De-bunking Carnism Whilst Managing Your Vystopia

Clare Mann December 21, 2021

When you became vegan, did you get a rude shock about the world?

The discovery of systematised animal cruelty can lead to guilt, shame and anger at how this has been allowed to continue for so long. It can also lead to frustration and despair when others refuse to listen to the facts, deny the truth, and refuse to even consider change.

In this recent podcast on the UK-based Carnism Debunked platform, George Martin and Clare Mann discuss the anguish of being vegan in a non-vegan world and how to develop the tools and techniques to influence others to change whilst taking good care of our physical and psychological health.

Listen to this podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qun8Oe_VKqk&t=546s

Check out this podcast to gain support and learn even more strategies to be a powerful voice for veganism and animal liberation.

Categories: Listen, Vegan Psychology

You are not alone: mental health in vegans and animal activists

Originally published on the veganindepent.com (no longer running) You are not alone: mental health in vegans and animal activists Mental anguish is common among vegans and animal rights activists, but there is help out there. Like many vegans and animal activists, Sydneysider Lyndsay Doyle has experienced intense mental suffering relating to her veganism. Fighting pain from…

Clare Mann November 9, 2015

Can the Pain of Vystopia Help Create a More Compassionate World?

Why is veganism increasing as a compassionate philosophy, with animal social justice being at its core? Drawing on key emotional experiences of vegans, survey data collected in 2018 and observational data from her private psychology practice, Clare Mann created the term Vystopia: The Anguish of Being Vegan in a Non Vegan World In this article…

Clare Mann January 11, 2024

When knowing the facts isn’t enough to become vegan

How is it possible after sharing facts about something that has direct significance to a person, they don’t change their behaviour? Despite showing them how their choices are making them unhealthy or unhappy, they still ignore the facts or refuse to look further. We still see people smoking despite years of advice that it’s not…

Clare Mann November 2, 2017

Breaking through Vystopia to Create Powerful Change for Animals

In this interview with the animal rights campaign group ANDA in Brazil, Clare Mann shares her work in animal social justice

Clare Mann December 21, 2017

Living as a Stranger in a Strange Land

When you become a vegan, you run a high chance of developing a mental illness. This might seem extreme and enough to make non-vegans avoid talking about the subject, so let me clarify what I mean. Firstly, someone who adopts a plant-based diet and calls themselves a vegan is unlikely to suffer in the same…

Clare Mann June 23, 2017

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