How to Stop Worrying

Description

• Would you say that you are a 'born worrier'?
• Do you ever feel worried without knowing why?
• Do you ever wish you felt more relaxed?

Worry is a natural warning system. Its your brain's way of reminding you that something is wrong and needs to be dealt with. But sometimes things get out of hand, and worrying starts to spoil your enjoyment of life. It can keep you awake at night, and damage your health.

Frank Tallis explains how you can actually make worry work for you, and help you avoid stress and anxiety, if you know how to control it. You can learn to understand your fears, and face the possibilities of life calmly.

Contents

1. What is worry?
2. Preparing to solve your problems
3. How to solve your problems: The problem-solving package
4. Problem-solving in action
5. Coping with setbacks
6. When the worry won't stop

Further reading

About the author

Dr Frank Tallis is a writer and practising clinical psychologist. He has held lecturing posts in clinical psychology and neuroscience at the Institute of Psychiatry and King's College, London. He is one of the country's leading authorities on obsessional states and played a key role in setting up Obsessive Action – a charity for people suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder and their families. He has written several self-help books (also published by Sheldon), a textbook on obsessive-compulsive disorder, and two psychology books for the general reader: `Changing Minds: A History of Psychotherapy as an Answer to Human Suffering and Hidden Minds. A History of the Unconscious. In 1999 he received a Writers' Award from the Arts Council of Great Britain and in 2000 he won the New London Writers' Award (London Arts Board)