Coping with Eco-anxiety

Eco-anxiety is a normal and rational reaction to the many environmental crises we are living through.

However, it can become a problem when the worries are out of proportion to the threats, and start to impact our daily functioning in a negative way.

There are a few things you can do to help reduce your eco-anxiety:

• Limit yourself in the content you consume, the issues you tackle and the actions you choose to undertake
• Nobody can do it all.
• Educate yourself so you better understand how you can help.
• Take actions – Small or big, all action counts.
• Your feelings are valid – Accept them.
• Remember that the environmental crisis is not your burden – It is all of ours.

Doomscrolling can exacerbate the feelings associated with eco-anxiety. Instead try to look for good climate news once in a while or to simply reconnect with nature by taking a walk (check out our resources for your weekly good climate news!).

Sources: https://tinyurl.com/SUFEcoAnxiety

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