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m_m_shoe's review
3.0
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"If you avoid the object of your worries, you will become more afraid of them."
If you're like me, you've had periods in your life where your anxiety is through. the. roof. You will look for anything, even a book, that will acknowledge and validate what you're feeling, even if you're embarrassed to admit the chronic worries you've had.
This book started out slow. I saw myself in many of the examples the author gave of his past clients and their worries. The first half just didn't do it for me. While some of the strategies he listed may help others, I found most of what he was suggesting quite boring, having almost DNF'ed the book. But I pushed through and I was glad I did. By the time I read through the second half I had highlighted and noted so many passages I might as well have just made a huge note of the whole book. I couldn't put it down because everything he said described me so well and all of the suggestions he gave to counter the anxious thoughts and chronic worries I could see myself doing. Once I had finished I felt relieved that someone finally understood some of the toxic thought processes I was trapped in.
The reason the book is 3 stars is because of how long it took me to get to the helpful parts of the book. The first half focused on explaining what chronic worry is and the second half focused more on how to combat the worries to lead a mentally healthy life. I only wanted the list of ways to combat my worries and was a bit annoyed I had to wait so long to get to the helpful bits.
"If you avoid the object of your worries, you will become more afraid of them."
If you're like me, you've had periods in your life where your anxiety is through. the. roof. You will look for anything, even a book, that will acknowledge and validate what you're feeling, even if you're embarrassed to admit the chronic worries you've had.
This book started out slow. I saw myself in many of the examples the author gave of his past clients and their worries. The first half just didn't do it for me. While some of the strategies he listed may help others, I found most of what he was suggesting quite boring, having almost DNF'ed the book. But I pushed through and I was glad I did. By the time I read through the second half I had highlighted and noted so many passages I might as well have just made a huge note of the whole book. I couldn't put it down because everything he said described me so well and all of the suggestions he gave to counter the anxious thoughts and chronic worries I could see myself doing. Once I had finished I felt relieved that someone finally understood some of the toxic thought processes I was trapped in.
The reason the book is 3 stars is because of how long it took me to get to the helpful parts of the book. The first half focused on explaining what chronic worry is and the second half focused more on how to combat the worries to lead a mentally healthy life. I only wanted the list of ways to combat my worries and was a bit annoyed I had to wait so long to get to the helpful bits.
tablife's review
3.0
Maybe I'm just not good at reading "self-help" books...I jotted down a couple notes and tried a couple of the suggestions, but I didn't feel motivated enough by the writing to take on many of the suggestions. I think that I would have preferred more firm recommendations on how to tackle chronic worrying.
hylian_pirate's review
3.0
Nice book about how to deal with excessive worry. The book describes relationships with worry, wrong beliefs, types of worry and how to deal with it.
I mainly liked the part where he explains why our brain worries and how the worry is generated. It gets a bit repetitive in some chapters. There is also a chapter dedicated to sleep and health related worries.
I mainly liked the part where he explains why our brain worries and how the worry is generated. It gets a bit repetitive in some chapters. There is also a chapter dedicated to sleep and health related worries.
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