THE ANXIETY VIRUS: 3 Essential Strategies to Build Immunity to Uncertainty in the COVID Crisis

Whether it’s our health, our job, or our family and social connections, we all have plenty to be anxious about! But our common dis-ease does not have to disable us. If we can immunize ourselves to this new level of uncertainty in the world, our anxiety will ease. We can start sleeping again, feel more confident, and rediscover the joy in our lives.In The Anxiety Virus, psychotherapist Jennifer Shannon lays out three essential strategies—one cognitive, one behavioral and one emotional—designed to help us expand our tolerance for what we cannot control, rather than contract against it with worry and compulsive behavior. They are “essential” strategies because, as Shannon has learned in her decades of working with anxiety disorders, we cannot train our “monkey mind” to rest unless we engage our thoughts, feelings and behavior in unison toward our goal. Shannon delivers her message in clear, simple language, complemented by lively illustrations and helpful step-by-step practices. Her mission: to get you through this crisis with skills you’ll use the rest of your life. Her promise: when you immunize yourself to uncertainty, your anxiety eases. The more your anxiety eases, the more flexibility, creativity, and resilience will flow--the very qualities we all need in a crisis!