tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8817531620866301135.post5615182700366002004..comments2022-08-02T23:41:08.901-07:00Comments on Eco-Anxiety: Eco-Anxiety: Exploitation and Other MisconceptionsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8817531620866301135.post-62609039871102808262008-08-02T10:44:00.000-07:002008-08-02T10:44:00.000-07:00Wishing you the best in your new counseing practic...Wishing you the best in your new counseing practice, Allison. Projection ... an excellent insight. If that is what's on someone's mind in their own life, they are likely to assume it is on the minds of others. Or they have been ripped off too often by a no-holds-barred consumer society that they have a cynical, paranoid <BR/>and suspicious view of others' motives. In a commoditized industrial society each person's work is too often demeaned to the point of having no instrinsic personal value or meaning. Instead strictly about the income. That sense of valuelessness is then easily projected onto others,the assumption being that others to are also doing what they do strictly for income and out to get as much as they can.<BR/>Coming from a family of <BR/>professionals who were working for the benefits to others that could come from their work, income was the reward for making a personal and social contribution through valuable work. It has only been in the past 10 years or so that I've noticed how how even professions like medicine, law, education, and I guess in the minds of some, mental health careers, have suffered from this disconnection from the value of their work. This is a huge mindset change that will need to change if we are to respond to a challenged economy without increased hatred, violence and distrust. As Knustler says we must stop thinking of ourselves are consumers! We are citizens.Sarah Anne Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07576740015644404685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8817531620866301135.post-43276376771229950882008-08-02T10:29:00.000-07:002008-08-02T10:29:00.000-07:00Glad you found us, Richard. Thanks, SarahGlad you found us, Richard. Thanks, SarahSarah Anne Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07576740015644404685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8817531620866301135.post-51199296626783555432008-08-01T20:53:00.000-07:002008-08-01T20:53:00.000-07:00I just discovered your site. This is wonderful an...I just discovered your site. This is wonderful and I thank you so much. <BR/><BR/>Good to validate the emotions, and continue the process, and hear how others cope and thrive.rpaulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00016149709193595632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8817531620866301135.post-79134965166908192812008-07-31T17:45:00.000-07:002008-07-31T17:45:00.000-07:00I have never heard of these perceptions about eco-...I have never heard of these perceptions about eco-anxiety and ecotherapy...but as I am in the process of starting an "organic counseling" practice in Tucson, I am very appreciative--if also saddened and alarmed--to become aware of them. Hmmm...sounds like a classic case of "projection" to me. They can't imagine any other motive for the work we're doing.<BR/>By the way, my practice will be based on a sliding scale donation request basis, and no one will be turned away for lack of funds. Yes, I'm all about exploitation. Sigh.<BR/><BR/>Hopefully, the outreach approach I have been developing may assuage any suspicions of exploitation. For instance, <BR/><BR/>"It is wonderful and healthy to 'green' your home, workplace, and lifestyle. Now--complete the process by 'greening' your state of mind, too."<BR/><BR/>We'll see how this flies. :-)<BR/><BR/>I hope to personally reflect the ability of the rest of nature to focus on attractions rather than let negatives deter them.<BR/><BR/>Thanks, Sarah,<BR/>Allison in TucsonAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05300156934837086524noreply@blogger.com