My best friend and I both have kids who go to the school near the old battery factory site, and we keep trading articles about soil contamination and getting each other more anxious, but we're not actually doing anything productive with our shared worry.
More people experience this than they realize.
Shared concern without shared action becomes a feedback loop that increases suffering while decreasing agency.
“Where Are You with Environmental health — toxins and exposures?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.