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The Worry Trick: How Your Brain Tricks You Into Expecting the Worst and What You Can Do about It by David A. Carbonell
3.0
The first half of the book is overwhelmingly repetitive. He kept repeating that your worries are a process in the brain and not a real danger... okay, I know that!
Starting in the second half, he began to actually give techniques to help worrying, but the techniques are so elementary, like "use humour to cope with your worries!" that it seemed almost funny. I'm sure these techniques work, but they're not enough.
He also didn't address the biggest concern with worry: that people believe they won't be able to handle or cope with the worry if it does happen. He spent so much time explaining cognitive restructuring (thinking more realistic thoughts), that he didn't mention what to do when your biggest worry does happen. For example, I have emetophobia. I worry every day that I will vomit. I can tell myself that it probably won't happen all I want, but the reason I worry is that I don't believe that I'm strong enough to handle it if it does happen. He doesn't address this concept at all!
Starting in the second half, he began to actually give techniques to help worrying, but the techniques are so elementary, like "use humour to cope with your worries!" that it seemed almost funny. I'm sure these techniques work, but they're not enough.
He also didn't address the biggest concern with worry: that people believe they won't be able to handle or cope with the worry if it does happen. He spent so much time explaining cognitive restructuring (thinking more realistic thoughts), that he didn't mention what to do when your biggest worry does happen. For example, I have emetophobia. I worry every day that I will vomit. I can tell myself that it probably won't happen all I want, but the reason I worry is that I don't believe that I'm strong enough to handle it if it does happen. He doesn't address this concept at all!