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Fu*k Fear: A Raw, Honest Guide About Showing Anxiety Who’s Boss!
"Tear burster! Mind blowing! I suddenly nod then smile then cry then smile again! What a roller coaster feeling! it changed me, especially my mindset. I love it!" - Baihanina Buisan
This is not your typical self-help book.
Fu*k Fear is a different kind of guide for ending anxiety. It was not written to help you "manage" your anxiety problem, this guide was written to free you from anxiety — no matter what life throws at you.
Too many anxiety books are written by people who have never gone through it. They don't really get it. I get it. I suffered with crippling anxiety for close to 10 years. It almost ended me.
In this book I take you straight into the trenches to give you a nitty-gritty, insider’s view of what anxiety is REALLY about.
We
what it feels likehow it traps youwhy you can't run from itwhy it feels so powerful.I share my "crazy" anxious thoughts and my "lightbulb" moments that finally allowed me to break free.
Finally I'll teach you the Fu*k Fear Technique, a simple 2 step process to navigate through anxious moments so you can experience more peace of mind. It's simple, effective and powerful.
That’s the because fear feels so massive and scary, we convince ourselves that overcoming it must be hard and complicated too.In reality, it doesn’t have to be that way at all.
By the end of this book you will view your anxiety, your thoughts and your feelings in a fundamentally different way. This book will help you re-discover who you truly are without fear holding you back and it will help you embrace your humanness.
This is not your typical self-help book.
Fu*k Fear is a different kind of guide for ending anxiety. It was not written to help you "manage" your anxiety problem, this guide was written to free you from anxiety — no matter what life throws at you.
Too many anxiety books are written by people who have never gone through it. They don't really get it. I get it. I suffered with crippling anxiety for close to 10 years. It almost ended me.
In this book I take you straight into the trenches to give you a nitty-gritty, insider’s view of what anxiety is REALLY about.
We
what it feels likehow it traps youwhy you can't run from itwhy it feels so powerful.I share my "crazy" anxious thoughts and my "lightbulb" moments that finally allowed me to break free.
Finally I'll teach you the Fu*k Fear Technique, a simple 2 step process to navigate through anxious moments so you can experience more peace of mind. It's simple, effective and powerful.
That’s the because fear feels so massive and scary, we convince ourselves that overcoming it must be hard and complicated too.In reality, it doesn’t have to be that way at all.
By the end of this book you will view your anxiety, your thoughts and your feelings in a fundamentally different way. This book will help you re-discover who you truly are without fear holding you back and it will help you embrace your humanness.
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194 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 13, 2020
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June 17, 2020A Compassionate Way to Deal With Anxiety
I liked the reminder that self- care is so important! Learning to face anxiety and to lessen its effect on our lives is possible. Check out this book for a useful technique.
I liked the reminder that self- care is so important! Learning to face anxiety and to lessen its effect on our lives is possible. Check out this book for a useful technique.
June 28, 2020
I’m not sure I have ever read an anxiety book like this one. I mean, he actually describes exactly what he is feeling, and does it very well. It shows how a few negative thoughts lead to that downward spiral where it all gets too much.
And he got it under control, which is inspiring.
Your mind runs off, imaging all the terrible scenarios, your body starts producing the chemicals it needs to deal with those terrible things… and then … nothing happens.
EXACTLY!
It’s exhausting.
He has some practical applications, and some solutions that worked for him. He’s not anti medication, in fact he used it but decided that it didn’t work for him. Being Scottish, he gets access to the NHS.
He has links to the sources he quoted, and some free downloads on his site.
And given it was a free kindle book, I must say, I’m impressed.
4 stars
It’s precisely because my emotional reaction to my anxiety is so intense that I keep triggering my fight-or-flight response. Each time I try to shut out my fear, I end up strengthening it. Each time I deny its existence, I make it stronger. Each time I try to hide from it, it grows. All of my efforts to stop it from happening are the very thing that prevents me from achieving it! Like being stuck in quicksand, the harder I struggle to break free, the more stuck I become. (p. 67).
And he got it under control, which is inspiring.
Step 1: Think, “Fu*k it” and let go. Just like fear and anxiety, most of your worries are pure fiction. Think about it. Is whatever you’re worrying about happening right now? Is it true now, at this very moment? The reason I ask is this: 99% of our worries are just anticipation — and nothing else. (p. 153).
Your mind runs off, imaging all the terrible scenarios, your body starts producing the chemicals it needs to deal with those terrible things… and then … nothing happens.
“This elevator is going to crash and I’m going to die a horrible death!”
BANG!
Just like that, you feel the emotional kick in your body. Your stomach sinks, your fight-or-flight response is triggered and you’re suddenly hooked.
The emotional response fools you into thinking that the threat is real. The more emotional these thoughts make us feel, the more easily we take the bait. Rather than passing through our minds unnoticed, worries get stuck as we ruminate and obsess over them — and then it’s us who get stuck in a state of constant worry.
We become afraid to let go of worry in case our world falls apart. We feel as though all of this worrying is somehow keeping us safe. But our worries only keep us safe long enough to worry some more. Eventually, we lose the ability to be playful, light-hearted, loose, carefree and instead end up trapped in a straitjacket of worry.
What most of us don’t realize is that all the time spent worrying that something terrible is going to happen to us has already caused something terrible to happen. It’s caused us to be trapped in a state of constant worry! (p. 152).
EXACTLY!
It’s exhausting.
He has some practical applications, and some solutions that worked for him. He’s not anti medication, in fact he used it but decided that it didn’t work for him. Being Scottish, he gets access to the NHS.
He has links to the sources he quoted, and some free downloads on his site.
