Welcome to Litsy!

Between So-So and a Pick, since there were many chapters and stories that didn't quite interest me (many, many dates), but more a pick since it's such an important book. Kinsman breaks the silence and openly talks about her anxieties. Therefore, encouraging others to do as well. You're not alone!

I was diagnosed with an anxiety disorder including sociophobia. I also fear swans, wasps, goats and open water. People laugh, but it's not funny.

I've not been on here very much lately, but Littens...... I'm freaking out (not buy all the toilet paper and things freaking out btw). As a lot of you know I work in medical type field that involves me having to be up in patients faces to do my job. I worry about becoming a carrier and giving it to my fam who have underlying conditions or are old. I have to go to work, so if anyone can spare a good vibe, a thought or a prayer, I'd appreciate it.⬇

Apparently I get anxious when my #netgalley unreviewed-approval list gets long. Like I‘m letting down the publishers that approved me. Does this happen to anyone else?

I need some good vibes. Things aren't looking great for my baby after my apt yesterday and now we're anxiously awaiting results. I wasn't expecting this big of a problem during pregnancy and it's become all consuming 😔 I'm hoping to get more reading time in to relax until then!

When you are actively reading so many books that it‘s starting to cause you anxiety, you‘re probably trying to read too many at the same time, right? I‘m starting to get stressed again, actively trying to get through these six, plus there‘s one more with a deadline rapidly approaching that I haven‘t even started. 🤢 I need more hours in the day to devote to reading. 😭

I'm done! I'm done! I'm done! I am done with this day, this week, this month, this year! I've had my fill of stupid and rude people. Cheer me up please. Any good jokes? Hilarious memes?

And no one ever believes me that I'm anxiety incarnate 😂😂😂 #Anxiety

It's been so long since I've read a book I was always in the library when I was younger. I would check out like 4-6 books go home and read all day sometimes I'd go back to the library the same day and get more books because I finished reading them all. We lived on the same block as the library so it was convenient I loved it now I can barely focus on reading because my mind is always racing and I have anxiety that makes me feel like crap all day.

It's almost 8am & I've been up since 3am coughing🤒. I also dreaded today. I planned to leave at sunrise (light to no traffic) to get my car inspected which is a 30 minute drive down the NJ parkway. I have extreme driving anxiety😟 so this is HUGE for me, & it's hard for me to be in a car that long because of my medical issues. But I did it! I'm so relieved. Now to read & let cold medicine kick in.
Hope everyone has a productive Saturday. 🙋‍♀️

Going through one of those phases where my anxiety is out of control and every other Co-worker is disappointing me. I have a student teacher who is supposed to take over my classes on Friday until May 10—but now thinks he may be leaving. 😡😡😡 The book I‘m reading is...fine, but not helping me achieve zen!

Aaannnddddd rant over. 😉

#teachersoflitsy

This Christmas #imdreamingof no anxiety! Anxiety be banished, please! #seasonsreadings

I know so many of you are anxious and upset over elections today and I just wanted to post this pic to say I know how you feel. Anxiety sucks so hard especially when it won't let you concentrate on anything and makes you physically ill. Remember to take some time to soothe yourselves and that your fellow littens care. 💕

Watching elections results tonight. I haven‘t been able to concentrate ALL day. Trying to read, but nope. Tried to write a review, but nope. I just need to know how this is going to come out for us.

Okay so here‘s the deal. I finally finished reading Torment from the Fallen Novel and today I am starting the third book. Passion. Last night while reading I had an anxiety attack . It took a lot out of me, I finished the book but I was still feeling like crap. I try to sleep but that definitely didn‘t happen. I finally caught some shut eye at 5am just to wake up at 5:30. Anxiety sucks!
Not letting it stop me. On to the next book!

1) Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
2) Fries.
3) Fleetwood Mac.
4) Hi, Anxiety.

@jesshowbooks #FRIYAYINTRO

It‘s International Cat Day, my cat could care less! 🙂 #InternationalCatDay #catsoflitsy

I took a #mentalhealth day from work today...I have an upcoming surgery in May (the soonest I they could schedule it) and it has been really taxing on my anxiety. Today I‘ve napped, read, and cuddled #Twinkle (who, as always, is super ladylike 🙄🤦🏻‍♀️😂). Everything will be okay, just not today. ❤️ #dogsoflitsy

1. 31, but my daughter says I look 32.
2. Younger brother, who lives next door!
3. Elliott & Lucy, 7 & 9, Gryffindor & Hufflepuff
4. To the Lighthouse, Agnes Grey, The Fifth Season, Earthsea quartet
5. 🙄
6. 🙄
7. Desafortunadamente
8. My age. Contrary to my daughter‘s perception, most people think I‘m the babysitter.
9. 😼
10. Tea, please!
11. The tagged book or Enigma Variations
12. @Moray_Reads @vivastory if you want to play.

#hallowhoareyou

Very relatable, as someone who also has anxiety, depression, and PTSD. I admire her bravery at talking about her journey to recovery and hope to be as open about it as her one day.

Book. Bath bomb. Wine. It has been one of those weeks, so I brought the whole bottle. I‘m finding that I have all the same irrational fears as Kat Kinsman. Weird or comforting? I‘m going with comforting.

