Why anxiety feels impossible to control in the moment
You know you’re supposed to breathe, slow down, and challenge the anxious thought. Then the moment arrives, your heart races, and every one of those tools vanishes.
When your brain hijacks you: the amygdala and anxiety
Have you ever lost your train of thought the moment anxiety hit, then replayed it later wishing you’d handled it differently?
Test Success! by Ben Bernstein: a book review
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Say Good Night to Insomnia by Gregg D. Jacobs: a book review
cognitive behavioral program for insomnia that is based on research
Rewire Your Anxious Brain by Catherine Pittman and Elizabeth Karle: a book review
The brain that learned to be anxious can also learn something calmer, and this book walks you through how that happens.
Quiet Your Mind and Get to Sleep by Colleen Carney and Rachel Manber: a book review
two well-respected sleep researchers, and they lay out a cognitive behavioral program for insomnia that also accounts for what else you might be carrying.
Panic Attacks Workbook by David Carbonell: a book review
David Carbonell calls panic a trick your body plays, one that feels life-threatening but isn’t. This workbook shows you, exercise by exercise, how to stop falling for it.
Overcoming Social Anxiety and Shyness by Gillian Butler: a book review
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Mind Over Mood by Dennis Greenberger and Christine Padesky: a book review
If you’ve ever felt at the mercy of your own moods, there’s a skill set that can change that, and it’s teachable. This is the book therapists reach for more than any other to teach it.
Mastery of Your Anxiety and Panic by David Barlow and Michelle Craske: a book review
If you want the panic program that shaped how the field treats panic, this is it.
Managing Social Anxiety: Workbook by Debra Hope, Richard Heimberg, and Cynthia Turk: a book review
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Living with Fear by Isaac M. Marks: a book review
Long before exposure therapy became common advice, Isaac Marks was one of the researchers proving it worked. This book distills a career’s worth of that knowledge into plain guidance,