Anxiety Disorders: Popular Literature

New York Times Bestseller "Probably the best book on living with anxiety that I've ever read." - Mark Manson. The Chinese believe that before you can conquer a beast, you must first make it beautiful. Sarah Wilson first came across this Chinese proverb in psychiatrist Kay Redfield Jamison's memoir An Unquiet Mind, and it became the key to understanding her own lifelong struggle with anxiety.

Celebrating 30 years as a classic in its field and recommended by therapists worldwide, The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook is an unparalleled, essential resource for people struggling with anxiety and phobias. Living with anxiety, panic disorders, or phobias can make you feel like you aren't in control of your life. Written by a leading expert in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), this fully revised and updated seventh edition offers powerful, step-by-step treatment strategies for panic disorders, agoraphobia, generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), worry, and fear. You will also find new information on relapse prevention after successful treatment, and updates on medication, cannabis derivatives, ketamine, exposure, nutrition, spirituality, the latest research in neurobiology, and more.

This toolkit has strategies that anyone can use to try to overcome their personal and professional anxieties. Boyes draws on extensive social psychology research and clinical experience in Cognitive-Behavioral psychology.

Jenny Lawson explores her lifelong battle with anxiety and depression in this humorous book. She describes the lowpoints and struggles of her mental illnesses, but also finds redemption in embracing her "broken" mind sometimes.

In "Monkey Mind," Daniel Smith describes what it is like to live with anxiety with humor. His book explores the deep layers of anxiety and expresses its internal hyper awareness and its absurdities.

In this memoir, Stossel describes his experiences with anxiety, the various treatments he's used to try to overcome it, and explores the history of the illness.

17 year old Jade is diagnosed with a panic disorder and not long after becomes involved with a single teenage father. This coming of age story deals with anxiety, dysfunctional family relationships, and love.

14 year old Audrey is struggling with an anxiety disorder when she meets Linus. Within their relationship, she is able to experience momentum in her recovery, which ends up helping her and her family.

An emotionally resonant debut novel about a half-Japanese teen who grapples with social anxiety and her narcissist mother in the wake of a crushing rejection from art school.

Cath and her sister write Simon Snow fan fiction. It gets them through the tough times, like when they're mom left. Now that they're going to college, Wren has told Cath she doesn't want to be roommates. Cath is on her own, completely outside of her comfort zone. Cath begins asking herself, can she really do this?

Murray Bear is supposed to go to the waterfall with his sister, Molly, to meet a friend, but Murray is worried. "What if it's too LOUD?" he cries "Or what if I get swept away!" So Molly tells him about her special worry box.

Wemberly worried about everything. Big things. Little things. And things in between. Then it was time for school to start. And Wemberly worried even more. If you ever worry (or know someone who does), this is the book for you.

Racoon and Duck are friends. Racoon is nervous about all the things that could go wrong on their picnic, but Duck helps Racoon through it.

This interactive book is for 6-12 year olds who have anxiety. Readers are guided through cognitive-behavioral techniques that can help with generalized anxiety.

Meet Ruby -- a happy, curious, imaginative young girl. But one day, she finds something unexpected: a Worry. It's not such a big Worry, at first. But every day, it grows a little bigger . . . and a little bigger . . . . Until eventually, the Worry is ENORMOUS and is all she can think about. But when Ruby befriends a young boy, she discovers that everyone has worries, and not only that, there's a great way to get rid of them too . . . she just has to share her feelings.

Most kids love hide-and-seek, but Camila just wants to hide. Hiding is what she does best when she worries, and she worries a LOT.What if... I can't... I'm scared! A class trip to the aquarium causes her worries to pile up like never before. But when an anxious classmate asks for help, Camila discovers that her heart is bigger than her fears.