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** Winner of the 2020 Nautilus Award in Psychology **. Anxiety Is Unavoidable: Suffering Is Optional. "Anxiety Rx is unlike any book on anxiety and a must-read for anyone who suffers with chronic worry." - Nicole LePera, PhD, The Holistic PsychologistOn February 8, 2013, I was a highly anxious and burned-out fifty-two-year-old physician. That night, as I left my clinic in my usual chronic state of anxiety, I wondered if life was worth living. But I had to be on stage as a stand-up comedian an hour later, so killing myself would have to wait. However, I never got to the comedy club. I suffered an injury that night that would end my medical career.I've dealt with anxiety since I was a teenager. My father was schizophrenic and bipolar, and the chaos and pain of his illness created tremendous alarm in my system.