Jen Kirkman on Anxiety, Epiphanies, and How to be an Unacceptable Airline Passenger

Anxiety has cost Jen Kirkman several things over the course of
her life, including, as she explains in our conversation, a study
abroad program in Amsterdam, an effective outcome of a fear of
flying class, and a pleasant time on a Ferris wheel. She doesn’t
even remember that trip on the Ferris wheel but she knows it
happened from an old photo where she looks absolutely haunted.
Among the other problems anxiety has caused is confusion in
kindergarten about whether she actually had parents. Along the
way, Jen has become a successful comedian, comedy writer, and
best-selling author, known for her candid and often hilarious
stories of her life and the situations she’s found herself in.


Jen is managing her anxiety now. She’s recognizing the cognitive
distortions and relying on her own accumulated skills and
experience to get through the moments and events that anxiety is
intent on messing up.


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on Instagram @jenkirkman.


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