Monkey Mind
Book • 2013
In 'Monkey Mind', Daniel Smith offers a candid memoir of living with anxiety, tracing its effects from youth into adulthood and its impact on relationships and creativity.
He combines personal narrative with observations about the cultural and medical understanding of anxiety, often using humor alongside vulnerability.
The book charts a narrative arc that includes major life events and coping strategies, aiming to give readers an embodied sense of what chronic anxiety feels like.
Smith's clear, literary prose makes the subject accessible and relatable, helping destigmatize mental illness through honesty.
The memoir has been praised for illuminating the internal experience of anxiety for a wide readership.
He combines personal narrative with observations about the cultural and medical understanding of anxiety, often using humor alongside vulnerability.
The book charts a narrative arc that includes major life events and coping strategies, aiming to give readers an embodied sense of what chronic anxiety feels like.
Smith's clear, literary prose makes the subject accessible and relatable, helping destigmatize mental illness through honesty.
The memoir has been praised for illuminating the internal experience of anxiety for a wide readership.
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