Sorry for your loss. I hope you take time to reflect and see that COVID/climate hysteria is weaponized against mental health. The goal is to instill fear so you give more power to governments and corporations. Perhaps you can write a piece about the many thousands of African children who work in hazardous mines to extract rare earth minerals for your phones, electric cars, and solar panels.
I am sorry to see this comment section devolve into attacks on each other, which might lead to this important interview to get lost or forgotten over the back and forth of these comments.
Charlie's experience is sadly far too common, and I appreciate the open, honest and cogent reflection on climate change and mental health, including suicidality. There are so many great suggestions here on how to be with people who are in this difficult place. And also lots of great suggestions of how to prepare your community to be a safe haven for more and more people in despair and distress.
Let's not lose one single other person to this combination of pains!!!!
Climate change is a real concern, and has the potential to be an expensive inconvenience for the developed world several decades hence. But pretending it is an existential issue for anyone living outside Bangladesh or the Maldives any time before the 22nd Century is unscientific and irresponsible.
American carbon emissions are lower today than they were in 2005. You might want to translate this feed into Mandarin and Hindi for the people who have the most potential to prevent a worst case scenario (which the IPCC says we’re already on track to avoid)
Sorry for your loss. I hope you take time to reflect and see that COVID/climate hysteria is weaponized against mental health. The goal is to instill fear so you give more power to governments and corporations. Perhaps you can write a piece about the many thousands of African children who work in hazardous mines to extract rare earth minerals for your phones, electric cars, and solar panels.
I am sorry to see this comment section devolve into attacks on each other, which might lead to this important interview to get lost or forgotten over the back and forth of these comments.
Charlie's experience is sadly far too common, and I appreciate the open, honest and cogent reflection on climate change and mental health, including suicidality. There are so many great suggestions here on how to be with people who are in this difficult place. And also lots of great suggestions of how to prepare your community to be a safe haven for more and more people in despair and distress.
Let's not lose one single other person to this combination of pains!!!!
Thanks, Britt and Charlie for this submission!
I'm still surprised most of the desperation of climate activists still fall on deaf ears.
Climate change is a real concern, and has the potential to be an expensive inconvenience for the developed world several decades hence. But pretending it is an existential issue for anyone living outside Bangladesh or the Maldives any time before the 22nd Century is unscientific and irresponsible.
American carbon emissions are lower today than they were in 2005. You might want to translate this feed into Mandarin and Hindi for the people who have the most potential to prevent a worst case scenario (which the IPCC says we’re already on track to avoid)