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When environmental grief feels as real as losing a person

My friends think I'm being dramatic when I say I'm mourning the planet but I literally feel like someone I love is dying.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Emotional attachment to natural systems can create genuine mourning responses that others may not recognize as legitimate grief.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Environmental grief?”

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