Beyond Oil South Australia

Emotional Reactions to Peak Oil

Peak Oil and Emotions - Shock, depression, blues, anxiety, anger, excitement, compulsive behaviour

Does talk of our energy future get you down? Clinical psychologist Kathy McMahon, otherwise known as the Peak Oil Shrink, is collecting stories from people who are shocked, depressed, anxious, angry, excited, or compulsive about Peak Oil, and the ways that these people are coping, on her web site. http://www.peakoilblues.com/

Sudden change upsetting suburban life just might be have postitive outcomes.
A story about how an emotionally lost man learns of new possibilities as normalcy collapses.

SurbanShock.PDF 38 kb 1500 words.

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