sw eaty palms

the anthology about anxiety

First Printing, Fall 2016

ISBN: 978-0-692-79302-2

Edited by Liz Enright and Sage Coffey

Cover illustration by Chris Brunner

Moonflower font by Denise Bentulan

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or, flight 1
Jackie Roche
drowned 11
Juste Urbonaviciute
the tunnel 15
Sofie Louise Dam
the beast 27
Mike Freiheit
guilt 34
Lucie Ebrey
easy like sunday morning 45
Joseph Whitt
untitled 57
Sara Goetter
in the morning, just maybe 63
Katy Farina
keep going 75
Glip
better living through flow charts 85
(or: the post anxious predicament)
Gillian Blekkenhorst
w arped perspective 94
Joamette Gil
bad eggs 97
Emily Helen
the w ind up 101
Shivana Sookdeo
when i w as young 106
Agawa Robinson
landscapes 109
B. Mure
tw o w eek adjustment period 116
Shawn Daughhetee
affirmations 119
Miranda Harmon
problems i have 124
situations i put myself in 125
a dream i had 126
André Valente
homebody 127
Rachel Ordway
patterns 131
Celia Favorite
it’s kinda funny 137
Claudia E. Berger
control 145
Erin Hunting
escape artist 150
Christina Poag
the little holy land 160
Bryan Stone
to break, or to Cause to break 172
Bis Thornton
anxious guide to anxiety attacks 178
Kat Fajardo
a pretty nice cowboy Snake 186
Hayden Myers
impostor Syndrome 192
Constanza Yovaniniz
patience 203
Mady G.
broken telephone 208
Mary Verhoeven
untitled 219
Weston Notestine
frog girl 223
Liz Enright
w ork through it 231
Stephanie Hovden
december 241
Justin Hubbell
Shadow Companion 251
Monica Gallagher
hell 256
M. Dlabick
a day like this 264
Cathrin Peterslund
may Cause normalcy 270
Christina Mattison Ebert
it starts as a seed 278
Morgan Beem
my descent 282
Tony Wolf
Coldest day of the year 288
Kevin Budnik
job anxiety 292
Aaron C. Snow
untitled 297
Scott Stripling
magical thinking 304
Anna Sellheim
i hate this 311
Sage Coffey
Stress bird 319
Barbara Geoghegan
Something (about nothing) 323
Iguanamouth
what kind of pest is depression 331
Max Currie
Sometimes 339
Aimee Laura
apart 347
Olly Blake
sum of parts 350
Sarah Simes
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 mental health resources
anxiety
Anxiety And Depression Association
www.adaa.org
Of America (ADAA)

Anxiety.org www.anxiety.org

Anxiety Social Net www.anxietysocialnet.com

WorryWiseKids.org www.worrywisekids.org

eating disorders
Center For Eating Disorders (CED) www.center4ed.org/resources.asp

National Eating Disorder Association (NEDA) www.nationaleatingdisorders org

mental health
MentalHealth.gov www.mentalhealth.gov

Mental Health Resources (MHR) www.mhresources.org

National Institutes of Health (NIMH) www.nimh.nih.gov

Take This www.takethis.org

ocd
International OCD Foundation (IOCDF) www.iocdf.org

The TLC foundation for body-focused

www.bfrb.org
repetitive behaviors

ptsd
Give An Hour www.giveanhour.org

U.S. Department of veterans affairs www.ptsd.va.gov

suicide prevention
American Foundation For Suicide Prevention www.afsp.org

IMALIVE www.imalive.org

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-8255

The Trevor Project www.thetrevorproject.org

We sincerely hope you find our stories

and the above resources helpful.
Please keep in mind this book isn’t a
substitute for professional care.
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special thanks to:

chris brunner
For designing our fantastic cover and assembling the Kickstarter
sketchbook! You’re a great friend and an even greater person.

sloane Kim
For taking the time to design our beautiful Kickstarter
risograph print! your work is always an inspiration.

Juste Urbonaviciute
For so generously lending us your talent with the kickstarter rewards.

The Mfa Visual Narrative program at SVA

For the use of your risolab facilities and your unwavering support.

Our Backers
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Cannon, Panic, Mallory, and Wyatt

You always keep our laps toasty. We’re sorry for feeding
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