<p>Research on eco-anxiety has foregrounded fear, grief, and existential distress as primary psychological responses to ecological crisis. However, the specific phenomenon of spiritual-ecological paralysis, in which individuals who know what is at stake find themselves unable to sustain care, attention, or moral agency, remains undertheorised. This paper argues that the early Christian monastic concept of acedia (spiritual listlessness, withdrawal from the good), as formulated by Evagrius Ponticus and John Cassian, offers a more precise phenomenological vocabulary for this dimension of the crisis than existing clinical or existential frameworks. The paper traces the genealogy of acedia, establishes its structural homology with the paralysis and disengagement documented in eco-anxiety research, and develops a tradition-sensitive phenomenological account by identifying acedia-analogous states in Buddhist and Islamic contemplative traditions. A fourfold typology of “ecological acedia” is proposed (informational, moral, relational, and eschatological), together with an account of how contemplative practices, communal ritual, vocational recommitment, and eschatological reorientation constitute underrecognised resources for pastoral caregivers working with ecologically distressed persons. A composite pastoral vignette illustrates the typology’s diagnostic application. The paper concludes with implications for pastoral care practice, theological education, and interdisciplinary research at the intersection of spirituality and environmental psychology.</p>