AIBU to feel frightened about the risk of AMOC collapse?

How have you even come across this information?
It has been covered recently in The Guardian, USA Today, The Irish Times, Met Eireann. Lots of science websites are talking about it.

Erm, it was in the Guardian this week. A hard copy newspaper.

I don't worry about the world ending - I don't go down rabbit holes telling me 'the end is nigh'. I ignore scaremongering articles on the Internet.
I just get on with my life, doing the best I can in the here and now.
Today the sun is shining, the garden is coming into flower and I am enjoying the day.

The lack of engagement is possibly because people don’t know what the AMOC collapse is until they open the thread, so don’t bother opening it. Until I read the opening post, I assumed it was a political thing - maybe an expected change of governance somewhere.

Not a damn thing any of us normal people can do about . Britain can do it's bit but it's the large consumers like USA ,China Russia that need to make the big changes .
How much fuel and impact did the recent space trip cost ? And was anything significant to humans discovered.

Can only worry about my small piece of the human existence and the rest is out of my control .

This is an example of how the internet can have negative affects on mental health.

How have you even come across this information?

I think you need to take this as a bit of a warning sign to youself to curtil your internet usage.

If a teen child approached with such concerns any sensible parent would restrict internet usage and ensure discussions were had about what sensible usage looks like and not consuming random info to the detriment of our mental health.

Human brains were not designed to consume all the "world is ending" info in the way that can be done via the internet. But just because you can doesnt mean you should and thats where ensuring moderation and sensible usage needs to be ensured.

Ive not read your link, nor taken on board what your saying cos Ive zero interest.

Give yourself an internet detox, check out some library books, go for a walk in nature every day for 6 weeks and see if you feel a little better.

If the world ends, you worrying about it isnt going to make a difference and you clearly cant absorb the severity of these topics (which no normal human can) so kick back and relax and enjoy your life as best you can.

I thought it would be freezing winters but scorching dry summers.
So not just coping with extreme cold, but also coping with extreme heat.

Humans always expect the near-future to be like the near-past, on a timescale of about 50 years before and after 'now'.
We are not as intelligent as we like to think we are.

There's so much to worry about at the moment, OP, I think people just can't give headspace to something that might happen. It's honestly so depressing & worrying - but when people are worrying about next week's food & energy bills, or having a job, or whatever, it just gets put to the back of the mind.

I first heard about AMOC back in the early 2000s - called Gulf Stream Reversal back then. I found govt disaster planning notes for it online - they referred to "low risk of happening, high impact if it does happen" - so it's pretty terrifying to know that the risk of it happening has increased over a few short years. We seem most worried about the warming of the planet, but in fact there is also a risk of ice age. Just how much can the human brain, or one individual, worry about this on a daily basis?

I don't know about this so will read up. But it sounds a bit like the south sea anomaly in that there's zero control so zero point stressing.

I find it humbling in a way. What with all the madness and evil and war. Man has very little power at all. You think Trimp could stop the war tomorrow but he can't do jack shit about this. Neither can the best of humanity. We don't have control. It's an illusion.

If the south sea anomaly got to the point we was lost to solar wide there's no coming back ever for even for a virus. Life is fragile on earth and it's hard to see that on a day to day basis. But it's really just a fleeting miracle we take for granted that it's permanent and will continue after we die.

The world kept turning and earth survived the last Ice Age to thrive and now be overpopulated. It takes millenia for that to happen and to recover.

I haven't looked into AMOC or much about that kind of thing lately. Too many other immediate (financial and political) catastrophes happening that will definitely affect all of us.

As pps have said, I really cannot do much about it over and above what I am trying to do at present (which does seem somewhat futile). So every day I wake up and am alive to see another day, especially with the sun shining like it is now, is a bonus.

This is how I feel.

We can’t do anything about it. I’m unfortunately very ill so getting involved with Extinction Rebellion and the like isn’t an option for me (I can’t even cook dinner sometimes).

The way we humans behave is insane. I keep on with my tiny contribution but I can’t impact the big picture (if only due to health as mentioned above). So I do my best not to worry.

My children are screwed and it’s devastating.

The movie 'the day after tomorrow' is about APOC collapse isn't it? I remember watching it with my uni housemates when we had the flu and all getting really upset.

You've got to live in the now. Do your bit for the world - live sustainably, but realistically one person's efforts are not going to change anything. You'd need a massive swing in cultural attitude to make big differences. Our shops would look very different if we lived in a society that was actually going to make a change to our climate impact.

I worry about this too. All my eco efforts feel pretty feeble compared to what might happen.

Read the latest Marc Elsberg novel, it deals with sudden extreme climate collapse, and might give you some ideas on how to prepare.

It’s terrifying and utterly mind blowing. However worrying about it will achieve nothing. Cross the bridge if it happens. Live in the now not the if.