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One of the reasons for this is that some people find noticing their negative thoughts too intense, and it can make them feel worse. If you try mindfulness and still feel unwell, ask your GP or therapist about other things you could try. Anxiety can affect our mind, body and behaviour, for instance we might feel tearful, get stress headaches, or start avoiding things or people that trigger anxiety. In this section, you will find CBT-inspired self-help strategies, techniques and guidance you can try. There are many self-help options for anxiety. And if you’re reading this, you’ve already taken an empowering step toward taking care of yourself. It is based on the idea that our thoughts, feelings and behaviour are closely linked and influence each other.
I am definitely not a stranger to anxiety and depression and so for a long time I have been actively searching for ways in which these 'illnesses' can be 'cured' or made less intense. This book has definitely helped me in the sense that it has given me a completely different perspective compared to what I had before reading this book. Stress and depression can cause you to be a lot less open minded than you perhaps used to be and being accepting of new ideas and view points may seem very daunting, however, when ideas are presented in this book Dr Weekes gives examples about how the sufferer may be feeling once presented with an idea (personally I found her to be pretty spot on) and so you are given a sense of relief that someone out there knows what you are going through and that she has helped many people in similar situations. How anxiety affects us is very personal to us, and if you asked 100 people what it means to them, you'd probably get 100 different answers.
Summary Self Help for Your Nerves by Claire Weekes
This is a book I revisted after two years. I have been recommended the book by an old lecturer/professor in my Mental Health Studies class at university. She said it was helpful for her own struggles and felt that I would appreciate it too with what we had discussed. Sadly I had never ended up finishing her copy and then when I got around to buying mine, I never ended up touching it and soon forgot about it. When I read At Last A Life, it totally changed my life with its unorthodox (or so I thought) approach to anxiety that actually worked. It didn’t contain the usual exhortations that I just needed to eat right, meditate and be mindful and then my anxiety would be ‘managed’. Instead it just had some very simple advice: stop trying to get better, let the suffering wash over you, stop fearing your own fear, and let your body heal itself.
CBT is a type of psychological treatment that can help you manage your anxiety by changing negative or unhelpful thoughts and behaviour. Claire B named her inner critic Frank and tells him to F**k off all the time, too - each to their own. If you are reading this book because you are having a nervous breakdown or because your nerves are ‘in a bad way’, you are the very person for whom it has been written and I shall therefore talk directly to you as if you were sitting beside me.”When practised with a therapist, CBT has been shown to be clinically effective in improving anxiety, low mood, stress and sleep problems, as well as many other mental and some physical health conditions. Another thing you can do is use essential oils. Spiritual leadership coach Antoinette Beauchamp swears by lavender oil. Yet, the benefits of opening up about it can help you feel less alone and discover new ways to overcome it.
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