When Panic Attacks

Books

The truth is that you can defeat your fears. The author of the four-million-copy bestselling Feeling Good offers 40+ simple, effective CBT-based techniques to overcome every conceivable kind of anxiety-without medication. "Few truly great books on psychotherapy have been published, and this is one of them."-Albert Ellis, Ph.D., founder of the Albert Ellis Institute and bestselling author of A Guide to Rational Living We all know what it's like to feel anxious, worried, or panicky. What you may not realize is that these fears are almost never based on reality. When you're anxious, you're actually fooling yourself, telling yourself things that simply aren't true. See if you can recognize yourself in any of these distortions: All-or-Nothing Thinking: "My mind will go blank when I give my presentation at work, and everyone will think I'm an idiot." Fortune Telling: "I just know I'll freeze up and blow it when I take my test." Mind Reading: "Everyone at this party can see how nervous I am." Magnification: ...