• HubertManne@kbin.social
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    7 months ago

    yeah. I guess is are they not having it because of anxiety about the future or the fact its a reality now and the future effects are just reality. Is facing reality anxiety?

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      7 months ago

      I’m just saying that accepting your definition of anxiety being tied to apprehension, anxiety about the climate is still valid.

      I would say your definition is correct, but your application is extremely limited. The anxiety is about things getting worse, it’s a vague nebulous feeling that can apply 1ms in the future or several decades. Or even about finding out past information in the future (the unknown). Or just not knowing what the future holds.

      So yes, being super pedantic, you can’t really be anxious about the literal state of the literal climate literally right now, but it’s instead about the possible future outcomes and events. But it’s very commonly understood that when someone says they’re anxious about climate change, they don’t mean it in the super pedantic literal way

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        7 months ago

        this has actually benn really interesting for me and im now evaluating how I think of both depression and anxiety.