I have found this book on Amazon, it isn’t released until the 9th. The reviews look to be very good. I’m not trying to sell the book or promote it. It just looks to be worth reading as it covers coping mechanisms which I’m struggling with.
Just seeing that image gave me anxiety itself. Because its setting you up to think you csn hide from anxiety. Thats not healthy. You can't avoid anxiety, it's part of every day life.
I know I'm being pedantic and you (quite literally) shouldn't judge a book by its cover.
That's certainly true. However, I think that here we're talking about excessive, crippling autistic anxiety that can dominate and ruin lives. It's not the nervousness or "butterflies" that many will experience before, say, doing something new or making a speech.
Anxiety is very, very common, of course, and certainly there for a reason (embedded in our evolution and ongoing survival). But autistic anxiety can be off the scale. :(
We certainly can't run or hide from it. However, we may well be more prone to completely shutting down and attempting to do precisely that. There has to be another way and I'm hoping the author will be looking at that.
