For humorist Georgia Pritchett, anxiety has at times overwhelmed her, and at others, fueled her work as a comedy writer. NPR's Rachel Martin speaks to Pritchett about her memoir My Mess Is a Bit of a Life: Adventures in Anxiety.

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