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Red Face (häftad, eng)
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''Empowering and cathartic'' – Dr Tracy Cooper, International Consultant on High Sensitivity
''Deeply moving and informative'' – Lily Bailey, author
As an adolescent, Russell’s face and neck would turn crimson at the slightest thing.
In his twenties he began suffering from an extreme form of blushing (idiopathic craniofacial erythema). It sent out all the wrong signals — to friends, family and to the opposite sex. And it triggered something worse: Social Anxiety Disorder.
Up to one in 10 people develop this irrational fear of other human beings.
From university to the workplace, Russell desperately tried to hide his secret from everyone. In an attempt to be ‘normal,’ he grabbed every remedy going, from drugs to herbs to bottles of absinthe.
Through trial and error, he discovered a way to overcome social anxiety and live a fulfilling and rich life.
By turns wry and shocking, dark and optimistic, Redface is the eye-opening true story of how one man found his own way forward in a world built for others.
It will fascinate readers who are socially anxious, their friends and family, and anyone who wants to know what it’s like to travel to the edge of human experience and back. Read this memoir and discover how to conquer your social anxiety and learn how to be yourself.
Reviews
''Immersive and raw in its emotional intensity, Norris''s Redface invites us into his private world of avoidance, compensation and adaptation.
Ultimately culminating in a deep awareness of himself and the world he moves through, it''s empowering and cathartic for everyone who has experienced SAD.'' – Dr Tracy Cooper, International Consultant on High Sensitivity
''Deeply moving and informative.
I raced through it. Norris''s portrayal of the cyclical struggle of Social Anxiety Disorder is stunning. This book is the perfect response to anyone who''s ever said "don''t we all get anxious about socialising?"'' – Lily Bailey, Because We Are Bad: OCD and a Girl Lost in Thought
Extract
Chapter 1: Closed Door
I’m hovering just in front of a closed door.
It’s in the office building where I work. I can see through the window of the door into the room beyond it. I’m listening carefully for approaching voices. As soon as another person comes into view, I’ll have to make a snap decision: commit and go through that door or abort and quickly walk away from it, surreptitiously double back at some point, then try to hold my nerve for a second attempt.
I’ve been doing this in secret for my entire career and if I could calculate exactly how much time I’ve lost in this state of limbo, all the seconds, minutes and hours spent holding back in hallways or pacing back and forth just behind closed doors, it might add up to a lifetime.
And a waste of one.
Because there’s nothing out of the ordinary on the other side of those doors. Just the usual setup of any modern workplace. Open plan desks, meeting rooms, breakout sofas, whiteboards, water coolers, tea and coffee points – spaces designed to help people work together.
But people is the key word. On the other side of every door there will be people. People I know. People who know me. People I’m about to meet. People who’ve yet to meet me. And once I’m on the other side there’s no turning back. I’ll attend a meeting.
A briefing. A brainstorm. Or I’ll run into someone and they’ll stop for some small talk. I’ll start to feel like I’m walking in the glare of a giant magnifying glass, growing hotter and hotter like a beam of sunshine intensifying through a lens. And if I’m not sufficiently prepared for it all, I’ll start to feel something quiver and give way inside.
And I’ll know that if I don’t escape to the other side of the door again, to the relative safety of my desk, I’ll fall apart in front of everyone.
For just about as long as I can remember, I’ve had Social Anxiety. Not the shyness or self-consciousness everyone feels at one time or another in their lives.
Not the nerves you might get before taking a driving test or going on a first date. Not the butterflies that start fluttering in your stomach before you stand up and give a speech. What lives deep inside me is an inexhaustible phobia of any social interaction. It creeps across all situations and all people, from the ordinarily stressful stuff like giving a presentation or having a job interview, to everyday things like buying groceries or speaking to a stranger on the phone.
Presentations and interviews are nervous moments for most people: they put you at the centre of attention, while other people evaluate your performance. But the man working the checkout in Sainsbury’s? The woman taking my pizza order over the phone? Are they putting me in the spotlight, assessing my social performance? No, they’re not.
But I feel anxious dealing with them nonetheless. Big events, small events, everything in between: they all distress me in ways I can’t control.
Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) is formally classed as a mental disorder, which affects millions of people worldwide – and up to 10% of the UK population.
It can manifest itself in many ways. Symptoms often surface as secondary phobias, ranging from a fear of eating or writing in front of others to a fear of being watched in a public bathroom. For me, social anxiety plays out on my skin... Its symptom is called Idiopathic Craniofacial Erythema, which means uncontrollable and unprovoked facial blushing.
They are the evil twins who constantly embarrass me. When I blush it’s involuntary and I have no control over it. What will stop the blushing? The absence of people. Will there ever be a world without people? No. Will I try to create that world for myself? Yes. I have to.
I will withdraw and avoid human contact whenever I can.
If you have social anxiety, this book is for you.
If you’ve never heard of social anxiety, this book is for you.
I’ve been quietly avoiding people all my life, hesitating behind a door.
But I’m pushing that door wide open now. And I’m coming through it.
To talk to you.
Order now and start reading.
