About the Book
Arolyn Burns
“Anxiety Annihilated” opens with what Arolyn Burns learned after spending fifteen years in LA County’s mental health system: traditional therapy alone isn’t enough for most people. She investigated child abuse, worked with domestic violence survivors, treated veterans struggling after deployment, and watched the same people cycle through hospitals because the standard approach kept failing them. When a workplace injury left her with chronic pain she couldn’t escape, she had to find answers the system wasn’t offering.
The book takes you through the major battles most people face: anxiety that won’t let up, trauma that haunts you years later, phobias that limit your entire life, chronic pain that steals everything, anger that destroys relationships, and communication breakdowns that keep you stuck. Arolyn explains what’s actually happening in your brain and body with each one, then hands you specific techniques to deal with it. Some come from traditional therapy like EMDR and cognitive behavioral work. Others come from the alternative treatments she tested on herself: hypnotherapy that tackles phobias without torture, sound frequencies that calm your nervous system, essential oils that actually work, visualization methods for pain management, and energy practices most therapists won’t mention.
What makes “Anxiety Annihilated” different is Arolyn’s sincerity about her own struggles and her willingness to try things outside the approved playbook. She writes about being a highly sensitive person in a world that punishes sensitivity, about keeping yourself together during crises when your reserves are empty, and about the gut-brain connection that explains why fixing your diet might matter more than another prescription. This isn’t a book that promises easy fixes but a manual from someone who’s been in the pit with hundreds of clients and clawed her way through her own darkness, offering every tool that actually helped along the way.
