New Toolkit Offers Help for Climate Change Anxiety
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A new toolkit provides coping strategies for people who are anxious about climate change. These strategies include volunteering, building a community, discussing emotions with others, practicing mindfulness, and seeking therapy. The toolkit, which was developed by nursing experts at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, Canada, also offers reflection questions and a film with diverse voices for people to examine their values, emotions, and behaviors in relation to the environment.
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@prabir Youth, in particular, appear to have higher levels of consciousness regarding climate change because they're the ones who are going to inherit the planet. A big part of why they have mental health issues is that they feel trapped in sociopolitical structures that they didn't agree to and didn't necessarily create