Our Top Book Recommendations for Feelings of Anxiety

Anxiety is a very common feeling that each of us might experience very differently. Understanding the roots of anxiety and the different forms it can take may alleviate anxious thoughts and feelings. Here is a list of books related to anxiety that can help you better understand its origins and develop new ways of coping.

These titles have been recommended by folks in our community, including counsellors and people who have first-hand experience with hard feelings.

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Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind

By Judson Brewer

We think of anxiety as everything from mild unease to full-blown panic. But it's also what drives the addictive behaviors and bad habits we use to cope (e.g. stress eating, procrastination, doom scrolling and social media). Plus, anxiety lives in a part of the brain that resists rational thought. So we get stuck in anxiety habit loops that we can't think our way out of or use willpower to overcome. Dr. Brewer teaches us to map our brains to discover our triggers, defuse them with the simple but powerful practice of curiosity, and to train our brains using mindfulness and other practices that his lab has proven can work.

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Notes on a Nervous Planet

By Matt Haig

Mental Traps: The Overthinker's Guide to a Happier Life

By Andre Kukla

Calming Your Anxious Mind: How Mindfulness and Compassion Can Ease You From Anxiety, Fear, and Panic

By Jeffrey Brantley

10 Simple Solutions to Panic: How to Overcome Panic Attacks, Calm Physical Symptoms, and Reclaim Your Life 

By Martin M. Antony & Randi E. Mccabe

Rewire Your Anxious Brain: How to Use the Neuroscience of Fear to End Anxiety, Panic, and Worry

By Catherine M. Pittman & Elizabeth M. Karle

The Worry Trick: How Your Brain Tricks You into Expecting the Worst and What You Can Do About It

By David A. Carbonell & Sally M. Winston

The Anxious Thoughts Workbook: Skills to Overcome the Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts that Drive Anxiety, Obsessions, and Depression

By David A. Clark & Judith S. Beck

The Gifts of Imperfection

By Brene Brown

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