My personal recommendation would be to either give up your own use of fossil fuels, technology, grow your own food, live in a tiny off the grid home, make your own clothes, etc. Or, pull yourself out of the Cult of Climastrology, like people have done by escaping Scientology
Feeling distressed about climate change? Here’s how to manage it
Climate change is often framed as a scientific or technical issue. But for many, it’s an emotional one too.
It can be almost unbearable to witness entire towns obliterated by wildfires and islands leveled by storms. To see photos of koala bears singed by flames and dead seabirds washing ashore by the thousands. Or to read the latest confirmation that nations are woefully underperforming on their pledges to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
“It hits you in the heart before it hits you in the head,†said Jennifer Atkinson, a senior lecturer in environmental humanities at the University of Washington in Bothell.
Our reactions to these grim facts take many forms, including sadness, despair, hopelessness, anger and anxiety.
These are often manifestations of a deeper grief brought about by climate change. Experts say the phenomenon is growing , and it’s something we have to confront.
“We don’t want to get stuck in the space of grief forever,†Atkinson said. But “the ability to move forward is predicated on the ability to acknowledge losses and to openly grieve.â€
In the past, people blamed the gods. Or witches. Now they blame trace amounts of “carbon pollution” from Other People.
The first step, she said, is to give yourself permission to feel whatever you are feeling, even if it seems silly or overblown, and to honor it.
“The message we get is that our grief is somehow deviant,†she said. But grief is a normal, healthy response to loss, examples of which are easy to find in a warming world.
But, it is deviant. Loony tunes. Bats in the belfry. It’s getting upset over a scam. But, hey, we can burn some witches if that will make them feel better.
The rest of the article is just as silly. Have a good laugh reading it.
