How I fight anxiety with the awesome power of Alan Dershowitz

My anxiety doesn't stand a chance

The defense has spoken.
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Anxiety takes many forms. I used to picture mine as a sleeping tiger: draw close, get as good a look as you can, but don't linger too long unless you want to be mauled. Until recently, I was sure that engaging with my anxieties — which spanned a dizzying spectrum from existential dread to impostor syndrome to paralyzing guilt for things that happened 20 years ago — would probably destroy me in some way.

The tiger was a useful metaphor, as metaphors go. But lately, I've found a new home for my anxieties, and one I'm much more able to engage with: the anxiety prosecutor.

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Sarah Marshall's writings on gender, crime, and scandal have appeared in The Believer, The New Republic, Fusion, and The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2015, among other publications. She tweets @remember_Sarah.