Anxiety For Dummies. Laura L. Smith
Help from Others
10 Part 6: The Part of Tens Chapter 21: Ten Approaches That Just Don’t Work Avoiding What Makes You Anxious Whining and Complaining Seeking Comfort Looking for a Quick Fix Sipping Herbal Tea Drowning Your Sorrows Trying Too Hard Hoping for Miracles Taking Medication as a Solution Getting Help on the Couch Chapter 22: Ten Ways to Deal with Relapse Expecting Anxiety Counting the Swallows Checking Out Why Anxiety Returned Seeing a Doctor Revisiting What Worked Before Doing Something Different Getting Support Considering Booster Sessions Doubling Down on Exposure Accepting Anxiety Chapter 23: Ten Signs That You Need Professional Help Having Suicidal Thoughts or Plans Feeling Hopeless Handling Anxiety and Depression Trying to No Avail Struggling at Home Dealing with Major Problems at Work Suffering from Severe Obsessions or Compulsions Understanding Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Going through Sleepless Nights Getting High Finding Help
11 Appendix: Resources for You Books about Anxiety Books about Racism Resources to Help Anxious Children Websites to Discover More about Anxiety
12 Index
List of Tables
1 Chapter 3TABLE 3-1 Angst in the Medicine CabinetTABLE 3-2 Medical Imposters
2 Chapter 4TABLE 4-1 Gavin’s Anxiety CausesTABLE 4-2 Miguel’s Excuses versus Arguments Against His ExcusesTABLE 4-3 Alaina’s Baby Steps to SuccessTABLE 4-4 Virginia’s Day-by-Day Anxiety Levels
3 Chapter 5TABLE 5-1 Feeling Cycle Chart
4 Chapter 6TABLE 6-1 Weighing the EvidenceTABLE 6-2 Developing a Reasonable PerspectiveTABLE 6-3 Switching to the Present
5 Chapter 7TABLE 7-1 The Anxious Assumption QuizTABLE 7-2 Cost/Benefit Analysis of Prudence’s PerfectionismTABLE 7-3 Cost/Benefit Analysis of Daniel’s Dependency
6 Chapter 8TABLE 8-1 Appreciating Flawed Friends
7 Chapter 9TABLE 9-1 What I’m Afraid OfTABLE 9-2 Leeann’s Exposure ProceduresTABLE 9-3 Chloe’s Exposure Procedures
8 Chapter 13TABLE 13-1 Useful Worries and Actions
9 Chapter 18TABLE 18-1 Responding to Reassurance Requests
10 Chapter 19TABLE 19-1 Does Your Child Have an Anxiety Problem?
11 Chapter 20TABLE 20-1 Modeling a Better Way
List of Illustrations
1 Chapter 3FIGURE 3-1: When presented with danger, your body prepares itself to flee or st...FIGURE 3-2: The chronic effects of anxiety.
Guide
1 Cover
4 Table of Contents
6 Appendix: Resources for You
7 Index
8 About the Authors
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