space where the usual pressures to join/conform/act are temporarily suspended.
The Climate Psychology Alliance ‘s regular climate café trainings are a great resource.
