Overcoming Anticipatory Anxiety: A CBT Guide for Moving Past Chronic Indecisiveness, Avoidance, and Catastrophic Thinking

Anticipatory anxiety is the engine that drives it all, and this book teaches you how to manage your overactive imagination, limit future-based thinking, face your fears, make decisions, and live with more freedom and joy. It is based on the DEAF model, four easy-to-remember mindfulness steps to distinguish negative feelings, embrace uncertainty, avoid avoidance, and float above your discomfort.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 192 pages
Publication date: 09 June 2022
Publisher: New Harbinger Publications

Are you plagued by anticipatory anxiety, constantly assuming the worst-case scenario and stressing about situations that haven't even occurred yet? Do you find yourself anticipating disaster around every corner, feeling overwhelmed and paralyzed by the prospect of making decisions? Anticipatory anxiety, a hidden enemy that can manifest in various forms, from subtle avoidance behaviors to nightmarish terrors, is the driving force behind it all. In Overcoming Anticipatory Anxiety, two anxiety experts join forces to teach you how to manage your overactive imagination, limit future-based thinking, face your fears, make decisions, and live with greater freedom and joy.

This essential guide is rooted in the authors DEAF model, a four-step mindfulness approach that helps you distinguish negative feelings, embrace uncertainty, avoid avoidance, and float above your discomfort. By following these steps, you'll learn to get on with your life and focus on what truly matters.

It's time to stop worrying about what might happen and start facing your fears, reining in your self-defeating imagination, and living fully in the present moment. Get this book and discover the motivation and skills needed to take charge of your anticipatory anxiety and lead a more fulfilling life.

Weight: 253g
Dimension: 228 x 158 x 12 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781684039227