Rewire Your Anxious Brain

Karle, Elizabeth M., Pittman, Catherine M.

• Éditeur: New Harbinger Publications
• Année: 2015
• ISBN:
  9781626251151
• Sujet: Medicina
• Sous-sujet: Teoria, pratica e riferimenti medici

Do you ever wonder what is happening inside your brain when you feel anxious, panicked, and worried? In Rewire Your Anxious Brain, psychologist Catherine Pittman and author Elizabeth Karle offer a unique, evidence-based solution to overcoming anxiety based in cutting-edge neuroscience and research.

In the book, you will learn how the amygdala and cortex (both important parts of the brain) are essential players in the neuropsychology of anxiety. The amygdala acts as a primal response, and oftentimes, when this part of the brain processes fear, you may not even understand why you are afraid. By comparison, the cortex is the center of "worry." That is, obsessing, ruminating, and dwelling on things that may or may not happen. In the book, Pittman and Karle make it simple by offering specific examples of how to manage fear by tapping into both of these pathways in the brain.

As you read, you'll gain a greater understanding how anxiety is created in the brain, and as a result, you will feel empowered and motivated to overcome it. The brain is a powerful tool, and the more you work to change the way you respond to fear, the more resilient you will become. Using the practical self-assessments and proven-effective techniques in this book, you will learn to literally "rewire" the brain processes that lie at the root of your fears.

Table des matières

• Acknowledgments
• The Pathways of Anxiety
• Anxiety in the Brain
• The Root of Anxiety: Understanding the Amygdala
• How the Cortex Creates Anxiety
• Identifying the Basis of Your Anxiety: Amygdala, Cortex, or Both?
• The Stress Response and Panic Attacks
• Reaping the Benefits of Relaxation
• Understanding Triggers
• Teaching Your Amygdala Through Experience
• Exercise and Sleep Tips for Calming Amygdala-Based Anxiety
• Thinking Patterns That Cause Anxiety
• How to Calm Your Cortex
• Putting It All Together to Live an Anxiety-Resistant Life
• Resources
• References