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Coward

Why We Get Anxious & What We Can Do About It

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Coward

By: Tim Clare
Narrated by: Tim Clare
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Tim Clare has suffered from extreme anxiety and panic attacks for a decade. At their worst, his attacks would see him curled on the floor, screaming at his wife for help. This was something the couple just got used to and were able to manage, until they became parents. With the arrival of Tim's daughter came a new wave of extreme anxiety, triggered by the knowledge that his own mental ill-health could be negatively impacting his child.

It was at this point that Tim made a promise to himself—that he would try everything he could to get better, every method and medicine. In Coward, Tim explores all the possible treatments for anxiety, from SRIs to hypnosis, from running to extreme diets. He interviews experts in each field and becomes a guinea pig, testing their methods on himself. By the end of the audiobook, Tim will know what helps him and what doesn't, and what might help others, but most of all, he'll come to rethink anxiety and ask all of us to do the same.

©2022 Tim Clare (P)2022 Canongate Books Anxiety Disorders Mental Health Personal Development Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Health Inspiring

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The author writes from the heart whilst at the same time referring to mountains of data. A raw tale which will be fascinating to anyone with or interested in anxiety. The perfect millennial book. It's read beautifully and with obvious passion.

Deeply personal, universally applicable

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Thoroughly enjoyed this book, it was above all relatable and the humor with which it is delivered helped me laugh and cry my way through it. A refreshing change from the self help books I usually read, I was impressed with the level of research and alternative ideas and approaches tried and tested.

Funny, relatable and thoroughly well researched

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I love Tim’s writing and his performance of his own work was excellent.

The subject has been brilliantly researched and presented in a narrative non-fiction form which I found engaging and educational.

Thank you, Tim for this great piece of work.
Easily the best written and researched book on the subject. BR

Brilliant, vulnerable and insightful

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Funny, very interesting, informative and beautifully human! A narration that continued to entertain. Highly recommended for those that live with anxiety.

Brilliant!

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This is an absolutely cracking book. It's not your conventional self-help book - rather, it's a personal investigation into current and past therapeutic interventions for anxiety sufferers, their potential, and their pitfalls. It's interesting, informative, clear, concise, and sprinkled with enough personal anecdotes to keep it personal. Also, I have a background in genetics, and the explanation about the real meaning of "inheritable conditions" is the best I've ever seen in a work for laypeople.

If you want a self-help book, this isn't it. If you want a book about what help is out there, however, I don't think you can do better.

Informative, engaging, and helpful

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