This Is Your Brain on Anxiety

By: Faith G. Harper PhD LPC-S ACS ACN

Narrated by: Erin Bennett

Anxiety - it's the worst: choking, stifling, smothering, tingling, panicking, brain cutting out, bad decisions. You're a human being, so you know exactly what's being said here.

Dr. Faith Harper lays it all out: what anxiety is, what it's good for - that's right, it's actually a necessary response that helps to keep us alive in bad situations - how to know when it's gone overboard, and practical tips on how to deal with it when it gets bad. This book is a lifesaver for panic attacks, breaking out of flight-or-fight-or-freeze responses, and for chronic anxiety. It's also good for folks who aren't daily burdened by anxiety, but want to better cope with those tough situations that affect us all. Listen to this and breathe!

©2018 Faith G. Harper (P)2018 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Meh

Thought this would provide some kind interesting vantage point on anxiety. The narrator sounds like Microsoft Sam. I really don’t understand this “bro” trend with dropping the word “fuck” just to grab the reader’s attention.

Helpful but distracting

This is a very helpful book with great advice, however I’m not a big fan of use of profanity.. especially the “F” word. Some use of that word is ok. In some situations it makes me laugh because it’s funny. But sometimes it’s used too much to where I almost wanted to stop listening and I couldn’t take this seriously. Aside from that, overall it was a good experience.

Good but too much cussing for a mental health book

I thought the book was overall good, I learned some stuff I didn't know before. But like a bunch of the reviews said, there was a ton of unnecessary cussing for a book in this genre of mental health. It didn't seem as serious as it could have been and seemed more of a buddy-buddy approach.

Good book, but stop swearing

Stop swearing. It was excessive and did not serve to emphasize the point. In fact it was distracting and curbs one from listening to this book out loud around young children.

Fun and helpful

Thank you Faith Harper! I love the authentic view and the resources. Thank you for this work I listened in one sitting and actually found my own breath deepening as the narrator read the book!