The hidden toll of climate disasters

Most climate-related mental health challenges don’t come from “doom-and-gloom” rhetoric. They come from climate change itself.

Look, it was either this sad face or a picture of someone suffering during a climate disaster, so Emily chose the sad face. Source: Getty

If you look around the news and social media, you’ll find that many discussions on climate change and mental health have focused on eco-anxiety, and the problem with doom-and-gloom rhetoric. 

Defined as "a chronic fear …