Tom toyed with the idea of becoming a hermit.

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I think there is a misapprehension that those of us in the mental-health field who write self-help books do so from a clinical distance and without personal experience with the content that we present ...

Years ago, I had a panic attack in my clinical office—the very office where I treated people who were dealing with panic. It came on unexpectedly, as panic often does. I had just gotten to work one ...