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A wildly acclaimed New York Times bestseller, this uplifting, smart, and funny memoir provides hope and understanding to the 40 million Americans who suffer from anxiety disorders.

Daniel Smith’s Monkey Mind is the stunning articulation of what it is like to live with anxiety. As he travels through anxiety’s demonic layers, Smith defangs the disorder with great humor and evocatively expresses its self-destructive absurdities and painful internal coherence. Here, finally, comes relief and recognition to all those who want someone to put what they feel, or what their loved ones feel, into words.

Praise for Monkey Mind

“Monkey Mind does for anxiety what William Styron’s Darkness Visible did for depression.” —Aaron Beck, father of cognitive therapy

“I read Monkey Mind with admiration for its bravery and clarity. . . . I broke out into explosive laughter again and again.” —Oliver Sacks

“[A] hilarious and honest account of living with anxiety.” —Entertainment Weekly

“Monkey Mind is a perfect 10…. Smith conveys the seriousness of his own situation without becoming pathetic or unrelatable, and what’s more, he offers useful information for both sufferers and nonsufferers alike.” —Newsday

An inquiry into hearing voices—one of humanity's most profound phenomena.

Auditory hallucination is one of the most awe-inspiring, terrifying, and ill-understood tricks of which the human psyche is capable. In the age of modern medical science, we have relegated this experience to nothing more than a biological glitch. Yet as Daniel Smith puts forth in Muses, Madmen, and Prophets, some of the greatest thinkers, leaders, and prophets in history heard, listened to, and had dialogues with voices inside their heads. In a fascinating quest for understanding, Smith examines the history of this powerful phenomenon, and delivers a ringing defense of the validity of unusual human experiences.

Praise for Muses, Madmen, and Prophets

"Articulate, engaging, and deeply researched." —Jerome Groopman, The Boston Globe

"Fascinating." —Peter D. Kramer, The New York Times Book Review

"An eloquent writer." —San Francisco Chronicle

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