Have anxiety? So do these comedians. Here are the strategies that help them cope.

1“If you don’t have anxiety,” stand-up comedian Aparna Nancherla riffs onstage, “the way I would describe it is there’s, like, an edgy improv group in your brain and it just needs a one-word suggestion to spin, like, countless scenarios that no one’s comfortable with.”

Nancherla’s candor about this life experience is how she landed in “Anxiety Club,” a new documentary on the streaming platform Jolt. The film dives into the topic of anxiety, taking an up-close and often uncomfortable look at how it manifests, what it feels like in the body and the brain and ways to cope — all from the point of view of working comedians. It follows Nancherla as well as Tiffany Jenkins , Mark Normand , Joe List , Marc Maron , Baron Vaughn and Eva Victor both on and off the stage as they n