Coward : Why We Get Anxious & What We Can Do About It

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clare, Tim.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clare, Tim.

Anxiety disorders--Biography.

Anxiety disorders.

Anxiety disorders--Popular works.

Anxiety disorders--Anecdotes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (271 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Coward

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Canongate Books, 2022.

Summary:

After a decade of living with panic attacks and anxiety, Tim Clare made a promise to himself - he would try everything he could to get better, every method and medicine.His year of treatments took him from anti-depressants to hypnosis, running to extreme diets, ice baths to faecal transplants. At the end of it he discovers what helps him (and what doesn't), and what might help others. Most of all, he comes to rethink anxiety and encourages all of us to do the same.

Contents:

Intro

How to Read This Book

1. Tail: How I became anxious

2. Shift Happens: The moment I realised I couldn't go on like this

3. The Exercist: Exercise

the fight, flight or freeze response

and neurotransmitters

4. Eat Shit and Diet: The gut-brain connection, microbiota and inflammation

5. Terrifying Abnormal Dreams: Antidepressants, tranquillisers, side effects and withdrawal symptoms

6. Modern Life Is Rubbish: The anxiety of modern life and the history of stress

7. This Is Fine: Social media and our addiction to doomscrolling

8. The Anxiety Gene: The genetic roots of anxiety

9. And It Feels Like Home: Childhood trauma, brain development and the power of nostalgia

10. Piece of Mind: The neuroscience of anxiety

11. Brain Storm: Stimulating parts of the brain with electricity and magnets, and taming our 'threat circuit'

12. Paranoid Android: What robots and AI are teaching us about anxiety

13. Safety: How we perpetuate our fear, and the extreme exposure therapies that conquer it

14. Psychedelics: LSD, magic mushrooms, MDMA, and the growth of psychedelic therapy

15. The Water Cure: Cold-water immersion and wild swimming

16. Breathing: Pulmonary biology and the science of panic attacks

17. Hypnosis: Hypnotherapy and placebos

18. Religion: Seeking certainty in gods, scriptures and meditation

19. In These Uncertain Times: Anxiety disorders and global catastrophe

20. The Magic of Uncertainty: The power of stories, and learning to be comfortable when life is out of our control

Appendix

Acknowledgements

Notes

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781838853112

1838853111

OCLC:

1312172496