And given it was a free kindle book, I must say, I’m impressed.
4 stars
October 30, 2020
This is a book you can't put down once you begin it.
It is about the author, Richard Kerr's experience of suffering from Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) for nearly 10 years since he was 19 years old. Besides his experience, the book also shows us guides and techniques to overcome fear and anxiety. It is mainly divided into three big parts : Becoming Fearful, Fu*k Fear, and Moving Forward. It guides us to understand what anxiety is and what we can do to deal with it along with some scientific facts to convince the reader. Every technique to overcome fear and anxiety is clearly described, and examples of his own experience are really helpful for us to understand those techniques.
I think his writing style is the main reason I wanted to keep reading, every sentence just flows smoothly. He wrote this book to teach us how to overcome our anxiety, but he also repeatedly emphasized that his techniques might not work on everyone because every single person is different, we should get more information about this, adapt and choose the one which works best for us.
Well, I can relate so much to the way he felt and what was going on inside his mind when the anxiety and fear came. Anxious for no apparent reason, fear of not being perfect, doubting my every move, and anxious when waiting in a shop checkout line.
One of the keywords I have seen a lot recently is forgiving ourselves. Sometimes we tend to put too much pressure on ourselves, and this book is here to tell us that it is okay to be imperfect, learn to open up to who we are and be okay with that.
A must-read if you want to be comfortable with anxiety, as anxiety is a part of our feelings which is impossible to be completely free from it.
It is about the author, Richard Kerr's experience of suffering from Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) for nearly 10 years since he was 19 years old. Besides his experience, the book also shows us guides and techniques to overcome fear and anxiety. It is mainly divided into three big parts : Becoming Fearful, Fu*k Fear, and Moving Forward. It guides us to understand what anxiety is and what we can do to deal with it along with some scientific facts to convince the reader. Every technique to overcome fear and anxiety is clearly described, and examples of his own experience are really helpful for us to understand those techniques.
I think his writing style is the main reason I wanted to keep reading, every sentence just flows smoothly. He wrote this book to teach us how to overcome our anxiety, but he also repeatedly emphasized that his techniques might not work on everyone because every single person is different, we should get more information about this, adapt and choose the one which works best for us.
Well, I can relate so much to the way he felt and what was going on inside his mind when the anxiety and fear came. Anxious for no apparent reason, fear of not being perfect, doubting my every move, and anxious when waiting in a shop checkout line.
One of the keywords I have seen a lot recently is forgiving ourselves. Sometimes we tend to put too much pressure on ourselves, and this book is here to tell us that it is okay to be imperfect, learn to open up to who we are and be okay with that.
A must-read if you want to be comfortable with anxiety, as anxiety is a part of our feelings which is impossible to be completely free from it.
May 10, 2022
I don't doubt that it is honest, but I wouldn't call it a guide... it's more a testimony, written in a presumptious way - the message of this book is basically "it's very easy to overcome anxiety, I did it, I'm the best, if you can't do it it's because you're weak and you're not like me, because I'm very good!!! I'm glad this was a freebie...
Last note: The recent trend of using vernacular language in the book titles is really fu*** annoying!
Last note: The recent trend of using vernacular language in the book titles is really fu*** annoying!
October 5, 2023
Lost for words
This book is the real deal and written by someone who lived with fear and anxiety.
This book covers a lot and if you have ever felt fear and want to master it the read this book.
No matter if it is something you been feeling a long time or if you are at a crossroad in you life and you just started to feel anxiety or fear.
This book is a tool bag with suggestions and solutions.
Highly recommend read.
This book is the real deal and written by someone who lived with fear and anxiety.
This book covers a lot and if you have ever felt fear and want to master it the read this book.
No matter if it is something you been feeling a long time or if you are at a crossroad in you life and you just started to feel anxiety or fear.
This book is a tool bag with suggestions and solutions.
Highly recommend read.
August 9, 2020
Excellent read with great actionable takeaways.
Well written hand book, definitely can be read more than once as so many good points and action items. Some quick fixes and some time investment items for m someone who has experienced the rough times and understands. Absolutely highly recommend this book.
Well written hand book, definitely can be read more than once as so many good points and action items. Some quick fixes and some time investment items for m someone who has experienced the rough times and understands. Absolutely highly recommend this book.
February 16, 2023
Richard Kerr clearly suffers from anxiety, and occasionally he puts something just the right way to hit home. For that reason, it gets a second star.
"Fu*k Fear" is a self-published book that takes mindfulness, adds a bit of emotion personification, slaps on a title that looks like it belongs on a weight-lifting supplement, and calls it a day.
Nothing new to be had here. Move along.
"Fu*k Fear" is a self-published book that takes mindfulness, adds a bit of emotion personification, slaps on a title that looks like it belongs on a weight-lifting supplement, and calls it a day.
Nothing new to be had here. Move along.
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February 7, 2021
Practical
The book was really helpful for me. It had some useful tools for dealing with anxiety and was easy to read. I’ve tried using the steps a few times and they have been helpful!
The book was really helpful for me. It had some useful tools for dealing with anxiety and was easy to read. I’ve tried using the steps a few times and they have been helpful!
July 3, 2023
what I needed
This book has great tools to address anxiety as well as insight onto what it really is. Great book and would recommend to those who want to be the boss of their anxiety!
This book has great tools to address anxiety as well as insight onto what it really is. Great book and would recommend to those who want to be the boss of their anxiety!
January 29, 2022
As someone who has anxiety this was such a nice book to read. 10/10 recommend!!!!
August 17, 2022
Helped me to faze and overcome a big part of my anxiety that was making my life miserable
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