A brief, outspoken introduction to the meaning and history of anxiety
and neuroscientific advice for sufferers
Anxiety .... it's the worst. Choking, stifling, smothering, tingling,
panicking, brain cutting out, bad decisions... You're a human being, so
you know exactly what's being said here. Dr. Faith lays it all out in
her five-minute therapy series: what anxiety IS (did you know that
people wrote about it more in the 1800s than now?), what it's good for
(that's right, it's actually a necessary response that helps to keep us
alive in bad situations), how to know when it's gone overboard, and
practical tips on how to deal with anxiety when it gets bad. This book
is a lifesaver for panic attacks, breaking out of
flight-or-fight-or-freeze responses, and for chronic anxiety. It's also
good for folks who aren't burdened by anxiety daily but want to cope
better with those tough life situations that affect us all. Read this
and breathe!
Note: The original Anxiety zine became a Dr. Faith's book Unfuck
Your Brain; this book version of This Is Your Brain on Anxiety is
greatly expanded and has about 30% new content that is different than
what was in the original zine or book chapter.