Planet Earth has become the hub of huge environmental concerns like depletion of ozone layer, global warming,and the melting of polar ice caps which is severely affecting the lives of every individual living on this planet. No appropriate solution has been carved out to this death threatening issues and the burden of these concerns seems never –ending. In such situation, do you feel devastate with these environmental concerns groping your mind? Or, do you feel stressed and depressed about the day by day depletion of underground water. If your answer to these questions is a yes, then you may be suffering from a condition known as eco-anxiety.
According to the psychologists, eco-anxiety can be termed as a condition in which the anxiety level of an individual increases due to certain factors like climatic changes, environmental concerns etc. This condition is declared as a psychological disorder recently where an individual feels stressed about the future of planet earth due to certain concern arising for the environment. In recent years, an increase in number can be witnessed with people suffering from this disorder. Psychologists also revealed that peoples are approaching them regarding this problem and to seek reassurance over the environmental issue which is a topic of concern and risk as per psychologists.
Symptoms:
If an individual expresses his/her guilt and concern about the environmental issue in an abnormal and stressed manner, it can be considered as hint to this disorder. This disorder also cause sleepless nights, and also a chronic fear over the climatic changes and any natural disaster occurring. A research conducted revealed that social media is one of the factor which is leading to such disorder among the youngsters who start feeling helpless while thinking about these matter of concern.
How to overcome eco-anxiety:
This disorder is a vital matter of concern for our future and the best way to avoid this disorder is keeping your mind calm. Psychologists revealed some tips to help the ones overcoming this disorder.
1.Breathing exercises and meditation
2.Maintaining your sleep cycle.
3.Concentrating you mind on present on-goings.
4.Daily exercise and yoga.
These effective measures can be taken into consideration to overcome this disorder of eco-anxiety and can help the peoples suffering from this problem to live a better future.
