by Kelsey Darragh
Designed + Illustrated by KJ Parish

The raw, brutally honest, and hilarious voice of comedian Kelsey Darragh is the focal point of this groundbreaking book that anyone struggling with mental health should go pick up right now. For my part, I knew when I first read Don’t F*cking Panic’s manuscript that this book needed to feel like a safe place while also serving as a refuge where you could heartily laugh about your own very real (and often scary) panic attacks, anxiety disorder, or depression. Not easy subjects to tackle but the broad sweep of joy in this book is ever-present. My strategy was to bundle heavy subjects with human-feeling and often goofy illustrations. Typographically, we allowed the book to be friendly, punchy, and brash.

I love this book—not only because of the blood, sweat, and tears that went into it—but because Kelsey’s unfiltered review of her own struggles and strategies for survival can and will help so many.