An Anxiety Suvival Guide: How to Survive the End of the World (When it’s in Your Own Head) 9781473659728, 1473659698

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An Anxiety Suvival Guide: How to Survive the End of the World (When it’s in Your Own Head)
 9781473659728, 1473659698

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Table of contents :
TITLE PAGE

COPYRIGHT

DEDICATION

0.5. PROLOGUE

1. THE CLICHÉD INTRO
(AKA Me, Me, Me)

2. A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO ANXIETY
(AKA Science, Hugh Grant and Moomins)

3. MY ANXIOUS BRAIN VS. THE MORNING
(AKA Coffee, Mecs and Duvet Nests)

4. MY ANXIOUS BRAIN VS. COMMUTING
(AKA Man-spreaders, Ubers and Bus Milk)

5. MY ANXIOUS BRAIN VS. WORK
(AKA Pirates, Bumbaclarts and Liza Minnelli)

6. A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO ANXIETY PART 2
(AKA Well, it starts off with anxiety …)

7. MY BRAIN VS. SOCIALISING
(AKA Facebook, Discount Shots and Birthday Ninjas)

8. MY BRAIN VS. RELATIONSHIPS
(AKA Gammon, Smut and Antique Swimming Goggles)

9. MY BRAIN VS. THE INTERNET
(AKA Selfies, Comments Sections and General Despair)

10. MY BRAIN VS. RESPONSIBILITIES
(AKA Gin Dinners, Exams and Gnome Theft)

11. MY BRAIN VS. RELAXATION
(AKA Sneezing Fits, Crab Walks and Breathing)

12. RECOVERY
(AKA The Borrowers, Tony Soprano and Zorbing)

13. REPRESENTATION AND STIGMA
(AKA Marmite Haters, Frank Bruno and Avatar)

14. YOU ARE OK
(AKA You Are OK)

15. MY ANXIOUS BRAIN VS. A GLOBAL PANDEMIC
(AKA The Anxious Person’s Time to Shine?)

IMPORTANT CONTACT NUMBERS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

FOOTNOTES

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