underexamined. how it exacts mental health. many people experience ptsd after disasters, after things like this hit their community, while others experience that trauma secondhand, manifesting in depression or anxiety and others struggle over a nagging fear of the state of the planet. dr. lisa van susstren is a psychologist who focused on climate change and so the co-authority of emotional inflammation, discover your triggers and reclaim your equilibrium . so good to see you. thank you for having me. this is a really important conversation. i m glad we re having it. it really is and these are anxious times for so many reasons. so what is it about the climate crisis that is so potent from a mental health standpoint? well, we talk a lot about the
extra scrutiny of shoes. you may recall richard reid and the shoe bomber in 2009. they have a very close working relationship. and airports and airlines that fly directly into the states must meet minimum u.s. tsa safety standards. so they are now telling them you have to ramp these up because of our intelligence suggesting we have a new threat. and, you know, one concern here, andrea is 13 years after 9/11, with iraq and with afghanistan now winding down, that the united states may be getting a bit complacent. not the government but jut everybody, every day loifrg lives when in fact the terror threat may be on the increase again. and you have a lot of techniques and sophistication in some of the european airports where we know because of 9/11 that friankfurt and others were really underexamined. but in north africa and in areas of the middle east, it is less so. i think that s exactly right. you know, those of white house