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Take control of your anxiety--and start living your life
Feel like your life is spinning out of control? Not sure how to handle what seems like constant change and chaos? You're not alone--the world has taken some pretty crazy turns recently--but if you suffer from an anxiety disorder, you're likely suffering far more than you need to. Anxiety is our natural reaction to unfamiliar, stressful, and dangerous situations, but for some of us this reaction can become all-consuming and ultimately debilitating. Anxiety For Dummies has the antidote to this, showing you how to manage feelings of uneasiness, distress, and dread--and take back control of your life.
In a straightforward and friendly style, clinical psychologists Charles H. Elliot and Laura L. Smith show you how to pinpoint your triggers, use proven techniques and therapies, improve health and eating habits, and make other practical changes to your lifestyle that will have you feeling better fast.
* Understand what makes you anxious and learn to let go
* Change your thinking to "right-size" your worry
* Evaluate self-help as an adjunct to professional therapy
* Explore healthy lifestyles and medication options
Including updates to the clinical literature and discussions of the impacts of world events--such as COVID-19--this book has everything you need to manage your worries and put you, not them, in charge of your life.
List of contents
Introduction 1
Part 1: Detecting and Exposing Anxiety 5
Chapter 1: Analyzing and Attacking Anxiety 7
Chapter 2: Examining What Anxiety is All About 17
Chapter 3: Investigating the Brain and Biology 33
Chapter 4: Clearing the Roadblocks to Change 45
Part 2: Battling Anxiety 63
Chapter 5: Understanding Feelings 65
Chapter 6: Rethinking Your Thoughts 79
Chapter 7: Busting Up Your Anxious Assumptions 103
Chapter 8: Mindful Acceptance 123
Chapter 9: Facing Fear 137
Chapter 10: Medications and Other Biological Options 155
Part 3: Letting Go of the Battle 173
Chapter 11: Looking at Lifestyle 175
Chapter 12: Meditating as Part of a Healthy Lifestyle 189
Part 4: Zeroing in on Specific Worries 199
Chapter 13: Emotional Preparedness During a Pandemic 201
Chapter 14: Facing a Career Crisis and Financial Woes 213
Chapter 15: Keeping Steady When the World is Shaking 225
Chapter 16: Racism and Anxiety 239
Chapter 17: Keeping Out of Danger 255
Part 5: Helping Others with Anxiety 265
Chapter 18: When a Family Member or Friend Suffers from Anxiety 267
Chapter 19: Recognizing Anxiety in Kids 281
Chapter 20: Helping Kids Conquer Anxiety 291
Part 6: The Part of Tens 307
Chapter 21: Ten Approaches That Just Don't Work 309
Chapter 22: Ten Ways to Deal with Relapse 313
Chapter 23: Ten Signs That You Need Professional Help 319
Appendix: Resources for You 325
Index 329
About the author
Charles H. Elliot, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist and Professor Emeritus at Fielding Graduate University.
Laura L. Smith, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist and a Past President of the New Mexico Psychological Association.
Summary
Take control of your anxiety--and start living your life
Feel like your life is spinning out of control? Not sure how to handle what seems like constant change and chaos? You're not alone--the world has taken some pretty crazy turns recently--but if you suffer from an anxiety disorder, you're likely suffering far more than you need to. Anxiety is our natural reaction to unfamiliar, stressful, and dangerous situations, but for some of us this reaction can become all-consuming and ultimately debilitating. Anxiety For Dummies has the antidote to this, showing you how to manage feelings of uneasiness, distress, and dread--and take back control of your life.
In a straightforward and friendly style, clinical psychologists Charles H. Elliot and Laura L. Smith show you how to pinpoint your triggers, use proven techniques and therapies, improve health and eating habits, and make other practical changes to your lifestyle that will have you feeling better fast.
* Understand what makes you anxious and learn to let go
* Change your thinking to "right-size" your worry
* Evaluate self-help as an adjunct to professional therapy
* Explore healthy lifestyles and medication options
Including updates to the clinical literature and discussions of the impacts of world events--such as COVID-19--this book has everything you need to manage your worries and put you, not them, in charge of your life.
