Your Anxiety Beast and You: A Compassionate Guide to Living in an Increasingly Anxious World

by Eric Goodman

Just like The Beast in the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast, anxiety is an emotion that society initially misjudges as the villain. Your Anxiety Beast and You is a kinder, more compassionate approach for people suffering from anxiety. Rather than living with an enemy inside your mind, you’re encouraged to see anxiety for what it really is—an inner hero. It is always trying to protect you from threats, however, it is completely confused about what are true threats in the modern world.

Learn how to cope with your anxiety and train it to be a better inner-companion through integrating therapeutic methods from compassion-focused therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). Gain an understanding of why society stigmatises anxiety and gain a better understanding of your own anxiety beast with humour and compassion. Your Anxiety Beast and You takes you through step-by-step strategies to cope with the howling of the beast in your mind, the physical effects of anxiety on your body, and then focuses on ways to come up with ‘teachable moments’ for your anxiety to learn that what you fear is not actually a threat.

With over 25 years of experience helping people with anxiety disorders and OCD, Dr Goodman aims to help you make peace with the reality of your anxiety. And then to help you re-focus on making your anxiety a better companion.

Genres: Nonfiction, Audiobook, Self Help

216 pages, Paperback

Published June 9, 2020

Reviews

[Nata · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mi-a plăcut foarte mult abordarea pe care autorul a avut-o referitoare la anxietate. El e și specialist în anxietate, deci, știe ce zice. Încă odată mă conving că dacă ne informăm mai mult, unele mituri legate de anumite emoții și stări dispar încet.

De anxietate nu trebuie să ne temem, dimpotrivă, e indicat să ne împrietenim cu ea și o "ascultăm" să vedem ce ne spune despre fricile și temerile noastre.

Să nu lăsăm anxietatea să ne limiteze, ea e o parte firească a vieții umane. Viața vine cu tot felul de provocări, dacă le acceptăm, ne simțim eliberați de presiunea anxietății și realitatea vieții noastre arată cu totul altfel.
Mi-a plăcut cartea.

[Krystelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am, by nature, kind of an anxious person. Life is scary, and certain things in life make it even scarier. This book was a really good worked example of anxiety and how to make your way through it, even when it feels like it’s mired in the worst of everything.

I liked the approach this book took. It wasn’t the sort of book that gave you miracles to anticipate, it just gave a quiet, simple look at what makes us anxious and what we could do to help make it better. I think it would have been better as a physical book (I read this as an eBook) and it is by no means perfect, but it was a good look at a scary thing.

[Bianca · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 :)

Abordare interesanta, adevarul este ca daca nu intelegi anumite stari pe care le ai, citind cartea s-ar putea sa realizezi ce este defapt, sa te linistesti putin.
Faptul ca a vorbit despre frica de zbor cu care si eu m-am confruntat si pot spune ca nu sunt inca 100% in regula cu zborul nici acum, mi-a placut.

[Elizabeth McMahon, PhD · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book presents key concepts about anxiety, how the brain works, and things the reader can do that help. It explores all the ways anxiety can cause problems and encourages adopting a new, compassionate inner tone toward your “anxiety beast”. It incorporates techniques from cognitive-behavior therapy, acceptance commitment therapy, and compassion therapy. Five stars!

[Amy Phelps · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed the new perspective and it gave me some new techniques to try!

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Illustrated workbook covering key topics in the treatment of anxiety. Definitely written to be accessible for even a young adolescent.

[Cathy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’d have like more explanation about what anxiety is- this was more a workbook aimed at people who think they have anxiety. That said- I loved the illustration’s and the idea of anxiety being a little friendly breast trying to protect you. The solution to anxiety is to try and talk nicely to your anxiety friends to work through it together! Will give it a try!!

[Werka · Rating 3 out of 5]

⭐️⭐️⭐️
Mogłabym określić ją jako - zwykła książka na temat zaburzeń lękowych. Nic w niej odkrywczego, ale miło się ją czyta, oprawa graficzna jest świetna. Temat dobrze mi znany z innych pozycji, przedstawienie jasne i klarowne. Nie mogę jednak ocenić książki w pełni, bo nie robiłam zadań z niej na tyle skrupulatnie i sumiennie.

[Oana · Rating 5 out of 5]

An amazing book!
I recommend this to anyone who struggles with anxiety or who wants to know what it's like.
There are a lot of good exercises and practices inside that will surely help.
This is the best book about anxiety that i have found. It explains everything in a way very easy to understand and offers real solutions.

[Mark Isaacson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Everyone should read this book!b

Not an easy read. Dr. Goodman’s little book as you to do some serious looking at yourself and sole searching. There were a number of times as I did the exercises, where I found myself smiling.

[Barb · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best book Ive read so far on this topic. Love his sense of humor