Book
Freaking out : real-life stories about anxiety
Publication Information
Toronto : Annick Press, c2013.
Physical Description
130 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Summary
Presents thirteen true accounts of teenagers with varying levels of anxiety disorders, exploring how they addressed their anxiety and dealt with such issues as peer pressure, perfectionism, grief, and self-mutilation.
Contents
- Introduction: Why am I freaking out?
- Heavy losses: After my father died, I developed an intense fear of losing everything
- Exiled: Ostracized, I was locked in thoughts of unworthiness, sure I'd never fit it
- The enemy next door: My unexplained fear of dogs was messing with my laid-back style
- Count me out: I had no idea why I was so afraid of numbers and concepts of space and time
- Stuck: Once I knew I had an anxiety disorder, I could finally get help
- Applause: My identity depended on being the center of attention
- (Dis)Comfort zone: Hiding my true self: that was how I coped with being different
- Changing course: When I couldn't get out of bed for days on end, I knew something had to change
- Nowhere to hide: You know the jitters you get before giving a speech? I always felt that way
- Nothing but the best: I had to learn that it was okay not to be good at everything
- Obsessions: Drug addiction didn't get rid of my anxiety; it made it worse
- The bathroom chronicles: My severe stomach pain was a clear sign that I had to find ways to chill out
- War story: Being separated from my family when I was just sixteen triggered years of chronic anxiety.