The Anxiety Habit
About this ebook
Do you feel like your mind is stuck in overdrive, questioning every thought and symptom? You're not alone and it doesn't have to stay this way.
Learn how our reaction to stressful events, through conscious negative thinking, becomes a habit that traps us in the anxiety cycle. Gain an understanding how to break this cycle using STOP, the fundamentals of recovery and the One Hour Challenge.
Based on the popular work at https://theanxietyhabit.co.uk which combines personal recovery experience, years of research and observations from a growing number of sufferers that have recovered.
Sarah L - "This book changed everything for me. For the first time, I truly understood what was happening and how to break free from the anxiety cycle. My only regret is that I didn't discover it sooner."
Chapters
1. Introduction: My story and the path to recovery.
2. Developing a Habit: Understanding habit formation, the roles of the conscious and subconscious, and the impact of negative thinking.
3. The Fundamentals of Recovery: Simplicity, Time, Overthinking and Power. STOP.
4. The Anxiety Cycle: The role of adrenaline & the power of choice in breaking the cycle.
5. The Modern World and Anxiety: How technology, personalities, and the power of manifestation affect anxiety.
6. Support: Traditional approaches, plus insights on diet, exercise, hobbies, and real-life experiences.
7. The Future: Understanding recovery and relapse. “A day in the life of me”. A comparison of before and after recovery.
8. What Next? How to overcome anxiety by resisting conscious negative thinking. One hour challenge example.
9. Additional Resources: A case study of Client A’s journey.
10. Quotes: Contextual analogies to support understanding.
About the author
For many years I suffered from persistent anxiety, facing daily challenges and symptoms that seemed impossible to overcome. It took me a long time to understand my illness and become aware of how I was unintentionally making myself worse, creating an anxiety cycle. I experienced many symptoms, including depersonalisation, panic attacks, generalised anxiety disorder, and more.
I studied the subject of anxiety extensively and compulsively, constantly searching for a cure in the hopes of finally feeling better. Ironically, this relentless pursuit was making my anxiety worse and became a bad habit of constantly searching, questioning, and analysing. Through research into how our thoughts work, I developed a new habit to resist the urge of conscious negative thinking and scrambling for answers. I recognised that my bad habit of questioning triggered an anxiety cycle. Engaging in conscious negative thinking led to an adrenaline response, which made my symptoms flare up and would lead to more questioning again. By resisting the urge of conscious negative thinking, the anxiety cycle can be broken and the recovery process can begin.
In the book I describe how I developed a new habit that not only helped me recover from anxiety but also led to a happier, more fulfilling life. I gained confidence in handling everyday challenges naturally, without fearing a return of long-term anxiety. After my recovery, I started helping those close to me and soon realised that my personal experience, combined with years of research, could benefit a wider audience. I studied for a qualification in ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) which provides different strategies to help teach my work.
