Hi, anxiety life with a bad case of nerves
(2017, original release: 2016)
Nonfiction
Large Type
Series:
Call Numbers:
LARGE TYPE/616.8527/KINSMAN,K
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PUBLISHED
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2017
©2016
©2016
EDITION
Large print edition
DESCRIPTION
319 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781410499097, 141049909X, 9781410499097
LANGUAGE
English
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Feeling anxious? Can't sleep because your brain won't stop recycling thoughts? Unable to make a decision because you're afraid to make the wrong one? You're not alone. In a deeply personal, funny, and sometimes painful look at anxiety and its impact, writer and commentator Kat Kinsman tackles a difficult subject with amazing grace
CONTENTS
Introduction: Opening scene --
Naming the beast --
Irrational fear #1: Having no way out --
All in the family --
School days --
Irrational fear #2: Dancing --
Number of the beast --
Horrors of love --
Irrational fear #3: Seeing the doctor --
In the dungeon --
Irrational fear #4: Talking on the telephone --
Drifting, falling, landing --
Irrational fear #5: Getting my hair cut --
Drugging the beast --
Irrational fear #6: Having children --
Irrational fear #7: Alternative remedies --
Home is where the fear hides --
Irrational fear #8: Picking things up --
On money and futons --
Irrational fear #9: Driving --
Irrational fear #10: Being driven --
Closing scene