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How often do you find yourself saying the following I've got to stop being anxious;I've got to get over feeling depressed;Feeling this way just isn't right; There must be something terribly wrong with me; My thoughts are unacceptable; My feelings are abnormal;I have to get rid of my negative thoughts and feelings. If you suffer from problems with anxiety and depression you are probably making similar comments to yourself on a regular basis, without realizing that these are some of the beliefs that are responsible for your emotional problems. The way you manage your emotional problems might be the very cause of your emotional problems. With proper guidance, you can validate and even embrace your negative emotions, as you resolve the issues causing the emotional pain. Making Peace with Anxiety and Depression will provide you with essential tools to help you see anxious and depressed feelings as normal and acceptable.

Making Peace with Anxiety and Depression Amr Barrada 9781105375255 Books

In Making Peace with Anxiety and Depression, A Fresh Approach to Recovery, Amr Barrada, Ph.D., finally and irrevocably puts his finger on why we get clinically depressed, why we have panic attacks, and why we are afraid of being afraid. If you're looking for an answer to the question, "Why me?" you have come to the right place.

Here it is, a deeply thoughtful, introspective look at the metacognitive dimension behind the origin and promotion of major emotional disorders written in an informal and easy to follow style that lets you in on a great big secret; what you may describe as your so called natural coping style, is an unhealthy and unproductive approach to recovering from the loss of your mental health. I know that isn't what you wanted to hear, but a paradigm shift in thinking is going to require a gentle wake-up call at the very minimum. Luckily an alternative belief system exists, that can and, with a reasonable amount of effort and lots of patience, afford one with the opportunity to find relief from the negative mental health symptoms of anxiety and depression. Moreover, such an approach is neither unreachable nor indefinable; it's all on the tip of your tongue.

This book will ask you to make a 'leap of faith' in the form of temporarily setting aside much of what you have learned so far in your life about using a 'one size fits all' problem solving strategy for all of life's problems. By doing so you can take the time required to learn an alternative coping style that will later on act to complement your other so called natural coping style that is not working in this very unique type of circumstance.

First of all, let's revisit how you likely responded to the devastating experience that has occurred using what we have dubbed your natural coping style. Upon learning of the event that has caused you to feel so miserable, did you respond anything like the following when speaking silently to yourself (aka silent self-talk).

"I am so sad. I can't sleep, can't eat, and can't cope. It feels like I am lost in a loveless universe and beside myself with grief. This event, [fill in the blank here] (e.g. loss of someone who I loved deeply, loss of my best friend, loss of my employment, loss of my good health, or loss of my faith in humankind, possibly more than one ) is overwhelming. How can this terrible thing have happened? I can't let this happen to me. I've got to do something to get rid of this overwhelming sense of doom. This is serious. I've got to try harder and push these thoughts out of my mind right now. This could get the best of me. How stupid could I be to let this happen to me? I can't ever let this happen to me again. There is something seriously wrong with me. People don't let this kind of thing get the best of them. What if I can't beat this, I'll never get well. I've got to stop thinking like this. I must not be trying hard enough to get rid of these thoughts and emotions. I have to try harder right away before this gets worse. "

Generally speaking does the approach in the paragraph above sound anything at all like something you might have said to yourself upon learning of the news of what has occurred to you?

Alternatively, in this second approach, imagine if from the very beginning of your experience you had approached it truly believing that to cope with an emotionally devastating experience the healthiest approach would be to speak to yourself in your silent self-talk as follows:

