Gary’s Reviews > Anxiety Rx > Status Update

The author talks about his LSD use the whole way through the book and seems to cite his understanding primarily from that and perhaps the books he reads (Jung, Freud, etc.) as well as a lot of self help quotes and pop cultural references. I understand that these drugs and some books on psychology can help some people like they helped him but I don’t think this is a universal one size fits all.

The author is desperately clinging to a priori reasoning. He seems to belief all anxiety is a result of childhood trauma. I admit his anecdotal evidence is convincing but he doesn’t seem to elaborate with any cold hard science…

What is going on with pop psychology! Well accredited people are taking common sense facts and writing books around those ideas with speculation and anecdote. Waste of my ****ing time! Lol

I am already skeptical because I agree with most of the authors premises: modern psychiatry is failing the everyday man (but they are a godsend for the truly mentally ill!) and “if people could change their perception they wouldn’t need a prescription.” (Paraphrased)