Welcome to the United States of Anxiety: Observations from a Reforming Neurotic

✍ Scribed by Lancaster, Jen

• Publisher: Little a
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 330 KB
• Edition: First edition
• Category: Fiction
• City: United States
• ISBN-13: 9783229339007

✦ Synopsis

Every day, Americans are bombarded with terrifying news about crime, the environment, politics, and the health consequences of the foods we've been enjoying for years. We're judged by social media users, pressured into maintaining a perfect home, and expected to base our self-worth on retweets, faves, likes, and followers. Our collective FOMO (fear of missing out), and the disparity between ideals and reality, is leading us to spend more and feel worse. With wit and wisdom, the author charts a path out of the quagmire that keeps us frightened and ashamed.;Letter from the author -- Part I: One nation, under stress. Anxieties abound ; The state of our stressed-out union -- Part II: Physiological needs: food, sleep, clothing, shelter, and wi-fi. You are what you eat? ; Fear of a fat planet ; Fashion forward ; Gimme shelter -- Part III: Safety needs: personal/financial security, climate, and family health. Life is hazardous to your health ; Global warring ; New sheriff in town ; All politics is local -- Part IV: Social needs: friendships, intimacy, family, love, and belonging. But what about the children? ; Momming so hard ; Friending is not a verb -- Part V: Esteem needs: joy, creativity, happiness, desire for fame and glory. The lobby for a hobby ; Remember my name ; Funny girl -- Part VI: Self-actualization needs: thinking, learning, decision-making, values, beliefs, fulfillment. Decision-marking, values, beliefs, fulfillment ; Now what?

✦ Subjects

Stress (Physio