Description
Do you ever wonder what is happening inside your brain when you feel anxious, panicked, and worried? In Rewire Your Anxious Brain, psychologist Catherine Pittman and author Elizabeth Karle offer a unique, evidence-based solution to overcoming anxiety based in cutting-edge neuroscience and research.
In the book, you will learn how the amygdala and cortex (both important parts of the brain) are essential players in the neuropsychology of anxiety. The amygdala acts as a primal response, and oftentimes, when this part of the brain processes fear, you may not even understand why you are afraid. By comparison, the cortex is the center of “worry.” That is, obsessing, ruminating, and dwelling on things that may or may not happen. In the book, Pittman and Karle make it simple by offering specific examples of how to manage fear by tapping into both of these pathways in the brain.
As you read, you’ll gain a greater understanding how anxiety is created in the brain, and as a result, you will feel empowered and motivated to overcome it. The brain is a powerful tool, and the more you work to change the way you respond to fear, the more resilient you will become. Using the practical self-assessments and proven-effective techniques in this book, you will learn to literally “rewire” the brain processes that lie at the root of your fears.
I’ve been dealing with anxiety and panic attacks for months now and my councilor recommended this book. It has taught me how to change my thinking and stop focusing on bad
Somehow, understanding the neuroscience and biology behind all anxiety disorders is truly liberating. The insights in this book are real power to master your thinking and feeling, understanding mind-body connection and seeing more deeply into your consciousness and mechanisms of life. Wow is right!
The first half explains these principles, while the second half covers practical techniques and exercises to apply this knowledge in trigger situations and learn to re-wire, re-remember, augment and overcome traumatic experiences that linger in the body and psyche. Memory is felt all over the body.
I recommend this book to everybody I talk with about anxiety. The audio book can be listened to in about 6 hours. Money very well spent!
Whether or not you are suffering from any of these conditions, this book is a great read for anyone. My wife gave me this as a gift and it was much needed information that I needed. This book is easy to read and understand with back-to-back exercises for a person to do when reading the book.
A great deal of useful information on how to cope with and overcome anxiety.
Lots of helpful techniques to get over, around, and through anxiety
Coming from someone who has struggled with anxiety for a majority of my life. This read was was Interesting and insightful.I have never been a person who sits down to read but if you truly struggle with anxiety, this is such a good read.