I‘m feeling all the anxieties today. There is no reason. Sometimes it just likes to visit. So I‘m reading this. Why feel anxious alone, when you can share it with someone else?

Anyone have any recommendations for books about anxiety? Could be memoir or self-help.

New blog https://ownyouroxygen.wordpress.com/2017/09/26/be-your-own-person/

This is the story of one woman's battle with anxiety. I was slightly surprised at all the small anxieties she and I share, like talking on the telephone and driving ( or being driven) It takes courage to reveal your mental illness to the world. Anxiety isn't just being nervous or worrying sometimes. It's an awful, at times debilitating thing that can make one think they're crazy. Thank you Kat for shining a light on it.

#sundayramblings

Anxiety is an insatiable fiend.

Effexor. Exactly what it does.

This book is first and foremost a memoir of a woman's life with Anxiety. It isn't a self-help manual in any way. Kinsman does a good job explaining what having anxiety is really like both physically and mentally. She chronicles her struggles and some things she has tried to help her cope. I found the author dismissive of various treatments that didn't work for her but could help others. Reading this made me more anxious. #anxiety #catsoflitsy

"I'm Kat. I'm my Mumsie's daughter. We have anxiety.
But it doesn't have me."

Double pumpkin joy: pumpkin spice coffee and pumpkin cupcake with cream cheese frosting 😊🤓

This book just came in the mail today and I'm super excited to read it! Isn't the timing perfect? #readathon weekend! How many #readathons are going on?

I really admire & appreciate Kat Kinsman's bravery & honesty about her anxiety. I think it's important for those who struggle with mental health issues to share their experiences. She says at the end of the book that it helps to talk about her anxiety because she feels less alone & spends less energy trying to hide. I fully support that! & for the record, I struggle with anxiety too.

Day 4: notebooks/journals #riotgrams I own an absurd amount of journals/blank books, many of which have not yet been touched. The journals I currently have in use go to tracking what books I'm reading (or want to read) and my thoughts about whichever books I've just finished. Notebooks are nice to have on hand when reading a book I start to really love, like Hi, Anxiety, to write down whatever thoughts, revelations, inspirations may come.

Got this Kindle deal this morning. I'm no stranger to anxiety myself and it's a comfort sometimes to know we are not alone. ❤️

Does anyone else feel a bit anxious when looking at their TBR shelves? I haven't read any of these books yet and I have more upstairs!! Arghhh! That's it, I've banned myself from buying any more books till I make a serious dent!!! 😔📚😰

I had plans last night but am ready for my #litsypartyofone this morning!

This book was a memoir about anxiety and depression. It was good at times, about being open and finding strength in a community. But it generalized her symptoms as the ones everyone has a bit, which I did not love. Not my fav memoir about living with mental illness but still interesting.

The only thing that would have made this book even better: more bunny pictures! As it is, the book itself is very good. I was getting anxious on Kinsman's behalf just in the introduction. Recommended.

Both @Well-ReadNeck and @LauraBrook had posts tagging this book, and when I saw the cute bunny on the cover I HAD to request it from the library!
#marchintoreading day 5: blame it on Litsy

I have felt like I have been on the brink of a panic attack all afternoon/evening trying to deal with the fact that my final OB rotation of the year is here (unfortunately a part of my training despite my lack of interest in doing it as it requires lots of procedures in high-stress situations). I just hope that my nerves will chill out after a day or two getting back into the groove of the work flow. At least I'm not starting on nights this time!

I could relate to a lot of the ideas Kinsman puts out there relating to anxiety. Thankfully mine is not as severe as hers but I am comforted by the stories from others. This is funny and heartfelt. Definitely worth a read. The audio is great! #readwomen #anxietyalliance

🙌🏼 #boutofbooks

This is so true. #anxietylies #boutofbooks

This books gets me. I'm only on page 19, but so many things I relate to. #anxiety #boutofbooks

Been dealing with some heightened anxiety lately and it's made me retreat into myself (and my books) to the point where I haven't even been able to go through Litsy. I promise to be back in A+ form soon. But I found this and I thought if there were any social media community that would understand this, it'd be y'all. 💖

This is night #2 of insomnia and panic. Don't know if it's real clarity or a hallucination, but tonight I figured out that I think I have some big time anxiety issues. Like, way more than I thought. If I need to be up and out of the house earlier than my body is used to? Can't sleep. New thing coming up? Same. Bad weather on the way? You guessed it.
I took a lorazepam an hour ago & I'm still the same. Any advice that works for you? I'm going 😨!

Finished this last night - just under the wire to be #nonfictionnovember And, I very nearly finished without crying from recognition. 😪 Nearly. A great memoir that would be great for anyone with anxiety or with someone close to them who suffers from anxiety to read. Spot on. But, of course, it made me a bit anxious 😬

some of my most recent book purchases 📚
#latestbookishbuys #photoadaynov16

Just a few pages in reading in awe of her honesty about her anxiety ,also hysterically laughing at her description of her behavior .One thing I realize can not read this book in public due to loud uncontrollable laughter,