Climate Change: Anger and Emotions – What Stresses Our Psyche!

Climate Change: Anger and Emotions – What Stresses Our Psyche!

Climate change is unleashing emotional tsunamis! A large University of New South Wales study of 5,000 people found that nearly half of participants felt extreme anger about global warming. This anger is not uniform - it varies greatly depending on individual views on the causes of the problem and those believed to be responsible. The scientists identified a total of 13 different types of anger, ranging from government and corporate inaction to direct emotions toward climate change deniers. Sixty percent of respondents are particularly angry about the passivity of others, while 13 percent direct their anger at deniers and their harmful influence, it reported Today.at.

Painful emotions of youth

Climate change is causing profound emotions such as sadness, powerlessness and despair, especially among young people, as they experience the direct consequences in the form of extreme weather events such as heatwaves and floods. These not only physically but also psychologically stressful changes have led many to join together in climate movements to draw attention to the catastrophic conditions. The high number of people surveyed who feel their anger is a response to global warming clearly shows the urgency of the problem, which apparently also weighs on many people's psyches, reported The standard.

In summary, the research not only shows the multitude of emotions that climate change triggers, but also reveals a worrying picture of cross-generational anger directed against those supposedly responsible. The feeling of powerlessness in the face of increasing environmental crises dominates many realities of life, especially for the younger generations who suffer greatly from the effects of environmental changes.