First, We Make the Beast Beautiful
by Sarah Wilson
Wilson's memoir-essay on a life with anxiety, bipolar and OCD, and what has helped: walking, meditation, routine, less sugar, accepting the condition as part of a creative, restless self. It is personal, fragmentary and honest, and it offers company rather than a cure.
Read it if…
you have chronic anxiety and want a companion who does not pretend it goes away.
Skip it if…
you want a method; it is a memoir.
Three things you will actually use
- Anxiety can be lived with, even befriended.
- Routine and movement are the base.
- Sit with the beast; running makes it bigger.
Do this first
Take a long walk today without a destination.
Our verdict
Honest company.
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