Guthrie Devin
Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Texas A&M University.
Perspect Psychol Sci. 2023 Jan;18(1):210-223. doi: 10.1177/17456916221093613. Epub 2022 Aug 15.
Climate crisis presents a near-term existential threat to the human species, one that society has neither the physical nor psychological infrastructure to manage. Eco-anxiety increases as awareness about climate crisis spreads. Despite an urgent need for resources on how to help people cope with the psychological ramifications of climate crisis, there is little literature that both addresses people's apocalyptic fears and takes the scientific bases of those fears seriously. In this article, I synthesize research on existential psychology, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, grief, and end-of-life care to present an original perspective on how people, individually and collectively, can become psychologically resilient to climate crisis. First, I establish that death anxiety underlies eco-anxiety. Second, I demonstrate that preparing psychologically for eco-apocalypse requires people to cultivate death acceptance. Finally, I illustrate how commitment to palliative values can enable people to live rich and meaningful lives despite their most likely imminent end.
气候危机对人类构成了近期的生存威胁，而社会在应对这一威胁时既缺乏物质基础设施，也缺乏心理基础设施。随着对气候危机的认识不断传播，生态焦虑情绪日益增加。尽管迫切需要有关如何帮助人们应对气候危机心理影响的资源，但很少有文献既探讨人们的末日恐惧，又认真对待这些恐惧的科学依据。在本文中，我综合了存在主义心理学、接纳与承诺疗法、悲伤和临终关怀等方面的研究，就个人和集体如何在心理上适应气候危机提出了独到的见解。首先，我确定死亡焦虑是生态焦虑的基础。其次，我证明从心理上为生态末日做准备需要人们培养对死亡的接纳。最后，我阐述了对姑息治疗价值观的坚守如何能让人们尽管可能即将面临末日，仍能过上丰富而有意义的生活。
