A "bravely intimate [and] dazzlingly comprehensive" history (The New York Times Book Review) of efforts by scientists, philosophers, and writers to understand anxiety—from an acclaimed journalist with his own longstanding battle with this often misunderstood affliction. Drawing on his own experience with anxiety, Scott Stossel presents a moving and revelatory account of a condition that affects some 40 million Americans. Stossel offers an intimate and authoritative history. We discover the well-known who have struggled with the condition, as well as the afflicted generations of Stossel's own family. Revealing anxiety's myriad manifestations and the anguish it causes, he also surveys the countless psychotherapies, medications, and often outlandish treatments that have been developed to relieve it. Stossel vividly depicts anxiety’s human toll—its crippling impact, its devastating power to paralyze. He also explores how individual sufferers—including himself—have managed and controlled symptoms. By turns erudite and compassionate, amusing and inspirational, My Age of Anxiety is the essential account of a pervasive affliction.
My Age of Anxiety: Fear, Hope, Dread, and the Search for Peace of Mind
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Author: Stossel, Scott
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9780307390608
Details:
Author: Stossel, Scott
Brand: Vintage
Color: Yellow
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 416
Release Date: 03-02-2015
Part Number: 0307390608_used
Package Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.1 x 1.1 inches Languages: English
EAN: 9780307390608
