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4.0 AVERAGE
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This book isn't terrible, and it does offer some great advice for helping yourself to get over your anxiety, but none of this information is new. A reviewer of this book led me to [b:Hope and Help for Your Nerves: End Anxiety Now|53169187|Hope and Help for Your Nerves End Anxiety Now|Claire Weekes|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1586829147l/53169187._SY75_.jpg|187989], which turned out to be a FAR better tool for me and my anxiety.
McDonagh is basically taking the exact same approach Claire Weekes pioneered in the '60s, and he's rebranded it. He's taken Claire's FAFL (Face, Accept, Foat, Let Time Pass), and he's changed it to DARE (Diffuse, Allow, Run Towards, Engage). While he cites Claire Weekes quite a bit in his own book, I personally preferred the writing style of Weekes. I felt she was much more sincere and cut and dry when it came to overcoming your anxiety. I kind of feel like McDonagh is a snake-oil salesman. I don't think he is, but that's the vibe I was getting, especially after revisiting this book once I finished Claire's.
Overall, I'm thankful for this book because it led me to Weekes, and I know the DARE approach has helped a lot of people, but I would definitely recommend the original over this 'New Way' of overcoming your anxiety.
McDonagh is basically taking the exact same approach Claire Weekes pioneered in the '60s, and he's rebranded it. He's taken Claire's FAFL (Face, Accept, Foat, Let Time Pass), and he's changed it to DARE (Diffuse, Allow, Run Towards, Engage). While he cites Claire Weekes quite a bit in his own book, I personally preferred the writing style of Weekes. I felt she was much more sincere and cut and dry when it came to overcoming your anxiety. I kind of feel like McDonagh is a snake-oil salesman. I don't think he is, but that's the vibe I was getting, especially after revisiting this book once I finished Claire's.
Overall, I'm thankful for this book because it led me to Weekes, and I know the DARE approach has helped a lot of people, but I would definitely recommend the original over this 'New Way' of overcoming your anxiety.
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I wish I had read this book before.
What a wonderful book to start the year.
Context:
I have struggled with situational and occasionally general anxiety since I can remember.
Normally it shows up while at the wheel, in some social situations, and high rises.
But, lately, it has been expanding towards more and more areas of my life, which brought me to take action.
The steps of this book (Defuse, Allow, Run Toward, Engage) are straightforward, yet powerful.
Especially the third part, Run Toward, which is about inviting more of it, defies any logic on any previous approach you might have considered before, normally focused on ''management'' of the symptoms.
The system is partially based on ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy), which I was already (very) familiar with.
I normally don't spend time writing reviews, but I wanted to spread the word in case other people might benefit from reading it.
What a wonderful book to start the year.
Context:
I have struggled with situational and occasionally general anxiety since I can remember.
Normally it shows up while at the wheel, in some social situations, and high rises.
But, lately, it has been expanding towards more and more areas of my life, which brought me to take action.
The steps of this book (Defuse, Allow, Run Toward, Engage) are straightforward, yet powerful.
Especially the third part, Run Toward, which is about inviting more of it, defies any logic on any previous approach you might have considered before, normally focused on ''management'' of the symptoms.
The system is partially based on ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy), which I was already (very) familiar with.
I normally don't spend time writing reviews, but I wanted to spread the word in case other people might benefit from reading it.
It sounds too easy to be real haha I plan on giving the DARE approach a solid go after reading this. I will say the book was quite repetitive. There were only a few chapters I felt were necessary to get the point across the rest was just extra blabbing. I really was only interested in the method and some chapters didnt apply to the anxiety struggles I face. That's not to say it won't help someone else. Just expect some skipable parts in this book, as I'm sure others will face the same issue.
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The dare response actually helps on the day to day life but the author presents it right at the start of the book, making the rest of the read kinda pointless, either way it's been helping me a ton.
UPDATE:
It's been 6 months since I've read the book and damn. What I learned from it applies nicely into the daily life whenever I'm feeling anxious or suffocated by it somehow and wow it's been a life saver, honestly, something I never learned to apply to my life from therapy alone
UPDATE:
It's been 6 months since I've read the book and damn. What I learned from it applies nicely into the daily life whenever I'm feeling anxious or suffocated by it somehow and wow it's been a life saver, honestly, something I never learned to apply to my life from therapy alone
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