Missing Hope: A Trio of Miscarriages, and What Happened After
I have been afraid most days of my life, which is what anxiety is, and the months of this pregnancy have been the most anxious of my life.
Panic Is
“Panic is terror distilled, a bouillon cube of anxiety for your already-rattled nervous system.”
‘Psycho’ for the Anxious: Why Horror Movies Bring Me Comfort
“I know I am about to be afraid, and I am also about to be just fine. This is controlled terror.”
On Anxiety, Writing, and Taking the Nature Cure
The nature or “West cure” was developed in the nineteenth century to treat men with anxiety. Women were sent to bed.
Why Faith Is No Substitute for Honesty About Mental Health
“We could wrap our heads around theology and bullshit around a bonfire. What we never had was a vocabulary for fear.”
On Miscarriage, Anxiety, and the Burden of Hope
“To have hope in the presence of suffering and constant anxiety can feel impossible.”
How Do You Inherit Anxiety?
Inheritance comes to us in many forms. Some jagged treasures we choose for ourselves.
Anxiety for Highly Productive People
“When I am anxious, I often think I can produce my way out of it.”
Contemplating Death at the Edge of the Continent
I do not feel that I choose the fear so much as it chooses me.