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Wen moon? Wen anxiety, Wen depression and stress leading to burnout in the crypto space of NFT’s?

Catherine Knibbs- #Online Harms
5 min readJan 31, 2022

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When WL grinds, Discord levels and NFT scams leave vulnerable people vulnerable to unsolicited advice and guidance and why this space is hurting people’s mental health (and pockets).

The world of NFT’s are considerably exciting right now, and yes they are beginning to become a conversation that I hold daily with at least one person and I am aware of being an early adopter, early got scammed victim and now cautious but also getting just as excited as many others about the possibilities this space offers, but not all are feeling this way

Excited is an overtone, and I might be better using words like hopeful or greedy as people pin their hopes on the next miracle and yet I am seeing a massive increase in stress, anxiety and depressive symptomologies presenting in the spaces where this is supposedly about community.

To look out for mental health issues is such a need right now that almost every space I have been into in the last couple of months now has a dedicated server or channel for Mental health. This worries me two fold.

1. The first is the impact this space is having on people’s mental health due to the amount of time they devote to this idea of financial freedom with unforgiving whitelist grinds…

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Catherine Knibbs- #Online Harms
Catherine Knibbs- #Online Harms

Written by Catherine Knibbs- #Online Harms

Online Harms Consultant, Cybertrauma Clinician, PhD’er, Author, Theorist, Polymath, Functional Health, Epigenetic Trauma Psychotherapist (Child/Adult)

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