This Is What Anxiety Looks Like

Book excerpt: Proven-effective tools for when you feel like the world is closing in on you. Anxiety has many faces. It can look like chronic avoidance, rumination, fear of uncertainty, reassurance seeking, catastrophic thinking, or fear of losing control. There’s more than a dozen recognized categories of anxiety, but they all have one thing in common—they all get in the way of living your life. Your work suffers, your family suffers, you suffer. But you don’t have to. Written by psychologist and anxiety expert David A. Clark, this essential guide offers targeted, proven solutions to take charge of your anxiety—and your life. This is What Anxiety Looks Like dives right into relatable case studies, using a story-based approach to help you overcome the 13 most common causes of anxiety, so you can live with less worry and fear. Drawing on powerful and evidence-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and grounded in decades of research and clinical experience, Clarke offers real-world tips and strategies to help you find the relief you’re seeking—starting right now. With this guide, you’ll also learn to: Identify the disturbing thoughts and habits that make your anxiety worse Use targeted skills to manage your symptoms Break the cycle of anxiety, worry, and catastrophic thinking Find lasting calm and peace of mind In our increasingly uncertain world, there’s plenty to worry about. But you can move past the mental habits that shape your anxiety—no matter what it looks like. This book will help you get started today.