Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind

Esse livro resume o trabalho do autor sobre ansiedade durante 8 anos. É uma preciosidade pela clareza da discussão dos conceitos e pela metodologia simples e pratica que podemos aplicar nas nossas vidas. Recomendo com a certeza de que vai ajudar outros, além de mim.

Tolle Erkenntnisse!

Author leans a little too heavily on concepts of “ mindfulness” without much practical suggestion.

This is neither a self-help book, nor a heavy duty science manual. It is an eminently readable book that explains how "anxiety loops" are created by our minds and how to use a series of awareness and mindfulness tools to "break the loop" and reprogram the brain to observe and accept anxiety, then move on.The author, Dr. Jud Brewer, is an addiction psychiatrist and neuroscientist at Brown University. He also is the head of research of their world renowned "Brown University Mindfulness Center". Unwinding Anxiety follows Dr. Brewer's previous book, "The Carving Mind", in which he discusses reprograming the mind to break habits (and addictions!) such as smoking or using cell phones.In Unwinding Anxiety, Dr. Brewer writes with a similar style - personal anecdotes, stories from his lab, easily understandable descriptions of complex brain mechanisms - to explain how anyone can decrease their anxiety creating habits. Although a significant part of this is using mindfulness and awareness, there is nothing esoteric about his research and methods, no religion involved, definitely no chanting, and no major time commitment. Dr. Brewer is an expert in how to apply mindfulness to improving one's health - in this case mental health - and the techniques he offers require nothing other than your own brain, self introspection and some basic motivation.Dare I say this is a page turner? I am not not a scientist, not an expert in the brain, and yet, once I started reading this book, I couldn't put it down. I will definitely apply several of the techniques offered by Dr. Brewer, and reading his book also made me curious about his app, of the same name (Unwinding Anxiety).Anxiety seems to be one of the greatest challenges of our society, certainly here in the US. Medication is usually the standard treatment, and SSRIs certainly have helped millions of people. Nonetheless, we have tools to deal with Anxiety within us, and they don't require much other than our minds and a little effort and time. Whether this is to complement other treatments or a starting point, I believe that Unwinding Anxiety can change lives. It is a deeply humanistic book, one which will make you think about yourself, laugh from time to time, and who knows, it might have a long lasting impact on your mental health.

I bought it for my friend , she is trying hard to get into it and she is finding helpful tricks in the book.