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My Age of Anxiety

Fear, Hope, Dread, and the Search for Peace of Mind
Jul 26, 2014writermala rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Whether you suffer from anxiety, or have a loved one who does, or are just curious as to what it's all about this is the right place to start looking. Stossel, in a no holds barred account of his own battle with anxiety explores the problem thoroughly and from the dawn of time. The book is replete with quotes like, "Anxiety is the most prominent mental characteristic of Occidental civilization." Stossel himself, with the help of his anxiety defines anxiety as "apprehension about future suffering - the fearful anticipation of an unbearable catastrophe one is hopeless to prevent." He attributes the blame to our abundance of choices. The paradox of choice is the idea that as the freedom to choose increases, so does anxiety. This thorough examination of anxiety and its causes is bound to set many of us free from guilt about a condition we have no control over.