"Yes what has happened [again, fill in the blank here] is devastating. I am so anxious and depressed and yet, why wouldn't I be depressed and anxious? What has happened is depressing and it would make anyone feel anxious. If I weren't feeling this way there would be something really wrong with me. It makes all the sense in the world that I am feeling this way. Go ahead, be depressed. Be anxious. I am going to go with the flow on this. If I feel depressed after saying it is okay to be depressed that's okay, too. If I have a panic attack, I am going to let it happen in spite of how uncomfortable it makes me feel. If I still feel anxious after I say it's okay to be anxious, that's okay, too. I am going to let this experience happen to me and at the same time take a risk and step out of the house or apartment and take a leisurely walk in my neighborhood, City Park, along the nearby river, stream, ocean, or lake where I live. Alternatively, maybe I'll casually make my way over to the library , or go to see that movie I had hoped to see, or even consider the possibility of playing an on-line video game with a couple of fellow gamers. I will likely not find a lot of enjoyment in these activities right now, but for the time being I'll muddle through knowing that by experimenting with a new way of coping, I am learning to cope differently than I would have prior to reading this book. Part of that process might include an extended period of time, days, weeks, or months, whatever the circumstance calls for - by letting the depression and anxiety happen naturally without interfering with it - where much of the time I will feel like I am just going through the motions. This is a strategy of coping that is foreign to me and not anything I would have ever tried before. Much to my chagrin what has happened has happened, and I need some time to come to appreciate there are some events which cannot be undone, some things that cannot be unseen, some experiences which cannot be unfelt."

I'm just guessing that if you have come this far reading this, speaking to yourself like the second approach is just about the very last thing you could imagine saying to yourself in such a situation. If this is true, you are now headed in the right direction. Indeed, it is the fundamental premise of this book that the general manner of speaking to yourself is much more like the first approach than the second approach that explains the reason why you are having the overwhelming negative mental health symptoms you are likely having. The rest of the detail, of which I might add there is a very great deal of and which is elaborated on at length in the book, provides you with a complete tour of the alternative belief system that this book is going to explain to you, that you can later on learn to come to appreciate its subtleties, and still later begin to put to work to your benefit.

After studying the philosophy and reasoning behind this alternative belief system, you will learn how to embrace your depression, how to have the anxiety, and how to experience the panic attack. Yes, it will likely feel very physically uncomfortable to begin with and you may feel from time to time you don't know how you'll cope, but you will be forearmed with the knowledge that these overwhelmingly uncomfortable emotional states of being have a life of their own separate from your conscious self, can be transitory in nature, as you also learn to employ this alternative coping style, and that they will continue to happen until they are done doing their thing all the while you continue to learn to cope differently. Yes, you will become aware that the pain, suffering, and torment need not be a perpetual reality with no hope for ever having peace of mind again because you already made the leap of faith that your silent self-talk has forced these transitory uncomfortable emotional states upon you. While at the same time, you will also be learning to heal your own being by learning to speak silently to yourself in a new and gentle way that acts as balm to your emotional wound and not a sharp stick stuck at its heart.

In summary, Making Peace with Anxiety and Depression is a warm, embraceable, iconoclastic treatise that takes conventional Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and turns it on its ear. For anyone who suffers from depression, is terrorized by panic attacks, is afraid of being afraid, I can't encourage you enough to read this book. Much like learning, to play the card game bridge, to juggle three balls in the air, to play chess, to play a musical instrument, or speak a second language, learning on this level will take time and patience and a willingness on your part to slowly learn something new.

Most importantly of all, however, there is hope. Your new you is waiting for you to introduce yourself. It's time to learn for the very first time in your life how to be an authentic, nurturing, caring, genuine, and empathetic friend to yourself. The kind of caring, authentic, and genuine friend you will learn to slowly get to know and come to understand. To slowly come to appreciate as negative emotional symptoms ever so slowly will likely begin to subside, and still later a true friend who you will come to rely upon will always be there for you going forward. To be there to help you to cope with life's vicissitudes when your present friends, companions, relatives, and still other peoples advice might generally be summarized by the following types of unhelpful remarks: "oh just cheer up", "it can't be that bad", "be more rational for once", or to "just be positive, like I am."

In conclusion, the term "a tour de force" does not do this book justice. It's more than that really. It's a masterpiece on every level. A masterpiece because learning what it has to say, and making the philosophy of this book your own alternative belief system and coping style to be used when life provides you with the kind of crisis you never ever dreamed could ever happen to the once confident, robust, and seemingly unflappable person that you were, will enhance your chance of slowly becoming a more well-rounded , resilient, reflective, and intuitive individual who is still capable of accomplishing more in the future, but far more importantly, finally becoming a `whole person' who is now finally fully equipped with coping with life's most difficult of personal tragedies.

