The Largely Unacknowledged Impact of Climate Change on Mental Health by Eva Gifford and Robert Gifford, discusses effects of climate change on vulnerable communities. Maybe people suffering from things like Stress, anxiety, and PTSD have been some reported side effects on people due to climate change. In Love as the Practice of Freedom by Bell Hooks the concept that love is needed for everyone to come together to make a change.These texts come together with the overall theory that if people come together after a disaster to make change then less people would have mental health issues.
From my perspective it’s really challenging to come back together after a natural disaster.Its especially hard for single parents with no support to comeback and
organize their lives.Around the time Katrina hit mother was a single parent and sick.I believe that in the end it takes all communities come together and reclaim their homes.
Vocab:
PTSD- A disorder where people have trouble recovering from a bad experience (adapted from Webster)
Vulnerable communities: At-Risk populations of people (google)
Liberation- act of making someone free (adapted from Webster)
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