The Anxiety Answer Book: Cope with Your Anxiety, Conquer Your Fears, and Live Each Day to the Fullest

by Laurie A. Helgoe, Laura R. Wilhelm, Martin J. Kommor

An estimated 19 million adult Americans suffer from anxiety disorders. And anyone who has struggled with anxiety and panic attacks understands that each day brings a new set of fears and challenges.
The Anxiety Answer Book is an authoritative reference for these adults and their loved ones, providing sound advice and immediate answers to their most pressing questions.
- What is a panic attack? - How does a panic attack happen? - Can a panic attack hurt me? - What is the difference between fear and phobia? - How do I deal with trauma-based anxiety? - What kind of medications will help me?
Written in an easy-to-read question and answer format, The Anxiety Answer Book helps readers cope with their anxiety, conquer their fears and seek treatment when necessary.

320 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2005

About the author

Laurie Anne Helgoe is an American psychologist and author specializing in personality development and the psychology of desire. Helgoe has a private practice in clinical psychology and serves as an assistant clinical professor at the West Virginia University School of Medicine, Charleston Division, supervising and lecturing psychiatric residents.

Raised as the ninth of ten children, she was surrounded by gregarious siblings and sought out solitude, reflection and writing to replenish her energy. This early discovery of the power of solitude had a profound influence on her later work.

In 2008, her writing revealed that scholarly and popular accounts regarding humans who display the personality traits of introversion and extroversion were flawed, and that, instead of representing a 25-30% of the population, introverts make up 57% of the population. The identified flaw was a dated reliance on the early work of Isabel Briggs Myers, and the failure to note the latest comprehensive results of the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), a questionnaire used by psychologists to classify human personality traits.

Reviews

[Angie · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you're new to anxiety, this is a great place to start. However, if you've dealt with anxiety, OCD, or phobias for awhile, then there's probably nothing new here. It does an excellent job of explaining anxiety, OCD, phobias, their symptoms and differences.

[April · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not what I was expecting. I was looking for a book to teach methods of dealing with anxiety, but this was more about what anxiety, phobias, panic attacks, PTSD, etc are. I was overall disappointed, but mainly because I expected more than check 'check with your doctor.'