The Climates They Are a-Changing . . . 0
. . . but many persons don’t seem to (want to) notice or care.
At Psychology Today Blogs, Bob Doppelt explores why. Here’s a tiny bit from his article:
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Many Americans, however, remain psychologically dissociated from what is happening. This is a psychological protective mechanism people use to separate themselves from and mentally cope with extreme distress. It results from “fight or flight” reactions that are built into the nervous system to protect us from threats.
The process can be beneficial in the short term if it helps people get through troubles and then quickly reconnect with reality. When dissociation persists, however, and people continually disconnect from the real world, it can have very serious consequences.
This is widely occurring now regarding the C-E-B (climate-ecosystem-biodiversity–ed.) crisis.
