Don.t.Let.Your.Anxiety.Run.Your.Life

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“Most experts agree that anxiety and the closely related emotion of fear are fundamental to the human condition, and serve a val ...

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Using the Science of Emotion Regulation & Mindfulness to Overcome Fear & Worry DAVID H. KLEMANSKI, PsyD JOSHUA E. CURTIS ...

Publisher’s Note This publication is designed to provide accurate and authoritative information in regard to the subject matter ...

Contents Introduction: Understanding Your A nxiety Foreword v 1 Linking Anxiety, Emotion, and Mindfulness 2 Overcoming Attentio ...

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Foreword F ear and anxiety are fundamental aspects of human existence. Virtually every student of the human con- dition, from th ...

vi Don’t Let A nxiety Run Your Life Worrying about the future and ruminating about the past take us away from the present moment ...

Foreword vii you, the reader, the opportunity to distance yourself from your anxiety and your immediate impulse to act on your f ...

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introduction Understanding Your A n x iety A nxiety is an undeniable part of human life. Every living person on this planet, at ...

2 Don’t Let A nxiety Run Your Life This book is intended to teach you about the science of mindfully managing your emotions in o ...

Introduction 3 Pay attention to your anxiety Confront, rather than avoid, your anxiety Avoid common thinking traps Respond to y ...

4 Don’t Let A nxiety Run Your Life were relaxing in a chair, a wasp landed on your arm, you might have anxious thoughts, such as ...

Introduction 5 Anxiety disorders (specific phobias, social anxiety disorder, panic disorder, agoraphobia, and generalized anxie ...

6 Don’t Let A nxiety Run Your Life inappropriate to a situation. Depending on the context, especially in situations in which you ...

Introduction 7 emotions and the surrounding environment, along with a nonjudgmental acceptance of that experience. Rather than c ...

8 Don’t Let A nxiety Run Your Life levels of positive feelings, both in intensity and in frequency (Brown and Ryan 2003; Ortner, ...

Introduction 9 emotions. Both emotion regulation and mindfulness promote awareness and acceptance of emotions, but they do so in ...