: Sophie Riegel
: Don't Tell Me to Relax! One Teen's Journey to Survive Anxiety (And How You Can Too)
: Indie Books International
: 9781947480476
: 1
: CHF 10.50
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: Lebenshilfe, Alltag
: English
: 200
: DRM
: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet
: ePUB
'When I was younger, maybe ten or eleven, I started to feel like I was different from everybody else . . . Then I was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder. And trichotillomania (that's pulling out your own hair). And then generalized anxiety disorder. And then panic disorder. Since then, I've been on a roller coaster, with plenty of ups and downs.'-Sophie Riegel Part one of this book brings you along on Sophie's personal journey from despair to diagnosis and treatment, and what she experienced along the way. Part two of this book is about you, whether you're a teenager or someone who lives with or works with teens.
Problem
t’s the middle of fifth grade. I’m ten years old. And I have no idea what I am doing at Rachel’s house. We’re not friends. I know she has Mr. R for math, but that’s it. When she invited me for a sleepover at her house with five other girls, I said yes reflexively, desperately wanting to be someone I wasn’t, someone who didn’t get nervous around her peers, someone who didn’t sit home alone on the weekends.
Within minutes of arriving, we’re sprawled out on the basement carpet, eating pizza and playing Truth or Dare.
I feel my stomach tighten. I do not want to play. I want to go home.
“Truth or Dare?” Rachel asks Carly.
“Dare,” Carly says with a