Anti-Fear. From Anxiety to Action: Your Tools for a New Reality

If you put a sheep in a cage next to a wolf’s cage and create the necessary living conditions, the sheep will die—of stress caused by anxiety. Today, these “wolves” stalk us everywhere. News summaries, economic instability, rapid changes in society every day test our minds’ resilience.

This book is a guide into the world of mental health. Here, a scientific approach is combined with artistic interpretation—complex topics become closer and clearer. Practicing psychiatrist Vasily Shurov explains the mechanisms of anxiety, depression, and burnout, dismantling myths about “shameful” diagnoses, while writer Anna Pronina complements each chapter with stories in which psychological problems are understood through the lens of mystical plots. Her characters are like our reflections in a crooked mirror—helping us see what we’re used to ignoring.

“Your anxiety isn’t an enemy, but a signal system. This book will teach you how to understand it,” the authors promise. And they give what matters most: hope that in an era of change you can find inner steadiness, even if “wolves” keep staring you in the eye.

Listen to the audiobook performed by actors Kirill Radzig and Yulia Yablonskaya. The authors—Vasily Shurov and Anna Pronina—reveal the book’s intent in the preface.