Climate Grief

I had heard of people experiencing mental health problems surrounding climate change before, I knew it was referred to as "Climate Grief" however I wasn't sure if this was documented as a problem that people were experiencing with the growth in talk and actual evidence of climate change impacting the planet. 

Searching "Climate Grief" I found this article on the website Psycom, it is an article detailing Climate Greif, how it is affecting more and more people, and what people suffering from it can do to curb the feeling.

I want to look further into the 2018 paper that first used the term "ecological grief" and the 2019 poll into US citizens and their thoughts and feeling towards the climate as I feel it will help me understand people's attitudes surrounding climate change better. I'm amazed that 68% of adults feel anxiety about climate change and that 47% of younger people say that climate anxiety is affecting their daily life, this is almost an epidemic with people feeling strong anxiety about climate change and the fact that it is affecting peoples daily life is just too much to figure.

I personally have experienced a bit of anxiety about climate change especially when I watch documentaries or research into the problem that is when my anxiety is the strongest, however, I do have a constant "low level" anxiety and I find that some of the most important political issue there is currently. 


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