Climate Anxiety: How Growing Climate Crisis Is Deeply Impacting Mental Health and Social Stability
As climate change intensifies around the globe, its consequences extend far beyond rising temperatures and extreme weather. An emerging crisis looms silently its effect on human mental health. From eco-anxiety and eco-grief to post-traumatic stress disorders after repeated natural disasters, people across all demographics particularly youth and the economically vulnerable are suffering emotionally. The economic repercussions, like inflated insurance premiums and rising housing insecurity, further compound this trauma. This article explores how climate disasters are emotionally scarring individuals, especially those in vulnerable regions, and presents evidence from recent research while proposing a multi-pronged path forward for prevention and healing.
The Unseen Weight of Climate Change: ...