Anxiety Word List

ANXIETY

Mental health epidemic of modern life

WATCH

1. Anxiety Nation — Various, 2022 · Documentary · The anxiety epidemic in young people and what is driving it.

2. The Me You Can’t See — Oprah Winfrey & Prince Harry, 2021 · Series · Mental health including anxiety told through celebrity and everyday people.

3. Eighth Grade — Bo Burnham, 2018 · Film · Social anxiety and adolescence rendered with aching accuracy.

4. Silver Linings Playbook — David O. Russell, 2012 · Film · Mental illness including anxiety disorder portrayed without condescension.

5. Inside — Bo Burnham, 2021 · Film · An anxiety spiral filmed alone during lockdown; a generation’s emotional document.

6. Hoarders — Various, 2009– · Series · Hoarding as anxiety disorder; judgment replaced with understanding.

7. A Beautiful Mind — Ron Howard, 2001 · Film · Mental illness and its relationship to anxiety, paranoia, and genius.

8. The Hours — Stephen Daldry, 2002 · Film · Anxiety, depression, and the burden of consciousness across three women’s lives.

9. We’re All Going to the World’s Fair — Jane Schoenbrun, 2021 · Film · Online identity, dissociation, and anxiety in the internet age.

10. Stutz — Jonah Hill, 2022 · Documentary · A filmmaker and his therapist discuss anxiety tools on film.

LISTEN

1. Unlocking Us — Brené Brown · Anxiety, vulnerability, and the courage to keep living in uncertainty.

2. The Anxiety Coaches Podcast — Gina Ryan · Practical tools for managing anxiety day to day.

3. Terrible, Thanks for Asking — Nora McInerny · Honest conversations about the anxiety of grief and loss.

4. Feel Better, Live More — Dr. Rangan Chatterjee · Lifestyle and anxiety; the mind-body connection explored practically.

5. The Hilarious World of Depression — John Moe · Comedians on anxiety and depression; laughter as medicine.

6. Anxious for Nothing — Max Lucado, audiobook · Faith-based perspective on anxiety and peace.

7. Soft — MUNA, 2022 · Song · Anxiety, identity, and the exhaustion of performing okayness.

8. This Is Me Trying — Taylor Swift, 2020 · Song · Anxiety as effort; trying when everything feels impossible.

9. 1-800-273-8255 — Logic ft. Alessia Cara & Khalid, 2017 · Song · A phone call from the edge; anxiety and suicidal ideation addressed directly.

10. Noise Cancelling — Various · Ambient music specifically designed to reduce anxiety; a listening practice.

READ

1. My Age of Anxiety — Scott Stossel · A lifetime of anxiety disorder explored through history, science, and memoir.

2. First, We Make the Beast Beautiful — Sarah Wilson · A journalist’s decade of living with anxiety reframed as a teacher.

3. The Anxiety and Worry Workbook — Clark & Beck · Cognitive behavioral tools for managing anxiety practically.

4. Anxiety: A Very Short Introduction — Daniel Freeman · Compact, clear science of what anxiety is and how it works.

5. Lost Connections — Johann Hari · Why anxiety and depression are rising and what social conditions are driving it.

6. The Body Keeps the Score — Bessel van der Kolk · Anxiety as stored trauma; how the body carries what the mind can’t process.

7. Dare — Barry McDonagh · A counterintuitive approach to anxiety that stops fighting it and starts moving through it.

8. When Panic Attacks — David D. Burns · Cognitive behavioral tools for anxiety and panic attacks.

9. Come as You Are — Emily Nagoski · Anxiety’s role in sexuality and the stress response; essential for understanding the body.

10. Reasons to Stay Alive — Matt Haig · Anxiety, depression, and the reasons to keep living told simply and honestly.