Thriving with Anxiety: 9 Tools to Make Your Anxiety Work for You

by David H. Rosmarin

no book can be a replacement for individualized, professional mental health care.

Love is a form of medicine.

we need to accept uncomfortable aspects of relationships. We must learn to accept that just because those we are connected to are also flawed and struggling, that doesn’t mean that they can’t be good confidants or companions. If we catastrophize about the imperfections or issues in our relationships, or judge others for being imperfect, we turn potentially solid connections into dysfunctional ones.

we are inherently vulnerable and needy when it comes to our closest relationships,

A warrior accepts that we can never know what will happen to us next. We can try to control the uncontrollable by looking for security and predictability, always hoping to be comfortable and safe. But the truth is that we can never avoid [being out of control]. This . . . is part of the adventure. It’s also what makes us afraid.