“In the most critical cases, climate anxiety disrupts the ability to function day to day. Children and young people in this category feel alienated from friends and family, distress when thinking about the future, and intrusive thoughts about who will survive, according to Hickman’s research. Patients obsessively check for extreme weather, read climate change studies, and pursue radical activism. Some, devastatingly, consider suicide as the only solution.” — Bloomberg Green
In Episode 418 of District of Conservation, Gabriella discusses the NYC City Council mulling a tide pod ban under the guise of curbing microplastic pollution and how climate activists are inducing anxiety in the public. Tune in to learn more!
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SHOW NOTES
NYC Villanizes Tide Pods In Effort To Combat Microplastics Pollution
Microplastics Are a Big—and Growing—Part of Global Pollution
Climate Change Is Fueling a New Type of Anxiety, Therapists Say
NIH: The psychology of climate anxiety
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