7 Things to Tell Your Sons About Anxiety

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Twenty-some-odd of us sat in theliving room on plush chairs, recliners, and an elegant sectional. Conversations among friends began to have the feel of a twelve step meeting, what with everyone confessing all manner of anxious thoughts. On a whim I asked, “how many of you struggle with overwhelming anxiety, like the need-to-breath-into-a-paper-sack-and-tuck-my-head-between-my-knees kind?” The hands shot up, nearly all twenty, to which my only response was, “whoa.”

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