Na tesnobi

by Damjana Bakarič

On Anxiety is a book about our everyday lives. A single mom and a journalist in a constant race against time. It is a story about a woman who worked too hard, who got lost because she wanted to be perfect. Constantly struggling with deadlines, she finally came to the point where she could not take it anymore. Suddenly, after she broke up with a father of her child, she found herself in a difficult position - not being aware of that at all. Complete burnout and two good friends - Anxiety and Panic - engulfed her life. In her book, she gives a very lively, candid and straightforward description of her confrontation with reality, herself, and how she slowly but surely fought her way out of this predicament. With finding her own true self and beginning to love herself, she finally realized that only her own path was good enough for her to live a good life. Her book is written realistically and positively and has as such already helped thousands of people in her native Slovenia, where it became a huge bestseller. It is inspiring and proves that it is possible to get rid of anxiety, panic attacks and chronic stress without pills by ‘simply’ loving ourselves. As an additional inspiration, the book is interspersed with ten short personal accounts which showcase ten very different people's approach and strategy to tackle their own anxiety issues.



If you feel anxious and suffer from panic attacks, it is a warning from your body. A gift which you must use to start treating yourself properly. Listen to your body; it is telling you that the path you have chosen is not the right one. Don't run away from your anxiety because you will only make it worse, it will become enormous and terrible – in short, unbearable. Accept it and fearlessly invite it to join you. Once you have accepted it, it will become your friend.

And after that, your life will never be the same again. It will become much better. Turn your anxiety into inspiration to begin truly living – living the way you want to, on your own terms, and not the way others want you to.
Good luck!

National Bestseller

Genres: Nonfiction

255 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 6, 2016

Reviews

[Tea Zbašnik · Rating 5 out of 5]

Even with focus problems, the book is so smooth, so easy and enjoyable to read that I am very sad that I can not recommend it to all my english friends because it's in slovenian. I hope for translation! The whole time reading I felt like I have someone with compassion holding ne, hugging me, helping me getting through my own experiences and questions. It was like guided theraphy for me.
Otherwise very accaptable view and experience about anxieties. After reading this book I would like to have Damiana one of my best and close friends because I know I would understand her and she would understand me. Hopefully she will investigate more about psychology and study other fields and problems too and help people. She really have a gift for writing about such a taboo topic. Congrats!

[Monika (Vonj po knjigah) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Vse kar lahko rečem je Damjana bravo! Bravo za pogum, ki je bil prav gotovo potreben za izdajo te knjige. Bravo za rušenje tabujev in pomemben velik korak k temu, da tesnoba ne bo več nekaj česar bi se morali sramovati. In konec koncev tudi bravo za stil pisanja in zelo berljivo knjigo na koncu katere sem potočila tudi par solzic. Priporočam vsem, tudi tistim ki težav s tesnobo nimajo, da bodo mogoče lažje razumeli in sprejeli bližnje/sodelavce/znance, ki jo skušajo premagovati.

[Sabina_bere · Rating 5 out of 5]

O tesnobi in paničnih napadih se premalo govori in ljudje so še vedno preveč stigmatizirani. Žal je duševnih težav zaradi (pre)hitrega tempa življenja čedalje več, zato je vsako tako pričevanje toliko bolj dragoceno.

[Alma Dindić · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was one of the first, who truly spoke to me. It has inspired me in so many ways to do the opposite I have done in my life so far. And the most fascinating thing about is the fact, that Damjana knows, how we operate.
As she beautifully puts it: “And why did I have to suffer so much? Because I tried to belong to someone. Because I so desperately wanted to be a part of this “grading” system and this pointless striving for something. This was a huge mistake.” (My own translation from Slovene).
I love the fact Damjana is writing about something, we all run away from. And we run away from ourselves. She is writing about her own story and the amazing thing is, you can recognize yourself on every page. And at the end of the day, you will perhaps try to change something. Perhaps only a little, but relevant fragment of yourself.
I really recommend this book to all of you. 💗

[Danijel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Str.77/78-  Tesnejše vezi, predvsem ljubezenske, partnerske, vedno pokažejo, kje si in KDO si. V intimnih odnosih najbolje spoznaš samega sebe. Nekdo lahko iz tebe potegne vse dobro, ob nekom drugem pa se niti ne spoznaš, ker postaneš slab ker iz tebe pride slabo. 

[Maja Antolić · Rating 5 out of 5]

bravo za hrabrost i autenticnost! ocjena 5!

[Lana Grgić · Rating 5 out of 5]

💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗

[Darja · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ok, še ena knjiga o tesnobi, zveni zabavno ajd, bo zadostovala kot lahkotno večerno branje. Itak! Verjetno edina knjiga, ki mi je povzročila tesnobo, ker sem jo morala odložiti in opraviti ostale življenjske obveznosti. Oklepam se nauka, ki drži kot pribito: knjiga najde tebe, ne ti nje. Ali kot pravi Damjana, človek nagonsko najde stvari, ki mu bodo pomagale. Ta knjiga je rdeča nit tudi moje zgodbe, od samega začetka borbe s tesnobo do sprejetja tesnobe kot najboljše prijateljice, učiteljice življenja in iskanja njegovega čudovitega smisla. Pika na i. Odlično branje za vse, ki ste podobno pot že prehodili, in za vse, ki se nanjo še odpravljate z oteženim korakom. Vsak korak je korak naprej, četudi je zato treba stopiti kdaj kakšnega nazaj.

[Ana · Rating 5 out of 5]

Končno nekdo, ki si upa odkrito spregovoriti o paničnih napadih in tesnobi, ob tem pa ljudem zagotoviti, da tisti, ki se soočajo s tem, niso prav nič drugačni in nič manj normalni od tistih, ki se jim to ne dogaja. Hvala avtorici in vsem, ki so prispevali svoje zgodbe. S to knjigo je prišlo do prestopa v miselnosti - marsikdo ne bo več stigmatiziral tesnobnih ljudi ali jih označeval za "malo nore", "malo neprisebne", "malo manj zmogljive" ali "nesposobne". Skrajni čas je, da se začne javno govoriti o mentalnem zdravju in ozavestiti, da tesnoba, anksioznost in panični napadi še ne pomenijo norosti.

[Iza · Rating 5 out of 5]

Zelo všeč mi je bilo to, da najprej nekaj več pove o tesnobi in kako se je sama spopadala z njo. Nato sledi kako so tesnobo doživljali ostali, potem spet nekaj o njej, o ostalih... Torej všeč mi je bilo to kako je knjiga zasnovana in da ni preveč strokovnih besed.

[Urška Žonta · Rating 5 out of 5]

Odlična knjiga v opomin vsem, da bomo znali postaviti sebe in svoje občutke na prvo mesto in se nehali obremenjevati z mnenji drugih. Hkrati pa odličen priročnik za ljudi s podobnimi težavami.

[majolkazaknjigo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brala sem jo pol leta. Ker sem se našla na vsaki drugi strani in ker sem si hotela vtisniti v spomin vsako besedo. Ena boljših knjig! Vse pohvale!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[Sara Ambrož]

Odlična knjiga za samopomoč. Meni je ogromno pomagala, seveda pa ni nadomestilo za psihologa/psihiatra.