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Matt Gutman is an award-winning journalist and chief national correspondent for ABC News. He has reported from more than 40 countries and covered major global events.
Known for: No Time to Panic: How to Stop Worrying and Embrace Life
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No Time to Panic: How to Stop Worrying and Embrace Life
What if the fear you spend years hiding could become the very thing that helps you understand yourself? In No Time to Panic, journalist Matt Gutman tells the story of his lifelong struggle with anxiety and panic attacks, beginning with a terrifying episode as a teenager and continuing through a successful career that, from the outside, looked fearless. The book blends memoir, science, and practical self-inquiry to show that panic is not simply irrational weakness, but a deeply human response that can be understood, managed, and transformed. What makes this book especially powerful is Gutman’s credibility. As a veteran ABC News correspondent, he has reported from war zones, disaster sites, and high-pressure environments where composure matters. Yet behind that public image, he lived with private fear. His willingness to expose that contrast gives the book both emotional honesty and authority. Rather than offering simplistic positivity, Gutman investigates the biology of panic, the habits that feed it, and the tools that can loosen its grip. For anyone who worries excessively, feels trapped by anxious thoughts, or wants a more compassionate understanding of mental health, this book offers insight, relief, and hope.
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Panic Can Hide Behind Success
One of the most unsettling truths about anxiety is that it often coexists with outward competence. Matt Gutman’s story challenges the assumption that panic only affects people who appear fragile or incapacitated. He built a demanding career in broadcast journalism, reporting in dangerous situations ...
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The First Panic Attack Leaves A Blueprint
A panic attack may last minutes, but its memory can shape years. Gutman describes how an early terrifying episode became more than a bad moment; it became a reference point his mind kept returning to. That is one of the book’s most important insights: often, it is not only the original panic that ca...
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Understanding Biology Reduces Catastrophe
Fear becomes more dangerous when it feels inexplicable. One of Gutman’s most useful contributions is his exploration of the biology behind panic. He examines how the body’s alarm system, designed to protect us from threats, can misfire in modern life. Racing heart, sweating, tunnel vision, trembling...
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Avoidance Feeds The Fear Cycle
What we run from often grows larger in our minds. Gutman makes clear that one of panic’s cruelest dynamics is the way avoidance seems helpful in the short term while strengthening anxiety in the long term. If you leave a room, cancel a trip, skip a social event, or avoid exercise because it might tr...
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Shame Keeps Anxiety Needlessly Isolated
Panic thrives in secrecy because shame convinces people they must conceal what they most need help with. Gutman writes with unusual candor about how humiliating panic can feel, especially for someone whose identity is tied to competence, courage, or control. This is a crucial insight for readers: th...
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Healing Requires Curiosity, Not Self-Attack
When anxiety strikes, many people respond with anger toward themselves: Why am I like this? What is wrong with me? Why can’t I just be normal? Gutman’s journey points toward a more productive stance: curiosity. Instead of treating panic as an enemy to be crushed through willpower, he investigates it...
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About Matt Gutman
Matt Gutman is an award-winning journalist and chief national correspondent for ABC News. He has reported from more than 40 countries and covered major global events. Gutman is also the author of 'The Boys in the Cave' and is known for his openness about mental health challenges.
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Matt Gutman is an award-winning journalist and chief national correspondent for ABC News. He has reported from more than 40 countries and covered major global events.
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