Environmental chaos

Distorting facts creates false narratives, environmental chaos, and unruly behavior.

By Elizabeth Younger, MA, QMHP, Therapist, Forensic Psychoanalyst, Filmmaker

One post on a tragedy, no matter the tragedy or who involved, I notice unruly behavior. The behavior reminds me of toddlers, toddlers who do not know how to control themselves. It started on 10/7/23 when a tragic massacre in Israel on 10/7/23 was flipped into a fake Palestine story.

On 1/7/26, a woman was killed after blocking ICE agents and nearly running one over and possibly hitting an ICE agent. The tragic loss of her life and the nightmare we watch in Minnesota results in more “unruly behavior” and chaotic behavior in Minnesota. I posted a photo after a reel clearly showing an ICE agent nearly being run over. Yes, a woman was tragically killed and also she nearly ran him over. Those two facts can exist at the same time. The NY Post reported the ICE agent was hospitalized. I made a post of the NY Post’s report along with a tribute of Renee Nicole Good . As people read the ending mentioning the report of the hospitalized agent, some manage to extract one thing they don’t agree with, again changing a narrative and pulling out what they want to see. Facts seem to always be swept over these days.

Through social media I’ve observed this so many times. Without the use of critical thinking, distortions are created and neglect the actual story, whole event, and turn it into what they perceive, and missing the actual events. Things aren’t black and white, there are many perspectives. People need to slow down and think of the climate being created for children in this world. If adults cannot be accountable for facts and behavior, we’re raising children who have no concept of reality and will live in environmental chaos.

Elizabeth Younger, MA, Therapist, Filmmaker