We all need help sometimes.
Getting help can be frustrating. That's why we've created a resource list to get you the help you need. It's currently focused on UK resources, but we aim to expand this in future.
As young people, there are often financial barriers to getting help, which is why we list mostly free or low-cost services.
Thank you to organisations such as Black Minds Matter, Saffron Records, MIND and Off the Record whose own resources have helped to guide this list.
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Not sure how to help the young people in your life who are feeling climate anxiety?
- Listening to their concerns, even if they're hard to hear and validate their emotions.
- Let them know that climate anxiety isn't a mental health illness, it's a natural and healthy reaction to a crisis. It shows they are aware of their surroundings and that they care about the future. 84% of 16-25 year olds feel climate anxiety, so they aren't alone.
- Share your feelings with them.
- Simply telling them that you're scared too can go a long way in making young people feel understood. It's frustrating and alienating to think you're the only one who feels this way, so let them know they aren't.
- Don't try and "fix" these feelings.
- Young people feeling climate anxiety aren't broken, they're awake. They don't need to be fixed, they need to be listened to. Help them find ways to process their climate emotions and take positive action.
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The Guardian, 'Hijacked by anxiety: how climate dread is hindering climate action’
Guardian article detailing the growing school of psychologists who believe that the trauma of the climate crisis is a key barrier to change.
Royal Society of Psychiatrists resources
This online content helps parents and carers identify and support children experiencing eco-distress.
BBC Radio 4, Parenting: How to talk to children about climate change
On this episode of BBC Radio 4’s Women’s Hour, hosts explore how to speak to children about climate change in an age-appropriate way.
BBC Radio 4, The End of The World Has Already Happened
Timothy Morton, dubbed 'philosopher prophet of the Anthropocene', rethinks our psychological relationship with the climate crisis, and our place in the biosphere in this BBC Radio 4 documentary.
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