The climate crises and emotion — About dealing with a phenomenon of our times
The direct consequences of the climate crisis are always perceivable. And although awareness of the drastic scale is growing, little is changing. Each day, we push the climate crisis to the back of our minds - and also the feelings connected to it. At the same time, feelings about the climate, such as grief, shame, anger, guilt and fear are in no way pathological but rather they are completely normal in light of the global crisis. It is important that we learn to deal with this spectrum of feelings: How can we handle disappointment regarding the lack of commitment by politicians? How do we remain capable of acting? And how can our feelings even be helpful in overcoming the climate crisis?
The two founders of Psychologists for Future Lea Dohm and Mareike Schulze offer answers to all these questions in their well-founded and practical self-help book and show how feelings about the climate can motivate rather than paralyse. Because we can only save the world when we are ok ourselves!
“Climate angst is not a psychological diagnosis. Anyone who often thinks about it will almost automatically suffer fear because they connect this information with themselves or their children.” Lea Dohm in FAZ Magazin
