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Normally weird and weirdly normal
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- Book Synopsis
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Anxiety can bring us to a halt.
Anxiety can lead us to run away and hide, or never come out in the first place. Anxiety is also many people’s secret fuel. Is there a way to balance its dual power to create – and to destroy – at the same time?Robin Ince spent thirty years performing in public and appeared to be a confident person.
He has stood in front of 12,000 people and performed poetry; made hours of live radio and television; even been on the terrifying TV quiz show Mastermind (he won)... and all this was undergone while appearing to be totally in control. At least, that’s what viewers told him. But he knows how many voices in his head were screaming.Safest when sitting in his attic, the moment Robin entered the outside world, his mind became full of thoughts about how things would go wrong. How he would shame himself. How he would let people down. He felt more security standing in front of a huge audience than when walking down the street.
Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal is an urgent inquiry into the invisible anxieties all around us – if only we knew how many were drowning and not waving, wouldn’t we be a happier society?
Robin presents a mixture of his own first-hand experiences of anxiety, how he came to realize that what appeared to be many different issues all stemmed from one thing after his ADHD diagnosis aged fifty-two, his conversations with therapists and neuroscientists, as well as with those who inhabit calmness differently – such as his remarkable Infinite Monkey Cage comrade Brian Cox.
Maybe if we all could see just a little bit more of the interior, which we no longer think of as a sign of weakness, we could all be happier and more empathetic – more ready to help and be helped.
Comical, absurd, sad, and ultimately hopeful, Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal aims to turn what can be seen as a burden into an invoking liberation
- About The Author
- Robin Ince is a comedian, actor and writer. The Guardian once declared him a 'becardiganed polymath' which seems about right. He is the author of several acclaimed books, including The Importance of Being Interested and I'm a Joke and So Are You. With Professor Brian Cox, he created and presents the award-winning BBC Radio 4 show The Infinite Monkey Cage, which ranks among the most popular science podcasts worldwide. He also won Celebrity Mastermind but forgot that calcium was the dominant element of chalk. After being diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 52 - as chronicled in his memoir Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal - he finally has an excuse.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781035036936
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Macmillan, (01 May 2025)
- Number of Pages
- 288
- Weight
- 360 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 235 x 154 x 22 mm
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