The Brain's Gone Haywire. Can We Fix It? Reprogram Your Mind and Make Anxiety Your Superpower. Anxiety Is Not a Bug, It's a Feature

Intrusive thoughts, tension over trifles, and the feeling that you’re about to snap…

It’s time to stop fighting anxiety. Psychologist Александр Шваб (over 1.5 million reads) offers another path: learn to adapt to your anxiety, turn panic attacks into support, work more productively, and stop burning out over nonsense.

You: “I absolutely have to finish these tasks, but what if I’m misunderstood—what suit to choose, damn it… and I can’t forget the milk at the store…”
Your last nerve cells: “How long can this go on—we’re all going to die!!!”

How much longer will anxiety drive you over any little thing—and what can you do about it? Not “defeating” it, as many advise, but adapting. Together with a practicing psychologist, this book will help you:
• understand why anxiety is needed at all and by what rules it works;
• master self-help methods right here and now;
• learn not to destroy anxiety, but to reconfigure it so it works for you—toward productivity and a better quality of life.

Author — Александр Шваб, a certified psychologist, a member of the All-Russian Professional Psychotherapeutic League, a specialist in the cognitive-behavioral direction. More than 500,000 video views on various platforms every day, and over 1.5 million article reads.

This book will be useful if you:
• are exhausted by an endless stream of intrusive thoughts and can’t stop it;
• live in constant tension, causing your attention, efficiency, and sleep to suffer;
• want not just to keep afloat, but to grow—even when everything around you is nothing but chaos.

5 reasons to read:
1) “Ground yourself,” “live in the moment”—you can exhale and forget these universal slogans. Here, you’ll find clear, workable techniques that help right away and create long-term results, turning anxiety into your strength.
2) The topic is becoming more urgent every day: the number of people with anxiety disorders is growing, as is the consumption of tranquilizers (for example, according to RNC Pharma, in the first half of 2025—up by 16.9%).
3) A modern, bold perspective grounded in science and CBT: the author doesn’t suggest “getting rid of” anxiety, but learning to live with it in a way that improves your quality of life instead of destroying it.
4) The author is a practitioner who knows what to do: a member of the professional psychotherapeutic league, with more than 500,000 views per day and over 1.5 million article reads.
5) Easy language and a vivid text: it’s easy to read, and situations feel instantly familiar—like the daily problems anxiety throws at you every minute.