Marc Williams
@clinpsy-marc.bsky.social
Lecturer at Cardiff University | Clinical Psychologist | Researching emotional responses to the climate and ecological crisis
I wrote more about this here:
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#NatureConnectedness #EcoAnxiety #ClimatePsychology
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#NatureConnectedness #EcoAnxiety #ClimatePsychology
The wound of belonging: how nature connectedness changes who we are (and how we hurt)
Some people see the climate crisis as a threat ‘out there.’ But others feel it like a wound in their own body. Why?
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May 11, 2025 at 7:43 AM
I wrote more about this here:
🌿 open.substack.com/pub/myrddin1...
#NatureConnectedness #EcoAnxiety #ClimatePsychology
🌿 open.substack.com/pub/myrddin1...
#NatureConnectedness #EcoAnxiety #ClimatePsychology
Disconnection can blunt the pain. But it also narrows our sense of who we are.
Like a tree unaware its own branch is being cut.
Connection hurts—but it’s also where purpose lives.
Like a tree unaware its own branch is being cut.
Connection hurts—but it’s also where purpose lives.
May 11, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Disconnection can blunt the pain. But it also narrows our sense of who we are.
Like a tree unaware its own branch is being cut.
Connection hurts—but it’s also where purpose lives.
Like a tree unaware its own branch is being cut.
Connection hurts—but it’s also where purpose lives.
It’s associated with greater well-being, meaning, and even joy.
But it also makes us more open to grief.
That’s the quiet cost of belonging.
But it also makes us more open to grief.
That’s the quiet cost of belonging.
May 11, 2025 at 7:43 AM
It’s associated with greater well-being, meaning, and even joy.
But it also makes us more open to grief.
That’s the quiet cost of belonging.
But it also makes us more open to grief.
That’s the quiet cost of belonging.
When we feel part of the natural world, its damage becomes personal.
Psychologists call this nature connectedness—not just liking nature, but feeling yourself as part of it.
Psychologists call this nature connectedness—not just liking nature, but feeling yourself as part of it.
May 11, 2025 at 7:43 AM
When we feel part of the natural world, its damage becomes personal.
Psychologists call this nature connectedness—not just liking nature, but feeling yourself as part of it.
Psychologists call this nature connectedness—not just liking nature, but feeling yourself as part of it.