Encyclopedia Neurotica

We live in an Age of Anxiety. The events of modern life have overwhelmed the average homo sapiens until getting from Point A to Point B without being overcome by neuroses is a practical impossibility. Enter: the comic safety valve. Encyclopedia Neurotica is a delightful garden of the ills that beset modern man. Entries include excerpts from both popular and arcane published works as well as original definitions essential terms and the occasional cutting-edge concept such as celebriphilia the pathological desire to sleep with a celebrity suffered chiefly by groupies.Some samples from Encyclopedia Neurotica:--Abyss the: the yawning unfathomable chasm of existential terror--Acquired Situational Narcissism: a condition characterized by gradiosity lack of empathy rage isolation and substance abuse; mainly afflicts celebrities who tend to be surrounded by enablers--Denial: unconscious defense mechanism that numbs anxiety by refusing to acknoweledge unpleasant realities--Manic Run: prolonged state of optimism excitement and hyperactivity experienced as part of bipolar disorder