For some, eco-anxiety may extend to the fear of climate collapse, leading to wars over water and available resources amid the destruction of modern societies. For others, it is a deep, agonizing mourning in anticipation of the irreparable loss of the present world. “It’s perfectly normal to be concerned about climate change and to consider the information that’s coming to us to think about the future. remember Dr: Rachel Bocher, head of psychiatry at Nantes University Hospital. But anxiety is pathological when anxiety invades the brain and body with obsessive and intrusive thoughts that cause unnecessary suffering.
Emergency services are well aware that increases in heat, pollution, bushfires and floods are causing an increase in patients with extreme distress. “These are often predisposed people who have difficulty…
Source: Le Figaro
