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A review by tillthestarsevaporate
Can I Tell You about Anxiety?: A Guide for Friends, Family and Professionals by Polly Waite, Lucy Willetts
2.0
This is a good introduction for people who want to know about Anxiety in general.
However, I have two problems with it. The first one is that there were a few things mentioned in this book that give people the wrong impression about people with Anxiety. The other problem is not exactly a problem, but rather something I wished this book addressed. That is the fact that when you have anxiety, that doesn't mean you are anxious 24/7. What I mean by this is that the few times you do something that contradicts your crippling anxiety, many people go like "See? You're fine. You don't have anxiety or anything." which ties back to two points:
1. People thinking mental illness isn't really an illness, and 2. Comments like this are invalidating to the person suffering because you're not acknowledging their pain.
I simply wished this introduction addressed these two issues.
However, I have two problems with it. The first one is that there were a few things mentioned in this book that give people the wrong impression about people with Anxiety. The other problem is not exactly a problem, but rather something I wished this book addressed. That is the fact that when you have anxiety, that doesn't mean you are anxious 24/7. What I mean by this is that the few times you do something that contradicts your crippling anxiety, many people go like "See? You're fine. You don't have anxiety or anything." which ties back to two points:
1. People thinking mental illness isn't really an illness, and 2. Comments like this are invalidating to the person suffering because you're not acknowledging their pain.
I simply wished this introduction addressed these two issues.