Monkey Mind: A Memoir of Anxiety (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781439177310)

A wildly acclaimed New York Times bestseller, this uplifting, smart, and funny memoir provides hope and understanding to the 40 million Americans who suffer from anxiety disorders.

Daniel Smith's Monkey Mind is the stunning articulation of what it is like to live with anxiety. As he travels through anxiety's demonic layers, Smith defangs the disorder with great humor and evocatively expresses its self-destructive absurdities and painful internal coherence. Aaron Beck, the most influential doctor in modern psychotherapy, says that "Monkey Mind does for anxiety what William Styron's Darkness Visible did for depression." Neurologist and bestselling writer Oliver Sacks says, "I read Monkey Mind with admiration for its bravery and clarity. . . . I broke out into explosive laughter again and again." Here, finally, comes relief and recognition to all those who want someone to put what they feel, or what their loved ones feel, into words.

Author: Daniel Smith
ISBN-10: 1439177317
ISBN-13: 9781439177310
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Language: English
Published: 06/11/2013
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.43lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.54w x 0.57d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 08/11/2013 pg. 24