Eco-anxiety is a chronic anxiety disorder caused by fear and worry about possible future natural disasters

Climate change has a negative impact on our health due to air pollution, the spread of disease, and malnutrition due to food crises. Apart from having an impact on our physical health, climate change can also have a negative impact on our mental health. Worrying about the impact of climate change can trigger us to experience feelings of excessive anxiety.

This feeling is also known as "environmental anxiety." The earth we live in or we live in is not doing well. Natural disasters happen everywhere From the deadly flood in Adonara which built more than 100 people, and the earthquake that occurred in Indonesia.

Factors causing climate change, among others:

1. Greenhouse gas effect due to excessive use of electric tools

2. Global Warming

3. Damage to the ozone layer which is produced by active or lying trees and does not carry out reforestation or reforestation 4. Damage to forest functions by forest fires

5. Uncontrolled use of Chloro Flour Carbon (CFC)

6. Waste gas from industrial waste dumped in the sea

There are several ways to deal with symptoms of environmental anxiety:

1. Take concrete actions to help protect the environment, such as doing reforestation, implementing a sustainable lifestyle by reducing waste and processing waste.

2. Educate yourself with accurate information about environmental developments and tips that can be done in the event of a crisis.

3. Focus on resilience, namely people who feel positive about their ability to cope with stress and anxiety better than people who lack confidence in their resilience abilities.

4. Building an optimistic mindset accompanied by real efforts that have a good impact on the environment.

5. Do physical exercise or exercise regularly to help manage feelings of stress and anxiety experienced.

6. If you are too stressed because of being exposed to various negative information about the environment, take a break from media interactions, whether television, radio, or social media.

7. Consult a doctor or psychologist if feelings of anxiety are increasingly disturbing and affect daily productivity.

motivation:

One of the things that damage the environment is human greed and greed. Humans who often use excessive energy and exploitation of nature on a large scale have caused damage to the earth. If nature is angry, humans can no longer do anything, maybe just surrender, pray, and beg for forgiveness for their greed.

Therefore, before the environment is damaged and nature is angry, we better anticipate so that future generations can enjoy it, so let's wake up the spirit to do reforestation or reforestation. One way to save the environment is to continue to campaign for the serious impacts of global warming and climate change.