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I started getting sad about climate change two years ago after seeing Planet Earth and many documentaries. I completely changed my lifestyle to reduce my part and put significant effort into it.

But seeing rich celebrities who use as much as a common man's lifetime resources in a week or two, and others who barely put in any effort to combat it, and corporations fucking the entire planet for quarterly profits, barely any efforts towards fighting it even though we had known about its consequences 30-40 years ago, I get this feeling that my efforts are even worth it.

Slowly, I told myself that evolution failed itself by giving a bit more individual selfishness over community/species survival. Just like human beings, Earth's time has started to end. Its death is inevitable. Everything should come to an end. Only if evolution had given a bit more thought to species survival, we would be in a much better place.

How do you all deal with this?

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[–] LiamMayfair@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Someone said to me once "Relax! Nothing is under control."

Worry about what you can control β€”which is very little, especially when facing a world crisis like climate changeβ€” and accept what you can't.

The people who should be fixing this mess are not you or I. It's the big corporations and the Governments that should regulate them through robust, uncompromising climate policies. Vote for Governments with honest, solid climate agendas.

Other than that, contributions from individuals like you and I are but a drop in the boiling ocean of global warming. By all means, keep doing what you're doing. It certainly doesn't hurt to lead a more sustainable lifestyle but don't feel bad if you don't do everything you're supposed to do. Don't let the real culprits here gaslight you into thinking otherwise.

Again, if you're worried more about your mental health than the problem itself at this stage, it's ok to feel that way. Many of us do. But the best advice I can give you is to just accept there's nothing you can really do about the situation. Whatever happens, happens. Easier said than done, I know, but once you "learn" to accept this fact, your anxiety will drop right down.

[–] Jackthelad@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Everything this guy said.

I've struggled with anxiety my whole life. But my anxiety is about things that I can control. I don't worry about climate change, or wars or pandemics or whatever, because it's pointless worrying about things that you can do literally nothing about.

[–] h3mlocke@lemm.ee 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I smoke weed and play vidya.

[–] steel_nomad@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago

This guy gets it.

[–] crazyminner@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

People saying do nothing, I'm saying do something!

Get out start a community. If one already exists join it. Find ways to improve your community.

Go vegan.

There are so many things you can do. Don't accept doing nothing, be a stubborn fuck and do something to alleviate the sadness.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago

Go vegan.

Any climate activist who isn't vegan is just a virtue signalling poser.

[–] steel_nomad@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Thee is zero we can do about it. Celebrities and politicians and the rich in general will never lift a finger, except to point at us as being the "problem"

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's how you talk to someone with depression? Validate their hopelessness? Fuck off.

OP, voting is the bare minimum. You're going to feel much more empowered joining your local climate protest group.

[–] steel_nomad@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago

Not very nice. Just being truthful, unfortunately. If indeed climate change exists, you can bet all they will do is try to find a way to make money from it. Oh wait.