8Brian Beneduce had just married the most beautiful woman on earth, yet he wanted to die. Although his bride, Robbie, knew he had a fear of flying, she had no idea what was going through his mind as they boarded the plane. As the plane rumbled down the runway and lifted into the sky, the Thing-the three-headed beast inside Brian-began to take over, leading him to pray the plane carrying him and his wife to their honeymoon would fall out of the sky and crash so he could finally relieve himself of his fear. In a candid retelling, Beneduce shares details from his roller-coaster journey as he bravely battled the debilitating effects of years-long life-and-death struggle with anxiety and panic disorder related to his agoraphobia. While revealing the depths of his despair as he fought his invisible enemy and valiantly searched for help and relief, Beneduce also offers proven coping methods that eventually allowed him to keep his severe anxiety at bay and transformed him into a successful businessman. Anxiety Warrior chronicles an agoraphobic's gripping story as he battles an internal monster and learns coping mechanisms that helped him better deal with severe anxiety and panic disorder.