Monkey Mind: A Memoir of Anxiety

Daniel Smith

Jul 2012 · Sold by Simon and Schuster

About this ebook

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.

Ratings and reviews

MONKEY MIND: WHATA CHEAPSHIT SAMPLE! ADVANCED PRAISE BLURBS, COVERS, CONTENTS, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, DEDICATIONS,QUOTES FROM OTHER AUTHORS,EVEN NABOKOV, DO NOT CONSTITUTE A SAMPLE!! SUCH DISHONESTY IN OFFERINGS EXACERBATES OUR ANXIETY & IS COUNTERTHERAPEUTICLY GREEDY? SORRY IF OUR ANNOYANCE MAKES U FEEL ANXIOUS, BUT IT HAS TO BE SAID. BLAME UR PUBLISHER?

The sample here is maybe 5 lines of text, but the Kindle Store for Amazon gives a couple of short chapters worth. I'm debating whether to buy having known several people with anxiety and panic attacks.

Ym. Fd

About the author

Daniel Smith is the author of Muses, Madmen, and Prophets and a contributor to The Atlantic, New York magazine, The New York Times Magazine, and Slate. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.