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The Worry Trick: How Your Brain Tricks You Into Expecting the Worst and What You Can Do about It
David A. Carbonell
3.63 AVERAGE
59 reviews for:
The Worry Trick: How Your Brain Tricks You Into Expecting the Worst and What You Can Do about It
David A. Carbonell
3.63 AVERAGE
Last 75 Hard read. If you know what worrying is like I would skip this one. He defines worrying for 99% of the book without outlining the "trick" for much of the book.
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
A lot of good ideas… but too many repetitions. The book could be great it is only good because of this.
Good advices but not deep enough.
Good advices but not deep enough.
Similar in theory to other books I have read about managing intrusive anxious thoughts. But it takes 9 chapters to get the meat of the author's main recommendation and not really sure his suggestion would work for a lot of people (ie: using humor). It reminds me of the boggart trick from Harry Potter books. Which is nice to have in your arsenal but is probably not going to work in some situations and for a lot of people.
funny
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
helpful as a therapist! Will recommend to clients.
The biggest takeaway was that I finally felt seen. Like someone actually gets it...
The author looks at treating worry with some ways I hadn't heard of. This book also focuses more on responding to worry in the moment rather than prevention, which I appreciated. We all know the typical methods to prevent anxiety and worry, so it was nice to hear something different. More tools for the toolbox, if you will. He does mention meditation and breathing, but also gives some different advice like writing your worries into limericks and haikus, or singing funny rhyme songs about it.
Overall, as a chronic worrier, I appreciated the additional tips.
The author looks at treating worry with some ways I hadn't heard of. This book also focuses more on responding to worry in the moment rather than prevention, which I appreciated. We all know the typical methods to prevent anxiety and worry, so it was nice to hear something different. More tools for the toolbox, if you will. He does mention meditation and breathing, but also gives some different advice like writing your worries into limericks and haikus, or singing funny rhyme songs about it.
Overall, as a chronic worrier, I appreciated the additional tips.
informative
reflective
slow-paced
This is hard for me to rate/review because I already knew a lot of what was mentioned in this book before reading. I think as an intro to 'dealing' with anxiety/anxious thoughts it could be helpful, but it really depends on the person tbh. I decided on not giving a rating because self-help/therapeutic books are so subjective.
I like the ideas presented in this book. That being said, I didn't find this book particularly helpful because of previous work/experience with a therapist. Also, I found that sometimes the author took quite a while to get to the point, which could be a bit frustrating (I feel like this book could have been quite a bit shorter).
Overall, good ideas but didn't really teach me anything new.
2.5 stars... there were a couple of helpful concepts in this book, but they didn't emerge until at least the halfway point, and in general it was very repetitive about all the things that DON'T help.
informative
inspiring
lighthearted