From 0d0e19138220983783d0ec210207f4196939391a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Carstairs Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2026 13:57:18 +0100 Subject: chp2: reword anxiety alleviation topic sentence --- chapter2.md | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'chapter2.md') diff --git a/chapter2.md b/chapter2.md index 6eea22e..a9e40c3 100644 --- a/chapter2.md +++ b/chapter2.md @@ -152,9 +152,8 @@ practical outcomes makes it a pretty bad bet: > (simulated) sense of agency in the face of an uncontrollable threat. > [@kvandal-2025, p. 701] -Action directed at making you feel better might lead to change in your own life, -but it is not necessarily going to solve the problem that made you feel anxious -in the first place. Juli Gittinger has shown that fatalistic climate narratives +Alleviating anxiety is not bad, but it doesn't aim to solve the root cause of +the problem. Juli Gittinger has shown that fatalistic climate narratives have driven some people in the US to join the 'prepper' movement, accumulating stockpiles of essential goods, building emergency shelters, learning 'survival skills,' and collecting weapons to defend your family's patch from desperate -- cgit v1.2.3