The Panic Room: Panic, Anxiety, and the Art of Lying to Everyone

by Troy Maxwell

It's dark outside, and thoughts of work and meetings and money buzz through your brain. You turn on your back as you suddenly feel the breath start to leave your lungs. Breaking into a cold sweat, you struggle to understand what's going on. Your mind is fuzzy as you take another labored breath. Your heart thumps like a train crashing through your room. You're certain that you won't make it to tomorrow, let alone the next five minutes. The walls are closing in. You're in the Panic Room. We never know when panic and anxiety will grip us--but there is a way out. You don't have to live this way anymore. Troy Maxwell shares his personal experience in an intimate story of tragedy and growth as he walks you through how to make it out if the Panic Room.

Kindle Edition

Published August 30, 2020

Reviews

[Jess · Rating 3 out of 5]

After hearing Troy Maxwell give a sermon during a random church service I went to (my first time to a church in 2 years), I decided to buy his book. I liked how he talked about anxiety.. That it is all rooted in fear - and I was curious to examine... What is my fear?

Reading this book was an interesting experience for me. While I have always considered myself religious, my beliefs have changed significantly in the past 4 years (from Catholic to Christian to more of a nature worship). At times, I felt like I was reading about an entirely different religion than my own, which was kind of cool to see a different perspective and approach to anxiety.

My favorite part of the book was when the wife told her point of view. I wonder constantly- how do my panic attacks affect others, specifically a partner? It was cool to have that answered by another person.

I couldn't help but feel... Odd about how he described his relationship with God. The only way I can describe it is by displaying a convo I had with my 7th grade student the other day....
Her: Did you know Moses was black?
Me: Yes I did!
Her: And most people in the Bible are black!
Me: yup and Middle Eastern too!
Her: Why are they all white in the pictures then?
Me: It doesn't seem right, does it?
Her: It's not fair

I guess I have come to understand God so differently than the typical Christian that something feels off when I read/hear about it. Like how my student noticed the pictures were off.

Anyway, while I didn't agree with all of his perspectives, this was a pretty decent book about his anxiety journey and his view of God. Glad I read it.

[Nikki W · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you have never suffered clinical anxiety and/or depression but are curious to know what it is like to live with it and with its treatment, read this book. Know your adversary. Anxiety is a very real foe that is likely affecting your life right now, because even if you do not suffer with it there is a good chance someone you love does.