Anxiety. We all have experienced it. Most people endure this emotion easily. Starting a new job, moving to a new city. The speed dating we signed up for, or the pressures of starting a family. We ask ourselves what will happen and worry about outcomes because the future is indeterminate and can change on a whim because of seemingly innocent and benign events. But for some of us, anxiety is a dark emotionless beast that looms around the corner, waiting to tear us apart. His pervasiveness and tenacity are never-ending, screaming the worst-case scenarios at us and never letting a positive thought boil to the surface. For those who have never experienced an attack of anxiety, this punishing will never know the debilitating and debilitating effect that it has on life today.
We talked to a man who has experienced this monster up close and wants to share his story with the world so others can learn to escape the tyranny of its grip. Brian Sachetta is an expert on anxiety and is the author of the Get Out of Your Head Book series.