The Worry Trick: How Your Brain Tricks You Into...
Chronic worrying is a crummy form of anxiety that makes everyday life and decisions completely exhausting. This book doesn't offer one single trick to get over worries, but rather shows the ways that your worrying brain tricks you into thinking that threats are all around you, and tricks you out of relaxing and living a fulfilling life. And then it provides a ton of science-based strategies for building a healthier relationship with your worries, where you're able to respond appropriately to real dangers and live with joy rather than fear.
The Worry Trick: How Your Brain Tricks You into...
Are you truly in danger or has your brain simply \"tricked\" you into thinking you are? In The Worry Trick, psychologist and anxiety expert David Carbonell shows how anxiety hijacks the brain and offers effective techniques to help you break the cycle of worry, once and for all.
Are you truly in danger or has your brain simply "tricked" you into thinking you are? In The Worry Trick, psychologist and anxiety expert David Carbonell shows how anxiety hijacks the brain and offers effective techniques to help you break the cycle of worry, once and for all.
Becoming self-aware can go a long way in helping you deal with overthinking in the long term. Carbonell suggests a strategy. "Pay a little more attention," he says. "Say something like: I'm feeling kind of anxious and uncomfortable. Where am I? Am I all in my head? Maybe I should go take a walk around the block and see what happens." You have to recognize your brain is in overdrive mode, and then try to snap out of it. "Do something in real time and real life rather than sitting and thinking," says Carbonell. Moreover, in these turbulent times, it can be impossible not to spend an inordinate amount of time stressing about the state of the world. But let's face it: some problems are better left for others to solve. Ask yourself: should you really be mulling over this specific problem? "Is there going to be a nuclear attack? Unless you work at the Pentagon, you don't need to solve that problem," says Odessky. Just remember that you won't overcome the habit of overthinking in a few days. But with repeated practice, you will teach your mind to be calm during times of stress and not go into overdrive.
Becoming self-aware can go a long way in helping you deal with overthinking in the long term. Carbonell suggests a strategy. "Pay a little more attention," he says. "Say something like: I'm feeling kind of anxious and uncomfortable. Where am I? Am I all in my head? Maybe I should go take a walk around the block and see what happens." You have to recognize your brain is in overdrive mode, and then try to snap out of it. "Do something in real time and real life rather than sitting and thinking," says Carbonell. Moreover, in these turbulent times, it can be impossible not to spend an inordinate amount of time stressing about the state of the world. But let's face it: some problems are better left for others to solve. Ask yourself: should you really be mulling over this specific problem? "Is there going to be a nuclear attack? Unless you work at the Pentagon, you don't need to solve that problem," says Odessky. Just remember that you won't overcome the habit of overthinking in a few days. But with repeated practice, you will teach your mind to be calm during times of stress and not go into overdrive. This piece was produced in partnership with Nike Training Club. To get started on your fitness journey, download the NTC app here.
This book focuses on why worrying tricks us into overthinking and how to break free from this never-ending cycle of overthinking. Using the latest research in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), readers will learn a range of overthinking coping techniques.
Worry convinces us there's danger, and then tricks us into getting into fight, flight, or freeze mode - even when there is no danger. The techniques in this audiobook, rather than encouraging you to avoid or try to resist anxiety, show you how to see the trick that underlies your anxious thoughts, and how avoidance can backfire and make anxiety worse. 041b061a72