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A celebrated knowledge and health reporter offers a wry, bracingly honest account of living with anxiety. A racing heart. Difficulty breathing. Frustrating dread. Andrea Petersen was first diagnosed with an panic at age 20, but she later realized that she had been experiencing panic attacks since childhood. With time her symptoms multiplied. She agonized over every unusual physical feeling. She developed worries of travelling on highways, going to movie theaters, even licking envelopes. Although possessing a name on her behalf condition was a massive pain relief, it was only the start of a journey to comprehend and get good at it - the one that had taken her from psychiatrists' offices to yoga exercise retreats to the Appalachian Trail. Woven into Petersen's personal history is a remarkable look at the biology of stress and anxiety and the groundbreaking research that may point the best way to new treatments. She compares psychoactive drugs to nondrug treatments, including biofeedback and visibility therapy. And she explores the role that genetics and the surroundings play in mental health issues, browsing top neuroscientists and tracing her genealogy - from her grandmother, who, suffering from paranoia, once attempted to shed down her own house, to her young little princess, in whom Petersen perceives colours of herself. Daring and empowering, this is vital listening for anybody who recognizes what it means to go on edge.
