How to live in the world: tips for the anxious, the introverts, and other sensitive souls

There are a bunch of people over there and they’re going to make me do the small talk, I just know it…

I am a person who gets easily overwhelmed by the world.

The snap of the shampoo bottle lid is too loud and startles me every time so I have to unscrew the lid which takes forever and spills shampoo everywhere. Last Thanksgiving I read a book about the sinking of the Lusitania in 1915 and my dismay almost ruined our entireholiday. We have dimmers in every room of our house because anything ov...