All the little monsters : how I learned to live with anxiety / David A. Robertson ; foreword by Shelagh Rogers.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781443472401 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: xiv, 256 pages ; 23 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Toronto, ON : HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, [2025]
- Copyright: ©2025
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
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Genre: | Biographies. Autobiographies. Personal narratives. |
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- 0 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Lakeshore Branch | 616.85250092 Rober | 31681010403210 | NONFICPBK | Checked out | 05/15/2025 |
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With humour, warmth and heartbreaking honesty, award-winning author David A. Robertson explores the struggles and small victories of living with chronic anxiety and depression, and shares his hard-earned wisdom in the hope of making other peopleâs mental health journeys a little less lonely
From the outside, David A. Robertson looks as if he has it all togetherâa loving family, a successful career as an author, and a platform to promote Indigenous perspectives, cultures and concerns. But what we see on the outside rarely reveals what is happening inside. Robertson lives with âlittle monstersâ: chronic, debilitating health anxiety and panic attacks accompanied, at times, by depression. During the worst periods, he finds getting out of bed to walk down the hall an insurmountable task. During the better times, he wrestles with the compulsion to scan his body for that sure sign of a dire health crisis.
In All the Little Monsters, Robertson reveals what itâs like to live inside his mind and his body and describes the toll his mental health challenges have taken on him and his family, and how he has learned to put one foot in front of the other as well as to get back up when he stumbles. He also writes about the tools that have helped him carry on, including community, therapy, medication and the simple question he asks himself on repeat: what if everything will be okay?
In candidly sharing his personal story and showing that he can be well even if he canât be âcured,â Robertson hopes to help others on their own mental health journeys.
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