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Lifestyle
Rose Wong

Climate change also affects mental health. Call it eco-anxiety.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Anna Lynn Heine has thought about dropping out of Eckerd College in St. Petersburg more times than she cares to admit.

Or she’ll work on an essay and wonder what is even the point.

Anxiety about the planet’s future has also kept the 21-year-old from enjoying dinner with family or drinks with friends. A plastic cup can send her into an existential spiral.

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