Climate Feelings: Growing Through the Environmental Crisis Without Despair (German)

Climate Feelings: Growing Through the Environmental Crisis Without Despair
By the "Psychologists for Future" on the mental health impact of the climate crisis.

Every day, we find ways to ignore the climate crisis—or more accurately, to suppress the overwhelming feelings it brings. According to Lea Dohm and Mareike Schulze, co-founders of Psychologists for Future, it’s natural to push away intense emotions like fear, anger, and grief when facing a threat as vast as climate change. Yet these feelings take a toll on our mental health, leaving us anxious, frustrated, and drained.

In Climate Feelings, Dohm and Schulze draw on their experience as psychotherapists to share practical guidance on managing the emotional weight of the climate crisis. By addressing emotions head-on, they offer tools for finding strength, avoiding burnout, and staying resilient as we work for a sustainable future. With this balance, they argue, we can fight for the planet with greater health and clarity.

Featuring insights from:
Professor Mojib Latif, Dr. Eckart von Hirschhausen, Carola Rackete, Özden Terli, Gregor Hagedorn, Stefan Rahmstorf, and Harald Lesch.

About the Authors:
Lea Dohm and Mareike Schulze, both psychoanalytically trained therapists, are co-founders of the Psychologists and Psychotherapists for Future movement. They are climate-engaged working mothers and experienced in managing climate-related emotions for themselves and others.