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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journeyman3615 01/31/2008

Ive started this thread so that we can share some insight into what books were reading and getting results from. and give a small review on them, Im sure itll help ppl find some answers, and pick up the right book for them. Ill start this of....

I have read many books, The book im reading at the momment is called :What to say when you talk to your self: by Shad Helmstetter .It doesnt directly talk about anxiety, its more of a reprogramming of the mind and how to go about it. its not complicated at all, I found the five levels of self talk very helpfull. I think this book will help a recovering anxiety sufferer stay recovered though changing the way He/She thinks.

deleted_user 01/31/2008

Hi there, that's really helpful, thanks. I'll have a look at it on amazon. It sounds like the kind of thing Im looking for & similar to NLP maybe?
Im reading (after many people saying 'you must read this') 'Feel the fear & do it anyway' By Susan Jeffers. Its very easy to read, very down to earth & just says it like it is. She really gets the cards down on the table & shows you how most of us have the same cards anyway. Its making me look at 'fear' from a different perspective.

journeyman3615 01/31/2008

i have that book by susan jeffers on my self, waiting to be read, im just starting a new book, help with your nerves Cliare weekes, Ill read that book in next, cheers

deleted_user 01/31/2008

Hi journeyman, its a great idea to start a book review type post. I am interested to know how the Claire Weekes book is once you get into it. I was about to buy it online but someone outbid me on Ebay and seeing as I have about two more books to get through beforehand I wont worry for a while. I have heard its good though. I have just received The Anxiety Workbook by Edmund J Bourne but thats in the queue waiting to be read. I am reading Cognitive Therapy for Dummies right now..only read two chapters but its making a lot of sense.

journeyman3615 01/31/2008

Hi changeforgood ill try and keep this post going and give a on going review on claire weekes book, need a week or two though, i hope someone will put a review here on her books by then. also a review on a cbt book would be useful anybody?

deleted_user 01/31/2008

Another book you might be interested in or may have heard of or read already is a cute little book called the Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz. I was recommended this book by someone on DS too and received it a couple of days ago. Its small enough to carry in a pocket, it is very simple and easy to read. Easiest way to see if you like it is to google The Four Agreements and read the Amazon reviews on it. :-)

deleted_user 01/31/2008

I have read Don't Panic by Reid Wilson and have found it somewhat helpful. Of course, all techniques are easier said than done but I just have to keep reminding myself that what I'm feeling is anxiety and nothing bad is going to happen because my"what ifs" can really spin out of control. I have also read "Hope and Help for your Nerves" by claire weekes but that was a few years ago. I think it was helpful but I was in the middle of a nervous breakdown at that time so I don't really remember.

deleted_user 01/31/2008

The book that turned me on to CBT called Been There, Done That? DO THIS! by Sam Obitz is really short and simple. I liked that it was written by someone who was a longtime suffer and I found a lot of what was in this book easy to identify with. The meat of this non-meaty book is the middle and could be classified as CBT for dummies by itself. The TEA Form exercise is what worked and is still working for me as I use them almost every morning and whenever I run into a stressful or anxiety producing situation and they almost always put me back in control of my anxieties.

deleted_user 02/01/2008

I just finished my first book Overcoming Panic Disorder
A Woman's Guide. I found it extremley helpful. It has a section for most every type of treatment for anxiety. Along with extra things such as how to choose a good therapist. I will be starting From Panic To Power next.

deleted_user 02/05/2008

Very interesting as other than the fact I used to get more panic attacks around my period I had not really thought of treating women and men differently for anxiety.

deleted_user 02/05/2008

One book that has helped me and my anxiety is "The Power of Now" by Eckhardt Tolle. It is fabulous. I worry so much and for me the concept of living in the moment is key. When I was detoxing from alcohol and pills, I would read this book and it helped. Fear is an illusion-there is nothing really to fear-what a friggin concept! I recomend this book to all

deleted_user 02/05/2008

The Claire Weekes book Hope and help for your anxitey book helped me. I found that The anxiety and phobia workbook by Edmund J. Bourne helped me even more. The workbook breaks down all of the different types of anxiety and phobias so that you can better understand, it gives suggestions on how to treat, talks about meds, even has a section for families or friends to read so they better understand how to help us. I strongly suggest getting this one. It is a Borders for like $20.

deleted_user 02/05/2008

I recently read Dr. Weekes book "Hope & Help For Your Nerves". It was brilliantly written. Chapters 1,9,10,11,16 & 17 were so helpful to me.

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