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Making Peace with Anxiety and Depression Amr Barrada 9781105375255 Books Reviews

Finally, a help manual that doesn't insist on denying emotional pain. Life simply isn't 'ALL GOOD'. And this doctor is deep enough to honor that. Thanx!
This is truly a superb book. It is a loud call to end the struggle with anxiety and depression. has made a great deal of money out of selling me self-help books over the years, but this book is sure to reduce their profits. In fact, it is head and shoulders above the rest, and I may never buy another self-help book. Dr Barrada has a very innovative approach, operating at a metacognitive level. The gentle, supportive self-talk he advocates, combined with an understanding of vicious cycles and double binds, are wonderful tools which really work. It is not a quick fix or a band aid, but an approach to life which in the end transcends anxiety and depression. This book is crying out for a mainstream publisher.
In Making Peace with Anxiety and Depression, A Fresh Approach to Recovery, Amr Barrada, Ph.D., finally and irrevocably puts his finger on why we get clinically depressed, why we have panic attacks, and why we are afraid of being afraid. If you're looking for an answer to the question, "Why me?" you have come to the right place.

Here it is, a deeply thoughtful, introspective look at the metacognitive dimension behind the origin and promotion of major emotional disorders written in an informal and easy to follow style that lets you in on a great big secret; what you may describe as your so called natural coping style, is an unhealthy and unproductive approach to recovering from the loss of your mental health. I know that isn't what you wanted to hear, but a paradigm shift in thinking is going to require a gentle wake-up call at the very minimum. Luckily an alternative belief system exists, that can and, with a reasonable amount of effort and lots of patience, afford one with the opportunity to find relief from the negative mental health symptoms of anxiety and depression. Moreover, such an approach is neither unreachable nor indefinable; it's all on the tip of your tongue.

This book will ask you to make a 'leap of faith' in the form of temporarily setting aside much of what you have learned so far in your life about using a 'one size fits all' problem solving strategy for all of life's problems. By doing so you can take the time required to learn an alternative coping style that will later on act to complement your other so called natural coping style that is not working in this very unique type of circumstance.

First of all, let's revisit how you likely responded to the devastating experience that has occurred using what we have dubbed your natural coping style. Upon learning of the event that has caused you to feel so miserable, did you respond anything like the following when speaking silently to yourself (aka silent self-talk).

"I am so sad. I can't sleep, can't eat, and can't cope. It feels like I am lost in a loveless universe and beside myself with grief. This event, [fill in the blank here] (e.g. loss of someone who I loved deeply, loss of my best friend, loss of my employment, loss of my good health, or loss of my faith in humankind, possibly more than one ) is overwhelming. How can this terrible thing have happened? I can't let this happen to me. I've got to do something to get rid of this overwhelming sense of doom. This is serious. I've got to try harder and push these thoughts out of my mind right now. This could get the best of me. How stupid could I be to let this happen to me? I can't ever let this happen to me again. There is something seriously wrong with me. People don't let this kind of thing get the best of them. What if I can't beat this, I'll never get well. I've got to stop thinking like this. I must not be trying hard enough to get rid of these thoughts and emotions. I have to try harder right away before this gets worse. "

Generally speaking does the approach in the paragraph above sound anything at all like something you might have said to yourself upon learning of the news of what has occurred to you?

Alternatively, in this second approach, imagine if from the very beginning of your experience you had approached it truly believing that to cope with an emotionally devastating experience the healthiest approach would be to speak to yourself in your silent self-talk as follows

