NYTimes Indulges Lefty ‘Climate Anxiety’: ‘Disposable Diapers Made Her Anxious’

The homepage of the New York Times on Monday featured a ridiculous story by “mental health” reporter Ellen Barry, “Anxiety Over Climate Changes Lands on the Therapist’s Couch.”

The same newspaper which for many months has ignored the obvious negative effects on mental health (on children and adults alike) of lockdowns and distancing and insufficient school activities is now focusing front-page attention on the disease of the wealthy: the apocalyptic concerns over climate change. These are real concerns. The Times It has been stirring itself up among liberal readers for years.

Without mocking the patients — who deserve pity, if not this kind of obsequious coverage – it’s clear this is a story only The TimesI would not assign the article, or even put it on a front page like it were a trend in health outside of liberal bubbles. Note how “Trader Joe’s” was a giveaway about the socioeconomics of climate hysterics (click “expand”):

It would hit Alina Black in the snack aisle at Trader Joe’s, a wave of guilt and shame that made her skin crawl.

It was as easy as nuts. These came in plastic bags, many of which were so many that she pictured them leaving her home and going to a dump. It would be there for the rest of her life, and those of her children.

It was something she longed for, and it wasn’t easy to do. However, she also had a newborn in diapers, a full-time career, and a five-year-old daughter who craved snacks. She was 37 years old when these conflicts began to close in on her like a series of teeth.

After nursing her baby in the morning, she’d slip into a rabbit hole and scroll through reports about droughts, fires, and mass extinction. After that, she stared into the dark.

This is just liberal indulgence of neuroticism and hysteria in the name of fighting “climate anxiety”:

A decade ago, Dr. Doherty and a colleague, Susan Clayton, a professor of psychology at the College of Wooster, published a paper proposing a new idea. Their argument was that climate changes would have powerful psychological effects on not only those suffering from it but all people who follow it via news reports and research. This idea was dismissed as speculation at the time.

Skepticism about the future is slowly waning. The concept of eco-anxiety was introduced to the mainstream by young activists

The underlying anti-capitalist message poked through the bizarre leaps from diapers to wildfires (click “expand”):

She understands how privileged she is; she describes her anxiety as a “luxury problem.” But still: The plastic toys in the bathtub made her anxious. She was anxious about the disposable diapers. The disposable diapers made her anxious.

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The majority of [Dr. Thomas Doherty’s]Practice is about helping people to manage their guilt over the consumption of goods and services. He views the concept of a “climate footprint” as a way to help individuals shift the burden from corporations.

[Black’s]The goal of her anxiety about the planet warming is not to let go or be paralyzed by it, but rather something in-between. It’s like someone who has a fear about flying and learns how to control it.

Flying? Don’t you know what air travel does to the atmosphere?