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Everything Anxiety Ever Told You Is a Lie: *Well, almost everything!
A practical and therapeutic guide to managing anxiety, written specifically for those aged 14–25 by a psychologist with over 15 years of experience working with adolescents and young adults.
Everything Anxiety Ever Told You Is a Lie is aimed at young people who are experiencing anxiety in their everyday lives, across the breadth of the anxiety spectrum. It emphasises that anxiety is completely normal, and something that can be managed by taking the steps that are right for you. The book contains practical, effective activities and exercises that each reader can apply to their own set of circumstances.
Experiencing anxiety can be overwhelming, especially at such a turbulent stage in life. Everything Anxiety Ever Told You Is a Lie is specifically tailored for the stresses faced by the 14-25 age group, with concise, impactful chapters and strategies that can be realistically applied even in a busy and changeable time of life. Themes include management of uncertainty, values-based living, and identifying meaning and purpose.
Anxiety affects a huge number of people, and it is not something that you have to ignore or push down. This guide is full of expert advice on not just coping with anxiety, but truly managing it, to minimise its symptoms and its effect on your everyday life.
Everything Anxiety Ever Told You Is a Lie is aimed at young people who are experiencing anxiety in their everyday lives, across the breadth of the anxiety spectrum. It emphasises that anxiety is completely normal, and something that can be managed by taking the steps that are right for you. The book contains practical, effective activities and exercises that each reader can apply to their own set of circumstances.
Experiencing anxiety can be overwhelming, especially at such a turbulent stage in life. Everything Anxiety Ever Told You Is a Lie is specifically tailored for the stresses faced by the 14-25 age group, with concise, impactful chapters and strategies that can be realistically applied even in a busy and changeable time of life. Themes include management of uncertainty, values-based living, and identifying meaning and purpose.
Anxiety affects a huge number of people, and it is not something that you have to ignore or push down. This guide is full of expert advice on not just coping with anxiety, but truly managing it, to minimise its symptoms and its effect on your everyday life.
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Published July 15, 2024
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August 28, 2024
I am a psychology school teacher and could understand how nicely this book was put for teens. I would say good for tweens as well. To the point and relatable and an easy drop in and out book to understand aspects of anxiety.
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May 14, 2026"The reality is, though, that thoughts are just thoughts. They are just strings of words or pictures that have shown up in our brain. This can be hard to make sense of, particularly if those thoughts show up in a scary way (like they do with anxiety). They can be convincing, and even a bit seductive (they pull you into the thinking, even though you might see that this isn't helpful)...
I want you to get a piece of paper and write down the first five thoughts that come into your brain. It doesn't matter what they are. For me, they are:
1. No one is going to do this exercise.
2. I'm hungry.
3. My writing is a bit crap today.
4. I want to eat more chocolate.
5. I forgot to buy tomatoes.
In a moment, I want you to write the same sentences again. But this time we're going to help your brain see that they are just thoughts. Instead of writing down the thoughts, we are going to write them with the phrase 'I'm having the thought that' in front of them. Here are my examples:
1. I'm having the thought that no one is going to do this exercise.
2. I'm having the thought that I'm hungry.
3. I'm having the thought that my writing is a bit crap today.
4. I'm having the thought that I want to eat more chocolate.
5. I'm having the thought that I forgot to buy tomatoes.
Finished? Now have a read through them. Nothing has changed about the thoughts, but my guess is that you feel they're a bit less real now."
"Because remember, anxiety will often tell us things that are lies. But how do we know? The problem is that when our brain tells us stuff we believe it. It's our brain after all. It's not like it's some rando pumping stuff into our brains. Sometimes the best way of checking is to see whether Anxiety Guy has shown up. Can you see them there? Have a good check, are they hiding somewhere? If Anxiety Guy has shown up, then we can assume some of the stuff our brain is telling us might not be 100 percent true. We don't need to get caught up in arguing with our brain about whether what it's saying is true or not. But if we recognize that anxiety has shown up, and that the stuff our brain is telling us might not be true--well, that's crazy powerful!"
I want you to get a piece of paper and write down the first five thoughts that come into your brain. It doesn't matter what they are. For me, they are:
1. No one is going to do this exercise.
2. I'm hungry.
3. My writing is a bit crap today.
4. I want to eat more chocolate.
5. I forgot to buy tomatoes.
In a moment, I want you to write the same sentences again. But this time we're going to help your brain see that they are just thoughts. Instead of writing down the thoughts, we are going to write them with the phrase 'I'm having the thought that' in front of them. Here are my examples:
1. I'm having the thought that no one is going to do this exercise.
2. I'm having the thought that I'm hungry.
3. I'm having the thought that my writing is a bit crap today.
4. I'm having the thought that I want to eat more chocolate.
5. I'm having the thought that I forgot to buy tomatoes.
Finished? Now have a read through them. Nothing has changed about the thoughts, but my guess is that you feel they're a bit less real now."
"Because remember, anxiety will often tell us things that are lies. But how do we know? The problem is that when our brain tells us stuff we believe it. It's our brain after all. It's not like it's some rando pumping stuff into our brains. Sometimes the best way of checking is to see whether Anxiety Guy has shown up. Can you see them there? Have a good check, are they hiding somewhere? If Anxiety Guy has shown up, then we can assume some of the stuff our brain is telling us might not be 100 percent true. We don't need to get caught up in arguing with our brain about whether what it's saying is true or not. But if we recognize that anxiety has shown up, and that the stuff our brain is telling us might not be true--well, that's crazy powerful!"
October 3, 2024
Liked: great kid/YA introduction to anxiety and how it can be managed. Disliked: bit too "buddy" tone
June 10, 2025
Definitely for kids and teens — nothing super riveting, but it’s a quick and simple read. Saw a review saying they didn’t like the buddy tone and I didn’t realize felt the same way lol
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