Losing Control: How to Cope When Everything Around You Is Changing

Are you feeling overwhelmed and totally helpless? Don’t worry–there’s hope!

When an unexpected crisis hits, worry escalates. Some fight, some flee. Others numb themselves with addictive substances or behaviors. Are you feeling scary, out-of-control anxiety because:

• You are cooped up at home trying to avoid a pandemic?
• You or a loved one has contacted a virus?
• You don’t know when you’ll get your next paycheck?
• Your vacation plans have been canceled?
• You or a family member received a scary doctor’s diagnosis?

This book offers battle-tested suggestions for coping with or overcoming helpless feelings of being out-of-control.

Dr. Jim Stout is an ordained Presbyterian minister who has pastored in several churches. As a visiting lecturer, he has taught classes at Fuller and Gordon-Conwell theological seminaries. He has counseled hundreds of Christian seminarians, pastors, and lay leaders, as well as authored books on bipolar disorder, depression, marriage, boundary setting, and other topics. He and his wife Leah have been married since 1967. They have two married sons and five energetic grandchildren.