Anxiety as an Ally, Dan Ryckert
Anxiety as an Ally, Dan Ryckert
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Anxiety as an Ally
How I Turned a Worried Mind into My Best Friend

Author: Dan Ryckert

Narrator: Dan Ryckert

Unabridged: 3 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/18/2019

Synopsis

After experiencing his first panic attack on New Year's Day of 2003, Dan Ryckert began a twelve-year process of learning how to channel panic disorder and generalized anxiety disorder until they became driving forces in his life. Using anxiety as his ally, he was able to land dream jobs within the video game industry and vastly improve the quality of his personal life.

In this candid recollection, you'll learn about how he went from having panic attacks during college roll calls to speaking in front of large crowds with minimal interference from anxiety. More importantly, Ryckert details the methods in which he channeled these once-negative conditions until they became a driving force in his life and something he wouldn't get rid of even if he was given the chance.

About Dan Ryckert

Dan Ryckert is a podcast personality and producer at Giant Bomb. He formerly wrote for Game Informer magazine and the Lawrence Journal-World, and has struggled with anxiety disorders since the age of eighteen. He is the author of several books, including Anxiety as an Ally.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Daniel on October 04, 2015

This is a bit of a weird case. I like Dan a lot as a personality on Giant Bomb, and especially on his life advice podcast Danswers. While initially presenting himself as kind of an idiot, he has since uncovered layers of sweetness, perseverance, and a good-natured desire to see everyone reach their......more

Goodreads review by Robert on May 31, 2015

I've been a fan of Dan Ryckert since years ago when he first appeared on the Giant Bombcast as a guest. He's quickly become one of the people whose opinions I consider the most when it comes to video games, and while on camera he always comes off as a goofy, laid-back sort of guy, I was not surprise......more

Goodreads review by Andrew on March 25, 2020

A no-frills personal essay on coping with anxiety. Based on the title, I expected more practical techniques, but this is really a memoir, not a guide.......more

Goodreads review by Christopher on April 27, 2018

Dan Ryckert, a popular Internet Person, may be a professional idiot, but he DOES occasionally have lucid moments in which he seems like a real human being. This quasi-memoir chronicles Dan's battles with anxiety, beginning when he was in college. This is not a touchy-feely self-help book, it is a fra......more

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