Climate anxiety is real, according to a growing body of research showing that drought and hot weather are associated with stress, depression and even suicide.
, says the distressing sight of burned-out Sierra forests makes her feel like it’s no longer safe to bring her children to her beloved mountains. She knows she’s not alone. One of her clients broke down crying over wildfire smoke, saying, “I never should have had my son. I can’t protect him.”
“The risk of fire and of smoke in the air, not being able to leave the windows open, or the fear that a fire will destroy your home or even kill you obviously is another stressor in a world chock-full of stressors,” he says. At Stanford, economist Marshall Burke has developed formulas that show links between hot weather and rising global temperatures and aggression, despair and suicides. In
“When goes on for days, the impact accumulates,” Eppel adds. “There are spikes in admissions to hospital ERs, not just for health problems but for psychiatric emergencies. The heat also impacts psychotropic medications, so they don’t work as well.”
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