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    Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame Aug 23

    We need a new word to describe the phenomenon of feeling depressed and trapped inside by toxic air quality due to fires. Like cabin fever, but not a fever... a malaise. Smokesick? Whatever it is, I have it. Portland, Seattle, Vancouver, San Francisco... how do we cope?

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      2. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame Aug 23

        Can't take kids to the playground. Can't take dogs for a walk. Can't go running. Feel assaulted in the lungs just walking out the door. When this went on for weeks last fall, it felt like a trauma. Smokesick.

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      3. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame Aug 23

        has anyone seen a thoughtful op-ed or first person essay about the mental toll of living through these new extreme fire seasons? please share links. we need to generate some resources to support some semblance of well-being through this, especially if it's the new normal

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      2. Sasha Dryden‏ @SashaDryden Aug 23
        Replying to @avantgame

        The opposite of hygge as not a chosen state in the summer to be inside & less active. Also contributing to mood is the lack of sun blocked by the smoke. We are under a pettifog murk.

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      3. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame Aug 23
        Replying to @SashaDryden

        YES. I was thinking the same thing actually... wondering if we could "hygge" our way through it and pretend we're holed up inside to be cosy from the dark winter instead of the smoke summer

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      2. chocmoojoo‏ @thechocmoojoo Aug 23
        Replying to @avantgame

        The n95 malaise?, smoke entrapment? respiratory repression? smoke funk? I’m currently getting a break from it “knock on wood” but I’ve spent too many months in the state your referring to as cal insists on burning to the ground daily

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      3. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame Aug 23
        Replying to @thechocmoojoo

        n95 had a good ring to it... like h1n1. solidarity/sympathy to you!

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      4. chocmoojoo‏ @thechocmoojoo Aug 23
        Replying to @avantgame

        Back at you! we are still dealing with the aftermath of a lot of our neighborhood burning down in July, it’s been a crazy year here

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      2. Tadhged Reality‏Verified account @tiedtiger Aug 23
        Replying to @avantgame

        The grays. Like the blues, but grey.

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      3. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame Aug 23
        Replying to @tiedtiger

        That's really good.

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      4. Tadhged Reality‏Verified account @tiedtiger Aug 23
        Replying to @avantgame

        Thanks! It cleared out of here today, at last. Been hot and horrible for about a week.

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      2. Kristi Durazo‏ @krash63 Aug 23
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        Wondering how the responders deal with smoke stress exhaustion and longer term physical and mental health. New normal?

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      3. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame Aug 23
        Replying to @krash63

        that's the fear. (new normal) definitely creating long-term health implications... i am really curious about if anyone is forecasting that

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      4. Kristi Durazo‏ @krash63 Aug 23
        Replying to @avantgame

        I’ve seen some on climate refugees including wealthy coastal and arid farm lands. It’s global but is hyper local as you describe

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      1. Andrew Reid‏ @AJReid93 Aug 24
        Replying to @avantgame

        Doesn't "miasma" describe the phenomenon? Hope you find some better-quality air! We have plenty to share in Scotland / Dundee... 😉

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      1. Gary Riccio‏ @Venture_Accel Aug 24
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        Sounds a little like the risks astronauts face during long-term shared confinement in space and, given the hazard of particulates, the risks they will face during planetary operations. NASA is beginning to research the interactions. https://humanresearchroadmap.nasa.gov/evidence/ 

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      1. richie in the sky.‏ @rjn1966 Aug 24
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        Choked

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      1. wayne rod‏ @2president Aug 24
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        Stay inside while air is toxic and work on solving an issue you care about. Maybe gamers can come up with an invention turning toxic air into clean air.

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      1.  🤷‍♂️ jeffrey‏ @jeffrey Aug 23
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        haze malaise

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