‘Eco-anxiety’: Is The Media’s Coverage Of Climate Change Giving Viewers Psychological Issues?

An increasing number of Americans feel such panic over climate change that they are streaming into psychiatrists’ offices to deal with the stress, according to a viral video posted by NowThis News on Friday.

Psychologists say that “eco-anxiety” is creating “existential concerns about our future, and the future of our children, and their children.” Mitch Prinstein, chief science officer at the American Psychological Association, told the left-of-center news outlet that, for some people, concern over the environment is “impairing our ability to function every day.”