Eco-anxiety Response
What is Eco-Anxiety?
Welcome to Eco-Anxiety Response. Eco-Anxiety Response was created to provide resources, activities, and education to support symptoms of eco-anxiety. Climate change affects the atmosphere, oceans, precipitation patterns, and anxiety levels; eco-anxiety has been one of the psychological effects of the climate change emergency and is related to difficult emotion regulation and climate change worry.
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Eco-anxiety- also known as climate anxiety, eco-death, or climate doom- is distress about climate change and its impacts on the landscape and human existence.
Symtoms of Eco-Anxiety
Eco-anxiety symptoms can present similarly to other forms of stress. It is paramount to identify if symptoms are a direct result of stress related to climate change.
Intrusive Thoughts
Disturbing, intrusive thoughts about future disasters, climate changes impact on human existence, etc.
Resentment and Anger
Feeling resentful towards lawmakers and previous generations.
Panic Attacks
Panic attacks due to excessive worry about climate change.
Functional Impact
Symptoms of eco-anxiety that have impacted one's ability to function effectively.
Feelings of Despair
Feeling hopeless, apathetic, and helpless, that there is nothing to improve climate change.
Avoidance
Avoiding news, media, social action, or related climate change events to evade distress.
You Are Not Alone
Eco-Anxiety Statistics in America
12% of Americans reported struggling to avoid negative news about climate change
60% of respondents between 16 and 25 reported feeling extremely worried about climate change
28% of Americans feel alarmed about climate change and it's impacts
