Post Traumatic Stress is not so much a disorder as it is a natural human reaction to things that happen to us, and new research alleges that Climate Change is now a growing cause of it.
There are so many things wrong with this research.
First, the subjects are Californians. Need I say more? I will.
The bulk of the trauma experienced as “climate” in this research was the 2018 California Camp Fire, a devastating blaze that killed 85 people and burned down thousands of structures, including homes and businesses. It was a wholly unique and terrifying event. The idea that people who survived it might have post-traumatic stress is like suggesting people a majority of those surveyed were less thirsty after drinking a tall, cool glass of water.
The reporting suggests that traumatic weather events resulting from Climate Change created PTSD-like symptoms and that mental health experts must be prepared to help the survivors.
The California Camp Fire was the result of political negligence and progressive priorities. It was started by an agin transmission line and spread by typical California winds in a state with a history of land-management neglect, especially forestland.
It was a Liberal-man-caused disaster and not the result of a warming planet or any other Climate Cult myth.
To be clear, the trauma is real, and some folks will carry that around their entire life. Some of them may need support. And yes, people have been traumatized by severe weather for as long as humans have tried to live on a planet that has it. It’s not new. It will always result in stress. Though I’d argue equally for that, there is significant unjustified stress created by false or incomplete narratives about things like climate (or COVID) which contribute.
The non-stop harassment of regular citizens creates plenty of stress, which is justified by events like the Camp fire or natural earthly weather.
It’s gaslighting.
A more accurate survey would examine the mental stress caused by excessive regulation and taxation – especially in California – resulting from the progressive obsession with using climate to launder tax dollars into certain people’s pockets. We could use call it Post Tax-Bill Stress Disorder PTSD). A genuine and complicated mental health threat with vectors from every level of government.
The study was published in PLOS Climate. I think they meant POS.
