Free Yourself From Anxiety: A self-help guide to overcoming anxiety disorders

by Emma Fletcher, Martha Langley (Contributor)

Anxiety disorders can rob you of independence, happiness and self-esteem. This book will enable you to free yourself from the crippling effects of anxiety and to go on to a happier and more fulfilled life. The authors describe simple self-help techniques and practical tips derived from years of helping people with anxiety problems. This book enables the reader assess what changes you need to make; create a personal recovery programme; set realistic goals and work towards them; change unhelpful ways of thinking; and, take back control of your life. The techniques can be used for all forms of phobias (including Agoraphobia and Social Phobia), Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Panic Attacks and General Anxiety Disorder. However bad your anxiety, and however long you've had it, you can recover. Using true life examples from anxiety sufferers, this book shows you just how you can do it.

Genres: Self Help, Psychology, Nonfiction

288 pages, Paperback

First published December 11, 2008

Reviews

[Amy]

I’m pretty sure this is a book that everyone should read once a year. Whether you have anxiety or not, almost everyone worries about something or there’s a special someone in their life who they may want to better understand. Lots of great little tidbits of useful information here, and I think every time you read it you would probably come away with a different one than the time before. A couple items that stood out to me were 1. to have a worry journal and only allow yourself to worry about something for a certain designated time every day. The rest of the time, relax and enjoy the moment. Another tidbit was 2. that in order to be truly happy you have to learn to be sad. I think in our society too often we are told that everything has to be fun and exciting and wonderful, but that’s just not what life was created to be.
Worth a read.

[Lesley]

This book has so much that helps, even for people who aren't struggling with an anxiety disorder. We all worry so much about everything and often don't know how to jump off the worry train. Read this book and it will CHANGE YOUR LIFE.

[LaJuana Wiseman]

This book is okay! Wouldn't put on my list of favorites!

[Lesley]

This book was written for people with anxiety disorders but actually anyone who tends to get anxious can learn useful stuff from it, like how to breathe calmly and how to stop your mind from racing. Also it explains some quite complex ideas in really simple language which suits me, I like simple.