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In The End, If The Monsters Won'T Leave Us, We Might As Well Get To Know Them And Laugh At Them! Bonus: Includes A Discussion Guide To Help Readers Further Discuss Anxiety And Find Ways To Deal With It. \"CDC warns young adults reporting anxiety, depression surpasses 40% during pandemic\" --Newsweek Alfonso Casas's MonsterMind is a very personal account of the inner monsters that live inside his head. But who doesn't have a monster inside them? Who has never heard that voice inside their head undermining everything they do? You're not good enough...You just got really lucky...There are people far better and more qualified than you... 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First published in Spain and now available worldwide, this luminous work covers Freddie's three “births”: his birth as Farrokh Bulsara in Zanzibar; his adoption of the last name of Mercury and the launch of Queen with Brian May and Roger Taylor; and the emergence of the lasting legend after Freddie’s death at the age of forty-five. Casas's evocative illustrations highlight the key moments in the singer’s transformation from child prodigy to superstar, bringing to life the bold innovator who broke free of his conventional upbringing. 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