My Age of Anxiety
by Scott Stossel
The Atlantic editor's history of anxiety, through his own severe case: the philosophy, the drugs, the therapies, the genetics, the famous sufferers, and what has and has not worked for him after decades of treatment. It is erudite, candid and sometimes very funny, and it will make anxious readers feel less alone.
Read it if…
you want to understand anxiety as a human condition with a history, not just a disorder.
Skip it if…
you want a treatment plan; it is a cultural and personal history.
Three things you will actually use
- Anxiety is ancient and widespread; you are in company.
- Treatments help partially; accept partial.
- Candor about it reduces its power.
Do this first
Read the chapter on treatments and note which you have tried.
Our verdict
Erudite, candid, humane.
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