Format Häftad Omfång 288 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Canbury Press Utgivningsdatum 2021-04-01 ISBN 9781912454501
''Deeply moving and informative'' – Lily Bailey, author
As an adolescent, Russell’s face and neck would turn crimson at the slightest thing.
In his twenties he began suffering from an extreme form of blushing (idiopathic craniofacial erythema). It sent out all the wrong signals — to friends, family and to the opposite sex. And it triggered something worse: Social Anxiety Disorder.
Up to one in 10 people develop this irrational fear of other human beings.
From university to the workplace, Russell desperately tried to hide his secret from everyone. In an attempt to be ‘normal,’ he grabbed every remedy going, from drugs to herbs to bottles of absinthe.
Through trial and error, he discovered a way to overcome social anxiety and live a fulfilling and rich life.
By turns wry and shocking, dark and optimistic, Redface is the eye-opening true story of how one man found his own way forward in a world built for others.
It will fascinate readers who are socially anxious, their friends and family, and anyone who wants to know what it’s like to travel to the edge of human experience and back. Read this memoir and discover how to conquer your social anxiety and learn how to be yourself.
Reviews
''Immersive and raw in its emotional intensity, Norris''s Redface invites us into his private world of avoidance, compensation and adaptation.
Ultimately culminating in a deep awareness of himself and the world he moves through, it''s empowering and cathartic for everyone who has experienced SAD.'' – Dr Tracy Cooper, International Consultant on High Sensitivity
''Deeply moving and informative.
I raced through it. Norris''s portrayal of the cyclical struggle of Social Anxiety Disorder is stunning. This book is the perfect response to anyone who''s ever said "don''t we all get anxious about socialising?"'' – Lily Bailey, Because We Are Bad: OCD and a Girl Lost in Thought
Extract
Chapter 1: Closed Door
I’m hovering just in front of a closed door.
It’s in the office building where I work. I can see through the window of the door into the room beyond it. I’m listening carefully for approaching voices. As soon as another person comes into view, I’ll have to make a snap decision: commit and go through that door or abort and quickly walk away from it, surreptitiously double back at some point, then try to hold my nerve for a second attempt.
I’ve been doing this in secret for my entire career and if I could calculate exactly how much time I’ve lost in this state of limbo, all the seconds, minutes and hours spent holding back in hallways or pacing back and forth just behind closed doors, it might add up to a lifetime.
And a waste of one.
Because there’s nothing out of the ordinary on the other side of those doors. Just the usual setup of any modern workplace. Open plan desks, meeting rooms, breakout sofas, whiteboards, water coolers, tea and coffee points – spaces designed to help people work together.
But people is the key word. On the other side of every door there will be people. People I know. People who know me. People I’m about to meet. People who’ve yet to meet me. And once I’m on the other side there’s no turning back. I’ll attend a meeting.
A briefing. A brainstorm. Or I’ll run into someone and they’ll stop for some small talk. I’ll start to feel like I’m walking in the glare of a giant magnifying glass, growing hotter and hotter like a beam of sunshine intensifying through a lens. And if I’m not sufficiently prepared for it all, I’ll start to feel something quiver and give way inside.
And I’ll know that if I don’t escape to the other side of the door again, to the relative safety of my desk, I’ll fall apart in front of everyone.
For just about as long as I can remember, I’ve had Social Anxiety. Not the shyness or self-consciousness everyone feels at one time or another in their lives.
Not the nerves you might get before taking a driving test or going on a first date. Not the butterflies that start fluttering in your stomach before you stand up and give a speech. What lives deep inside me is an inexhaustible phobia of any social interaction. It creeps across all situations and all people, from the ordinarily stressful stuff like giving a presentation or having a job interview, to everyday things like buying groceries or speaking to a stranger on the phone.
Presentations and interviews are nervous moments for most people: they put you at the centre of attention, while other people evaluate your performance. But the man working the checkout in Sainsbury’s? The woman taking my pizza order over the phone? Are they putting me in the spotlight, assessing my social performance? No, they’re not.
But I feel anxious dealing with them nonetheless. Big events, small events, everything in between: they all distress me in ways I can’t control.
Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) is formally classed as a mental disorder, which affects millions of people worldwide – and up to 10% of the UK population.
It can manifest itself in many ways. Symptoms often surface as secondary phobias, ranging from a fear of eating or writing in front of others to a fear of being watched in a public bathroom. For me, social anxiety plays out on my skin... Its symptom is called Idiopathic Craniofacial Erythema, which means uncontrollable and unprovoked facial blushing.
They are the evil twins who constantly embarrass me. When I blush it’s involuntary and I have no control over it. What will stop the blushing? The absence of people. Will there ever be a world without people? No. Will I try to create that world for myself? Yes. I have to.
I will withdraw and avoid human contact whenever I can.
If you have social anxiety, this book is for you.
If you’ve never heard of social anxiety, this book is for you.
I’ve been quietly avoiding people all my life, hesitating behind a door.
But I’m pushing that door wide open now. And I’m coming through it.
To talk to you.
Order now and start reading.
Format Häftad Omfång 288 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Canbury Press Utgivningsdatum 2021-04-01 ISBN 9781912454501
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Canbury Press
Red Face (häftad, eng)
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