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A review by jenny_librarian
The Anxiety First Aid Kit: Quick Tools for Extreme, Uncertain Times by Matthew McKay, Martha Davis, Rick Hanson
4.0
4.5 stars
A pretty good self-help book that is rooted in pandemic anxiety, but can be used for any anxious crisis.
Every chapter begins with a description of what one may feel and what the exercise proposed will achieve. The exercise follows, with examples. It's repeated throughout that not every exercise and technique will fit every single person. The authors' vision is that you should try and skip to something else if an exercise doesn't fit you.
As someone with chronic anxiety, I appreciated the way they don't try to force any specific way of dealing on you. While most chapters could be beneficial, I can only see a way to incorporate a few in my weekly routine, and that's okay.
I see this book as being beneficial on the long run. Unfortunately, I got it from the library, so I won't be able to keep and refer back to it whenever I need to. Still, I'm positive the few changes I've begun to apply in my life will help.
Don't expect an immediate drastic change. Any self-help book that promises such things is a scam. It takes effort and repetition for it to work, but in times like there every little gesture counts. The last section of the book, on lasting change tackles this subject in tiny, very real ways.
It's one of the best self-help books I've read and one I think will efinitely help manage my anxiety in the long run.
A pretty good self-help book that is rooted in pandemic anxiety, but can be used for any anxious crisis.
Every chapter begins with a description of what one may feel and what the exercise proposed will achieve. The exercise follows, with examples. It's repeated throughout that not every exercise and technique will fit every single person. The authors' vision is that you should try and skip to something else if an exercise doesn't fit you.
As someone with chronic anxiety, I appreciated the way they don't try to force any specific way of dealing on you. While most chapters could be beneficial, I can only see a way to incorporate a few in my weekly routine, and that's okay.
I see this book as being beneficial on the long run. Unfortunately, I got it from the library, so I won't be able to keep and refer back to it whenever I need to. Still, I'm positive the few changes I've begun to apply in my life will help.
Don't expect an immediate drastic change. Any self-help book that promises such things is a scam. It takes effort and repetition for it to work, but in times like there every little gesture counts. The last section of the book, on lasting change tackles this subject in tiny, very real ways.
It's one of the best self-help books I've read and one I think will efinitely help manage my anxiety in the long run.