What Works - Solid, Simple Ways to Comfort your Anxiety

This is not a book about anxiety. This is a book about comfort when you are suffering with anxiety, using techniques that work.

 

Who this book is forI wrote this short book because when I first understood that I had anxiety, there was little advice available for people who were suffering, but coping.

 

I found a lot of guidance for people who are deeply restricted because of anxiety – people cannot work, and perhaps, cannot leave the house.

 

I found nothing for people who still go to work, care for a family, drive a car and do the shopping and somehow stay upright despite the horrible state of the inside of their heads.

 

So I wrote down all the things that have helped me carry on functioning, even when my anxiety is at its worst. They may not be earth-shattering, or even surprising. But collecting them all together into a neat care package helped me. And it made me acknowledge that just because I am managing, my anxiety should not be dismissed.

 

This book is that care package, and it is for you, if you are or have been

 

-at work, despite anxiety

- in a supermarket, despite anxiety

- making dinner for the kids, despite anxiety

- driving long hours or in heavy traffic, despite anxiety

- caring for family members, despite anxiety

- on holiday and trying to have fun, despite anxiety

- celebrating a birthday or Christmas, despite anxiety

- meeting up with friends or colleagues, despite anxiety

- just carrying on somehow, despite anxiety 


I have collected in this little book, everything that has helped me, so you don’t have to. It contains all the things I wish I’d known when I first started suffering with anxiety, years ago.

 

The ideas here also don’t involve medication or faith. They are just practical everyday things to do. They are the things that a friend might suggest, to help get you through a tough time. Treat this book as that friend, as a reminder that you can cope, that you are, in fact, doing an amazing job, despite anxiety.

 

The ideas and strategies in this book have helped me. I hope they help you.