Highly Commended
Anxiety Is Really Strange, BMA Medical Book Awards 2018, Popular Medicine
Short, science-based, graphic books that explore the tricky business of feeling in relationship to Anxiety, Pain and Trauma.
When can anxiety be good?
How can I change my pain experience?
How does trauma change the way our brains work?
Why can’t we tickle ourselves?
This collection of science-based graphic medicine comics addresses these questions (amongst many others) and makes complex human experiences accessible, engaging and gently humorous.
Written by Steve Haines, a bodyworker and creative storyteller, and illustrated by Sophie Standing, who specializes in human sciences, these comics explore topics that make us fundamentally human – anxiety, pain, trauma, and touch.
This special boxset also includes a useful and beautifully illustrated wallchart. Buy Now




You can purchase the all english language Really Strange books by following these links:
Singing Dragon UK, Europe, and all countries excluding the USA, Canada, and Australia/New Zealand: https://uk.singingdragon.com/ (new site launched)
Singing Dragon USA: https://intl.singingdragon.com/usa/ (new site launching January 2021)
Singing Dragon Canada: https://intl.singingdragon.com/can/ (new site launching January 2021)
Singing Dragon Australia/New Zealand: https://intl.singingdragon.com/aus/ (new site launching January 2021)
The books are also easily available via Amazon.
You can purchase the foreign language Really Strange books by following these links:
French Éditions ça et là
- Pain, Trauma and Anxiety books
German Carl Auer Verlag
- Pain, Trauma, Anxiety and Touch books
Korean http://bit.ly/isreallystrange-korean Green Knowledge
- Pain and Trauma in one volume
Chinese www.bookrep.com.tw Taiwanese retailer Book Rep
- Anxiety: https://www.bookrep.com.tw/?md=gwindex&cl=book&at=bookcontent&id=13834
- Trauma: https://www.bookrep.com.tw/?md=gwindex&cl=book&at=bookcontent&id=13705
- Pain: https://www.bookrep.com.tw/?md=gwindex&cl=book&at=bookcontent&id=13704
Welsh https://graffeg.com/products/peth-rhyfedd-yw-gorbryder
- Anxiety is Really Strange
Also available
Dutch, Japanese and Simplified Chinese versions
Anxiety Is Really Strange
Learn how anxiety works and how to reframe difficult feelings


Pain Is Really Strange
Learn how pain is a protective feeling, not an accurate guide to the state of your tissues
Trauma Is Really Strange
Learn how to shake to release tension and feel more connected
