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<\/a><\/p>\nh\/t Dr. Willie Soon; According to experts interviewed by the BBC, its important to provide parents worried about eco-doom with a safe space to talk about their darkest thoughts, even thoughts about murdering their children, otherwise they just bottle up these feelings and repress them.<\/span><\/p>\n Worry about climate change is affecting more people as global warming becomes more apparent around the world. But there is a solution that can help improve this anxiety and slow climate breakdown at the same time, writes Christine Ro.<\/span><\/p>\n \u2026<\/span><\/p>\n In one study of a programme called Carbon Conversations, which involves group discussion and activity to reduce climate impacts, half of participants said that\u00a0the programme helped them face their worries about climate change<\/a><\/strong><\/span>. And greater emotional engagement was associated with more change in habits. This showed the linked benefits of feeling part of a community, reckoning with difficult feelings, and taking constructive measures.<\/span><\/p>\n This kind of research has been put into practice at New York University\u2019s\u00a0Environmental Health Clinic<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, which prescribes climate-friendly actions and group activities to its visitors. \u201cThere\u2019s\u00a0less space for anxiety emotionally when you take practical steps<\/a><\/strong><\/span>,\u201d Hickman notes.<\/span><\/p>\n This is true even for extreme feelings. Hickman has counselled parents who fantasise about killing their children, out of fear of the climate-ravaged future<\/strong>. But she calmly points out that history is rife with examples of parents preparing to end their children\u2019s lives in order to protect them. \u201cIf we disallow those feelings, we\u2019re just driving them back into the unconscious<\/strong>,\u201d Hickman argues.<\/span><\/p>\n The parents who confess these dark thoughts to her aren\u2019t actually going to act on them, she believes<\/strong>, and it\u2019s important for them to have a safe, shame-free mental space to express the depth of their anxiety. Psychotherapy and other psychology tools can help people become more comfortable with the uncertainty that is inevitable when it comes to climate change.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cOne of the routes through the anxiety is to\u00a0engage with your grief and your sense of loss<\/a><\/strong><\/span>,\u201d Hickman says.<\/span><\/p>\n \u2026<\/span><\/p>\n Read more<\/span>:<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n History has plenty of examples of people who believed in crazy actually acting out their nightmares, like the Jonestown mass suicide<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, in which 605 adults fed cyanide to 304 children and then themselves, so I\u2019m not sure I share Hickman\u2019s optimism that the climate worrier parents he treats will never act on their murderous impulses.<\/span><\/p>\n Support our work: <\/span>HERE<\/strong><\/span><\/a> The harm from worrying about climate change<\/strong><\/h4>\n
By Christine Ro \u2013 BBC 10th October 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n
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