Worry is a useful biological response to adverse circumstances, which can sometimes get out of hand. While the anxiety response primes us for action, too much becomes counterproductive. This easy-to-read manual explains how to understand and control your worry, and make the brain's warning system work for you. Topics include:
Defining worry and its mechanism
Preparing to solve your problems - skills to practise
How to solve your problems
Brainstorming and making decisions
Coping with setbacks
When the worry won't stop
Coping successfully with unavoidable problems
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Dr Frank Tallis is a best-selling fiction author and clinical psychologist. He has held posts at the Institute of Psychiatry and King's College, London. His two books for Sheldon – How to Stop Worrying, and Understanding Obsessions and Compulsions - are both on the nationwide Books on Prescription recommended list.
