Nerve : adventures in the science of fear / Eva Holland.
Publisher:
The Experiment,
Copyright Date:
2021
Description:
256 pages; 22cm.
Notes:
"Originally published in Canada by Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Canada ... in 2020"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references ([226]-234).
Contents:
Prologue -- A personal history of fear -- This is your brain on fear -- A fear fulfilled -- Free fall -- On the wall -- Wrecked -- The fear cure -- Fearless -- Why fear matters -- Epilogue: A d�etente with fear.
Summary:
Since childhood, Holland has been gripped by two debilitating phobias: fear of losing her mother, and fear of heights. After her mother died unexpectedly in 2015, she decided: Fear may define her past, but she won't let it dictate her future. Here Holland describes her quest to renegotiate her inhibiting relationship with fear. As she tested the limits of what one can do to live less fearfully, she not only shows us how to grapple with our own, but invites us to embrace them as a way to live happier and feel more alive.
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