Books like Afraid by Arash Javanbakht

A groundbreaking work that explains how trauma rewires the brain and body, and presents evidence‑based therapies—from neurofeedback to yoga—that unlock the mind’s natural capacity for healing.

Trauma and Recovery, by Judith Lewis Herman, is a foundational examination of the causes, treatment, and societal context of post‑traumatic stress disorder, drawing on research in domestic violence, combat, and political terror.

A tense collection of two chilling ghost stories that plunge readers into irrational fear, with living nightmares that offer no reprieve or mercy.

From Kay Redfield Jamison - an international authority on manic-depressive illness, and one of the few women who are full professors of medicine at American universities - a remarkable personal testimony: the revelation of her own struggle since adolescence with manic-depression, and how it has shaped her life. Vividly, directly, with candor, wit, and simplicity, she takes us into the fascinating and dangerous territory of this form of madness - a world in which one pole can be the alluring dark land ruled by what Byron called the "melancholy star of the imagination," and the other a desert of depression and, all too frequently, death. A moving and exhilarating memoir by a woman whose furious determination to learn the enemy, to use her gifts of intellect to make a difference, led her to become, by the time she was forty, a world authority on manic-depression, and whose work has helped save countless lives.

Harold S. Kushner guides readers through recognizing, confronting, and embracing fear, drawing on religious, secular teachings and personal stories to inspire empowerment, hope, and practical action for a more fulfilling life.