Rewire Your Anxious Brain: How to Use the Neuroscience of Fear to End Anxiety, Panic, and Worry

· New Harbinger Publications
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Do you ever wonder what is happening inside your brain when you feel anxious, panicked, and worried? In Rewire Your Anxious Brain, psychologist Catherine Pittman and author Elizabeth Karle offer a unique, evidence-based solution to overcoming anxiety based in cutting-edge neuroscience and research.

In the book, you will learn how the amygdala and cortex (both important parts of the brain) are essential players in the neuropsychology of anxiety. The amygdala acts as a primal response, and oftentimes, when this part of the brain processes fear, you may not even understand why you are afraid. By comparison, the cortex is the center of “worry.” That is, obsessing, ruminating, and dwelling on things that may or may not happen. In the book, Pittman and Karle make it simple by offering specific examples of how to manage fear by tapping into both of these pathways in the brain.

As you read, you’ll gain a greater understanding how anxiety is created in the brain, and as a result, you will feel empowered and motivated to overcome it. The brain is a powerful tool, and the more you work to change the way you respond to fear, the more resilient you will become. Using the practical self-assessments and proven-effective techniques in this book, you will learn to literally “rewire” the brain processes that lie at the root of your fears.

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4.4
98 reviews
Sam Romano
December 22, 2021
the last thing an anxious human needs is a bunch of jargon like this. this book is for smart alecs doctors and what not. definitely a bunch of blah blah going on for ages in the book. low attention span. very slow paced book. not effective. time waster. don't waste your time. use your time. don't waste time with reviews. nobody cares. edit: apparently im the only one stupid enough to be challenged by the difficulty of this book. I'm quite an idiot. I'm too stupid to understand what a cortex is and most the stuff in the book is jibberish to me. I thought I was smart. this book proved me wrong. one star for that!
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Diani
April 11, 2019
Lightweight and easy to read despite the comprehensive approach on the topic. Really help in identifying what's really going on in the anxious brain. Definitely a must-read for them who want to learn and get over anxiety issues.
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Sarmad Hannosh
December 29, 2021
Wow..absolutely illuminating and enlightening, thanks to the author from the bottom of my heart. From this point onward, life will consist of two parts, life before reading this book and life after reading this book!
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About the author

Catherine M. Pittman, PhD, is associate professor at Saint Mary's College in Notre Dame, IN. As a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice in South Bend, IN, she specializes in the treatment of brain injuries and anxiety disorders. She is a member of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA), and provides workshops and seminars on the topics of anxiety and stress.

Elizabeth M. Karle, MLIS, is collection management supervisor at the Cushwa-Leighton Library at Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, IN. In addition to supplying research for this book, she has personal experience with anxiety disorders—providing a first-hand perspective that focuses the book on what is most useful for the anxiety sufferer. Originally from Illinois, she currently resides in South Bend, IN, and holds degrees or certificates from the University of Notre Dame, Roosevelt University, and Dominican University. She is author of Hosting a Library Mystery.

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