ANXIETY IS REALLY STRANGE

A science-based graphic medicine book explaining anxiety and anxiety management

**Highly Commended in the 2018 British Medical Association Book Awards/b>What is the difference between fear and excitement and how can you tell them apart? How do the mind and body make emotions? When can anxiety be good? This science-based graphic book addresses these questions and more, revealing just how strange anxiety is, but also how to unravel its mysteries and relieve its effects.Understanding how anxiety is created by our nervous system trying to protect us, and how our fight-or-flight mechanisms can get stuck, can significantly lessen the fear experienced during anxiety attacks. In this guide, anxiety is explained in an easy-to-understand, engaging graphic format with tips and strategies to relieve its symptoms, and change the mind's habits for a more positive outlook.

Auteur

Steve Haines, illustrated by Sophie Standing

Texte du rabat

Explaining anxiety in an easy-to-understand and accessible format, it includes tips and strategies to relieve its symptoms and change the mind's habits for a more positive outlook.

Résumé
The science behind anxiety is explained in this engaging and highly original graphic medicine book, with in-depth analysis of where anxiety comes from, what it means for your body, and how to turn it into something positive. The artwork simply and humorously depicts how to alleviate anxiety and take control of its negative symptoms.

Contenu

1. What Is The Difference? 2. How We Make Emotions. 3. What Causes Anxiety. 4. When Anxiety is Good. 5. Emotional Intelligence. 6. Tools For Change.