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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
informative
reflective
slow-paced
This book was very informative. As someone who can get stuck in their own head with worry. This book was a good read and I am probably going to have to read this again so I can try the different exercises. I like that it had a good amount of different exercises that can help you slowly work through your worries. I liked this because not everyone is the same and some techniques might work better than others for a person. If you have anxiety and get stuck in your head I would recommend this book. If only to learn some different techniques that might help.
informative
reflective
fast-paced
Nice book that took some time to get going as the author explains what is what, but then gets very practical
One of the best self-help titles I’ve read. Solid advice I’ve tried to carry out to the rest of my life. Bought a couple of these for other people.
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This book is for someone who is at the very very beginning of their anxiety/worry journey. Because I've done lots of reading about anxiety and have been in therapy for a while, most of the material (explaining how worry isn't real, introducing deep breathing and meditation, etc.) wasn't new to me. The tone of the writing is really conversational, which may appeal to some people, but I found a little repetitive because usually when you're describing something verbally or making a point, you give many similar examples. I also feel like the book suffered a little from the "And I'll discuss that in a later chapter!" issue, where you're flipping pages and waiting to get to that chapter. Although this book wasn't for me, I hope other people at different stages in their journeys can find help in its pages.
This was a solid read with lots of easy-to-use strategies for dealing with worry. Although after reading the first part I identified that I was not the target audience for this book, I actually know a couple people who are, so I continued to read to get some ideas of ways I could help them. I think this book also does a fairly good job separating incessant worry from anxiety as a mental illness. With anxiety, you may never be able to make effective change without medication, whereas with worry, you can re-train your brain to more effectively deal with it. Definitely a useful book for anyone who is a chronic worrier.