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A review by sandywilliams03
Dare: The New Way to End Anxiety and Stop Panic Attacks Fast by Barry McDonagh
2.0
I hate it when I don't immediately review books. I'm so forgetful, and it doesn't help that I haven't been highlighting anything in my books. I'm at least going to have to start that, and taking notes as I read.
My biggest remaining impression of this book is that it could have been 50 pages long. The author makes his case that you have to accept anxiety, invite it in, and only when you fully give into it will you be able to control it (although it will still always be there; it just won't impact you as much).
It makes sense. I know I work myself up and enter an anxiety loop with how I'm feeling, but I can't say this book was very helpful. Mainly, it might be because I've discovered my issue isn't panic attacks; it's an actual heart stopping (I mean that literally) issue.
So, a decent premise, but way too long a book. The ridiculous, pointless graphs included and tables that repeated the same information over and over seemed to be there just to make the book longer. But maybe the repetition helps some people? The graphs seriously were pointless.
My biggest remaining impression of this book is that it could have been 50 pages long. The author makes his case that you have to accept anxiety, invite it in, and only when you fully give into it will you be able to control it (although it will still always be there; it just won't impact you as much).
It makes sense. I know I work myself up and enter an anxiety loop with how I'm feeling, but I can't say this book was very helpful. Mainly, it might be because I've discovered my issue isn't panic attacks; it's an actual heart stopping (I mean that literally) issue.
So, a decent premise, but way too long a book. The ridiculous, pointless graphs included and tables that repeated the same information over and over seemed to be there just to make the book longer. But maybe the repetition helps some people? The graphs seriously were pointless.