Anxiety Support Group

Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...

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AK32 02/01/2013

Anyone know any good books on anxiety (especially GAD)? I read a book that helped me immensely thru my depression and i feel like if i got the same thing for anxiety, it would be extremely helpful. Thanks!

deleted_user 02/01/2013

I found Anxiety Free by Robert Leahy to be helpful. I thought the section on GAD was especially good.

http://www.amazon.com/Anxiety-Free-Unravel-Fears-Before/dp/1401921647/ref=tmm_pap_title_0

deleted_user 02/01/2013

I am currently reading and working through Feeling Good by David Burns. It's basically a CBT book that my psychiatrist recommended. There is another one more specific to panic called When Panic Attacks that is supposed to be good as well by the same author/doctor.

I enjoyed the first half of Hope and Help for Your Nerves by Claire Weekes, but the other half of the book was useless.

deleted_user 02/12/2013

Check out our recommendations section on this site. There are books, and other helpful suggestions listed there.

I love reading or listening to books on CD by Wayne Dyer, and Louise Hay.

deleted_user 02/12/2013

I just bought a book called "At Last a Life, Anxiety and Panic Free by Paul David. Ive read a bit of it and it really spoke to me. It seemed as though everything that he was talking about is exactly how I've been feeling! I really hope that this book can help me with my current anxiety battle!

AK32 02/13/2013

Thanks everyone, for all your responses. I really appreciate your recommendations!

AK32 02/14/2013

Oh, kacc - where do I find the recommendations section on this website?

HERES2U 02/15/2013

Try Hope And Help For Your Nerves by Dr. Claire Weekes. It's about $8 bucks but the information it contains is invaluable. She was nominated for 2 Nobel Peace Prizes for her study in nervous illness and anxiety. She really knows what she is talking about. Most everything I have read on anxiety and treatments are based on her teachings. I am currently practicing her techniques and hope to one day recover completely. Her methods are a bit difficult to practice, especially while working full time, but well worth it. I enjoy life to much to go through it on meds and a lifetime of psychologists/psychiatrists.

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