Stressed-out climate change scientists are suffering from 'pre-traumatic stress' disorders

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The effects of climate change scientists predict we'll see keep getting darker and darker — sea level rise powerful enough to submerge cities and droughts that could lead to famine, to name a couple. Living with these apocalyptic predictions has taken its toll on climate scientists, Esquire reports.

It's "pre-traumatic stress" characterized by sadness, fear, and anger, psychiatrist Lise Van Susteren said. And that's not just caused by a gloomy global outlook and frustration with some politicians' reluctance to help effect change before it's too late.

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.