Overcoming Anxiety For Dummies^®

by Elaine Iljon Foreman; Charles H. Elliott (Fielding Graduate Institute); Laura L. Smith (Presbyterian Medical Group)

• ISBN13: 9780470389249
• ISBN10: 0470389249
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2008-07-01
• Publisher: For Dummies

Summary

There are many forms of anxiety disorder, including General Anxiety Disorder (GAD), Panic Attacks, Phobias (including social anxiety), Obsessive Compulsive Disorders, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and Acute Stress Disorder. Even in their most mild forms, these disorders can be troubling and exhausting at worst they can severely disable a person's ability to function in day-to-day life. Severe anxiety and phobic disorders affect 18% of the UK population. (nopanic.org.uk)Symptoms of anxiety range from the mental and emotional depression, having difficulty concentrating, losing patience easily to the physical excessive thirst, headaches, pins and needles, and more (www.bbc.co.uk) Often the problem is self-feeding people try to keep things under control whilst simultaneously worrying about being anxious all the time, and the cycle goes on. Psychotherapy, medication and self help are the key treatments for anxiety however, as many people either don't have access to, or choose not to take, professional treatment, self help is the key for a majority of sufferers. A Dummies book on the subject will present the facts without the jargon, and help people find the trustworthy guidance they need.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Detecting and Exposing Anxiety

Analyzing and Attacking Anxiety

Examining Anxiety: What's Normal, What's Not

Clearing the Roadblocks to Change

Watching Worries Come and Go

The Thought Remedies

Becoming a Thought Detective

Busting Up Your Agitating Assumptions

Watching Out for Worry Words

Anti -Anxiety Actions

Facing Fear One Step at a Time

Simply Simplifying Your Life

Let 's Get Physical

Sleep , Sweet Sleep

Focusing on Feeling

Relaxation : The Five-Minute Solution

Creating Calm in Your Imagination

Relieving Anxiety with Herbs and Dietary Supplements

Prescribing Peacefulness

Mindful Acceptance

Helping Others with Anxiety

Helping Your Kids Fight Anxiety

When Someone You Love Suffers from Anxiety

The Part of Tens

Ten Ways to Stop Anxiety Quickly

Ten Anxiety Busters That Just Don't Work

Ten Ways to Deal with Relapse

Ten Signs That You Need Professional Help

Appendix: Resources for You

Index

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