We're anxious because we should be. But that's a good thing
What humans do in the next 10 years will determine our survival on earth. Extinction. It's the reality we face without urgent, immediate action. And it's not in the distant future. It's probably in your lifetime. And definitely in your children's lifetime That sounds like the blurb to a terrifying sci fi movie but it's the truth of where we are today. And yet we are still talking about our "mental health crisis" like it is not directly linked to the very real threat of extinction we have created. We are animals. We have, like all other creatures on this beautiful planet, an inbuilt, innate survival instinct. It is a phenomenal aspect of evolution that makes all animals react and respond in ways we barely comprehend. So this age of anxiety that we live in - I believe it is exactly that. I think it is our species' inbuilt survival instinct sending unavoidable warning bells to us that something is drastically wrong and needs urgent attentio