Why Am I So Anxious?: Powerful Tools for Recognizing Anxiety and Restoring Your Peace

by Tracey Marks

Overview

A practical guide from respected therapist and popular YouTube star Dr. Tracey Marks that will help readers recognize the common signs and symptoms of anxiety and anxiety-related mood disorders, and then help them develop coping skills using self-guided solutions or help them decide on other treatment options.

Take control of your anxiety and take back your life!

Anxiety seems to be everywhere in today's world. But how do you know if you're experiencing anxiety, or something else? And what can you do to fix it? Renowned therapist and YouTube star Dr. Tracey Marks is known for her friendly, relatable style that helps followers of her YouTube channel recogize what's bothering them and then guides them to practical solutions that will help them manage their mental health issues. In Why Am I So Anxious?, Dr. Marks' will help you understand many of the most common sources of anxiety, help you identify what type of anxiety you may be experiencing, and give you helpful insight on how you can self-manage your anxiety before deciding if additional treatment options are the best choice. You don't need to let anxiety control your life!

Here's what you'll find inside:
- Detailed explanations for many of the most common anxiety disorders people struggle with in today's times, all written in Dr. Marks' soothing and relatable style
- Tips for managing mild to moderate anxiety, with recommendations that go beyond just therapy and medication and help eader decide what treatment option is best for them
- Helpful guidance for recognizing and preventing situations where anxiety may be triggered
- Simple exercises that will help readers recognize their symptoms and triggers, so they can better manage their anxiety

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780744057041
Publisher:	DK
Publication date:	08/16/2022
Pages:	336
Sales rank:	231,507
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Dr. Tracey Marks is known for her friendly, relatable approach to teaching followers of her YouTube channel about today's most common mental health issues. Dr. Marks is a licensed psychiatrist, but her treatment recommendations go beyond just medication and therapy; she presents her followers with a broad variety of treatment options as well as self-management tools that help guide her followers to the options that may work best for them.

Table of Contents

Introduction viii

Part 1 Anxiety Origins 1

1 Understanding Different Aspects of Anxiety 3

2 Introduction to the Disorders 23

3 Other Anxious Conditions 55

4 Anxious Personalities 85

Part 2 What to Do About Your Anxiety 111

5 Prescription Treatments 113

6 Complementary and Alternative Treatments 135

7 Psychotherapies 163

8 Mind Tools 177

9 Body Tools 209

10 Behavioral Tools 235

A How to Recognize Target Symptoms 253

B Which Tools Help What 257

C Aromatherapy Recipes and Tips 261

D Emotions Chart 267

E Grounding Exercises 271

F Interoceptive Exposure Worksheet 277

G References 281

Index 301