Solastalgia describes a form of emotional or existential distress caused by environmental change. It is best described as the lived experience of negatively perceived environmental change. When someone experiences solastalgia, their sense of place, home, security, value, and self are undermined.
The term for this condition, solastalgia, was created by Australian environmental philosopher Glenn Albrecht in the early 2000s to describe the unique mental anguish caused by living with the experience of negative environmental change.
“Solastalgia is when your endemic sense of place is being violated”