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By ABC News’s chief national correspondent, an unflinching look at panic attacks by a reporter whose career was nearly derailed by them, offering readers a guide to making a truce with their warring minds
“Brave, reassuring, and practical…A balm for anyone who has ever suffered panic attacks and who longs to be released from their grip.” –Dr. Nicole LePera, #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to Do the Work Matt Gutman can tell you the precise moment when his life was upended. Reporting live on a huge story in January 2020, he found himself in the throes of an on-air panic attack–and not for the first time. The truth is that Gutman had been enduring panic attacks in secret for twenty years: soul-bruising episodes that left his vision constricted, his body damp, his nerves shot. Despite the challenges, he had carved out a formidable career, reporting from war zones and natural disasters before millions of viewers on Good Morning America, World News Tonight, and 20/20. His nerves typically “punched through” to TV audiences, making his appearances kinetic and often unforgettable. But his January 2020 broadcast was unusual for all the wrong reasons. Mid-panic, Gutman misstated the facts of a story, a blunder that led to a monthlong suspension, not to mention public shame and personal regret. It was a reckoning. Gutman’s panic attacks had become too much for him to bear in secret. He needed help. So begins a personal journey into the science and treatment of panic attacks. Gutman would talk to the world’s foremost scholars on panic and anxiety, who showed him that his mind wasn’t broken; it’s our perception of panic that needs recalibration. He would consult therapists and shamans, trying everything from group treatment and cognitive behavioral therapy to ayahuasca and psilocybin. And he would take a hard look at the trauma reverberating inside him–from his childhood, but also from his years as a conflict reporter. Unsparing, perceptive, and often funny, this is the story of a panic sufferer who took on the monster within. Filled with wisdom and actionable insights, it’s at once an inspirational journey and a road map–if not toward a singular cure, then to something even more worthy: peace of mind.Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Matt Gutman
Published: 09/24/2024
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 9780593468425
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 0.80″ H x 7.90″ L x 5.10″ W
About the Author
MATT GUTMAN is ABC News’ Emmy Award-winning chief national correspondent. He appears regularly on World News Tonight with David Muir, 20/20, Good Morning America, and Nightline and has reported from more than fifty countries across the globe. He is the author of The Boys in the Cave: Deep Inside the Impossible Rescue in Thailand. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two children.
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