"Yes what has happened [again, fill in the blank here] is devastating. I am so anxious and depressed and yet, why wouldn't I be depressed and anxious? What has happened is depressing and it would make anyone feel anxious. If I weren't feeling this way there would be something really wrong with me. It makes all the sense in the world that I am feeling this way. Go ahead, be depressed. Be anxious. I am going to go with the flow on this. If I feel depressed after saying it is okay to be depressed that's okay, too. If I have a panic attack, I am going to let it happen in spite of how uncomfortable it makes me feel. If I still feel anxious after I say it's okay to be anxious, that's okay, too. I am going to let this experience happen to me and at the same time take a risk and step out of the house or apartment and take a leisurely walk in my neighborhood, City Park, along the nearby river, stream, ocean, or lake where I live. Alternatively, maybe I'll casually make my way over to the library , or go to see that movie I had hoped to see, or even consider the possibility of playing an on-line video game with a couple of fellow gamers. I will likely not find a lot of enjoyment in these activities right now, but for the time being I'll muddle through knowing that by experimenting with a new way of coping, I am learning to cope differently than I would have prior to reading this book. Part of that process might include an extended period of time, days, weeks, or months, whatever the circumstance calls for - by letting the depression and anxiety happen naturally without interfering with it - where much of the time I will feel like I am just going through the motions. This is a strategy of coping that is foreign to me and not anything I would have ever tried before. Much to my chagrin what has happened has happened, and I need some time to come to appreciate there are some events which cannot be undone, some things that cannot be unseen, some experiences which cannot be unfelt."

I'm just guessing that if you have come this far reading this, speaking to yourself like the second approach is just about the very last thing you could imagine saying to yourself in such a situation. If this is true, you are now headed in the right direction. Indeed, it is the fundamental premise of this book that the general manner of speaking to yourself is much more like the first approach than the second approach that explains the reason why you are having the overwhelming negative mental health symptoms you are likely having. The rest of the detail, of which I might add there is a very great deal of and which is elaborated on at length in the book, provides you with a complete tour of the alternative belief system that this book is going to explain to you, that you can later on learn to come to appreciate its subtleties, and still later begin to put to work to your benefit.

After studying the philosophy and reasoning behind this alternative belief system, you will learn how to embrace your depression, how to have the anxiety, and how to experience the panic attack. Yes, it will likely feel very physically uncomfortable to begin with and you may feel from time to time you don't know how you'll cope, but you will be forearmed with the knowledge that these overwhelmingly uncomfortable emotional states of being have a life of their own separate from your conscious self, can be transitory in nature, as you also learn to employ this alternative coping style, and that they will continue to happen until they are done doing their thing all the while you continue to learn to cope differently. Yes, you will become aware that the pain, suffering, and torment need not be a perpetual reality with no hope for ever having peace of mind again because you already made the leap of faith that your silent self-talk has forced these transitory uncomfortable emotional states upon you. While at the same time, you will also be learning to heal your own being by learning to speak silently to yourself in a new and gentle way that acts as balm to your emotional wound and not a sharp stick stuck at its heart.

In summary, Making Peace with Anxiety and Depression is a warm, embraceable, iconoclastic treatise that takes conventional Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and turns it on its ear. For anyone who suffers from depression, is terrorized by panic attacks, is afraid of being afraid, I can't encourage you enough to read this book. Much like learning, to play the card game bridge, to juggle three balls in the air, to play chess, to play a musical instrument, or speak a second language, learning on this level will take time and patience and a willingness on your part to slowly learn something new.

Most importantly of all, however, there is hope. Your new you is waiting for you to introduce yourself. It's time to learn for the very first time in your life how to be an authentic, nurturing, caring, genuine, and empathetic friend to yourself. The kind of caring, authentic, and genuine friend you will learn to slowly get to know and come to understand. To slowly come to appreciate as negative emotional symptoms ever so slowly will likely begin to subside, and still later a true friend who you will come to rely upon will always be there for you going forward. To be there to help you to cope with life's vicissitudes when your present friends, companions, relatives, and still other peoples advice might generally be summarized by the following types of unhelpful remarks "oh just cheer up", "it can't be that bad", "be more rational for once", or to "just be positive, like I am."

In conclusion, the term "a tour de force" does not do this book justice. It's more than that really. It's a masterpiece on every level. A masterpiece because learning what it has to say, and making the philosophy of this book your own alternative belief system and coping style to be used when life provides you with the kind of crisis you never ever dreamed could ever happen to the once confident, robust, and seemingly unflappable person that you were, will enhance your chance of slowly becoming a more well-rounded , resilient, reflective, and intuitive individual who is still capable of accomplishing more in the future, but far more importantly, finally becoming a `whole person' who is now finally fully equipped with coping with life's most difficult of personal tragedies.