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His always frowning betrays his distasteful mood . Although it is a universal gesture, Greta Thunberg has made it his own and with it he has achieved the gift of being heard even when he refuses to speak. Look up, frown, tighten your mouth and tense your teeth. Challenging and, for many, maddening. It is his social face to shout to the world his contempt for those who do not care for his planet. It is not easy to know how much of it is biological, imposted or learned.

This Swedish activist is a teenager with multiple problems from the psychological point of view , as her parents have confessed publicly. She suffers from asperger syndrome , which she has become a superpower in the fight against climate change, and also an obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) that leads her to an uncompromising and almost utopian hyper perfection, even for herself.

The networks and other voices have taken advantage of their condition to throw mountains of insults and brutal attacks on it, such as "mentally unstable" and " deeply disturbed messiahs ." There are millions of people who suffer the destruction of the planet, but also millions like her, who stir in their fears, in their thoughts, in their illness. About 1% of the population has a OCD diagnosed . It is difficult to put yourself in the place of those who suffer from it.

COMPULSIVE OBSESSIVE DISORDER

One of the most common manifestations of OCD is disgust, a feeling that awakens any contaminating object, sometimes accompanied by eating disorders. At 11 years old, he stopped eating for two months as a form of protest against the government's inaction and made a vow of silence that he only broke up to talk to his parents and his little sister, who has also been diagnosed with OCD. Is it pathology or political commitment? In any case, it has always had the coverage of parents, who blame their mental disorders on the system.

Disgust is a primitive emotion that has a protective function. With his aversion, Greta tries to defend himself against possible dangers of illness or pollution. And something that is purely biological has turned it into a social badge with the same function: to eliminate everything that is devastating for the planet . This is described by Bonifacio Sandín, Professor of Psychopathology at the UNED: "Disgust is an emotion that, in principle, has an adaptive purpose. It has evolutionarily protected us from very serious risks, such as dying of poisoning or acquiring serious diseases (for example , avoiding contact with certain animals transmitting disease and contamination.) The problem is that the disgust is excessive and disproportionate with respect to the threatening situation or stimulus. In this case it can alter and disturb the person's life. "

The Greta phenomenon was born from a TOC, but it has transformed its pathological repulsion into a symbol to fight against climate change . On his face he has that genuine expression that leaves no one indifferent. What causes displeasure in her is the excess, her sometimes messianic and far-fetched message. However, we will not deny that it puts us on alert for a threat that is real . The scientific data that confirm the climatic emergency and indicate the human being as responsible for global warming is irrefutable. But resorting to mockery and insult Zafio to discredit her is very petty.

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