First, we make the beast beautiful : a new journey through anxiety / Sarah Wilson.

Includes bibliographical references.

Epigraph -- The first bit -- Because no one knows... -- The something else -- Gentle and small -- Just meditate -- Slow... -- The something else (part 2) -- Bipolar? -- Closer -- Spirals -- Make the beast beautiful -- Pain is important -- Do the work -- Indecision -- Back the fuck off -- Space -- Boundary building -- The wobbliest table at the café -- Grace -- The last bit.

'The Chinese believe that before you can conquer a beast, you must first make it beautiful.' This Chinese proverb has been the key to Sarah Wilson understanding her own lifelong struggle with anxiety. Here she looks at the triggers and treatments of anxiety, the fashions and fads. She reads widely and interviews fellow sufferers, mental health experts, philosophers, and even the Dalai Lama, processing all she learns through the prism of her own experiences.-- Source other than the Library of Congress.