Adventure, Climbing, essays, Humor

An Illustrated Story About Anxiety

hand-drawn title box reading "An illustrated story about anxiety"

anxiety pie chart illustration and hand drawn text photo of Aiguille Dibona with handwritten text

photo of Brendan Leonard and Simon Duvernay with hand-drawn text

photo of Simon Duverney and Janine Patitucci with handwritten text photo of action movie heroes and handwritten text

photo of fake business card and handwritten text comparison chart and handwritten text

photo of brendan leonard and hilary oliver with text and hand-drawn chart handwritten text

drawing of equation resulting in "say yes to everything that scares you"

photo of brendan leonard in a van with handwritten text

drawing of long list of things that could go wrong and handwritten text

handwritten text and cafeteria tray

handwritten text and dinner plate

handwritten text

hand-drawn chart showing yerkes-dodson law

photo of trevor davis and quote

hand-drawn graph depicting a fear-based climbing career

handwritten text

handwritten text

photo of brendan leonard speaking and handwritten text

hand-drawn graph of insomnia and worry size and handwritten text

hand-drawn though balloons of anxious 3 a.m. thoughts more hand-drawn though balloons of anxious 3 a.m. thoughts

handwritten text and chart showing insomnia infinite loop

screenshot of tweet and handwritten text

excerpt from Willie Nelson's book "It's a Long Story" and handwritten text

photo of mountain climber saying "well, one way or another, buddy, it'll work itself out" and handwritten text

photo of riverbed and handwritten text

handwritten text and "call now" explosion —Brendan

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