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Overcoming Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts
- A CBT-Based Guide to Getting over Frightening, Obsessive, or Disturbing Thoughts
- Narrated by: Senn Annis
- Length: 5 hrs and 23 mins
- Categories: Health & Wellness, Psychology & Mental Health
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Publisher's Summary
You are not your thoughts! In this powerful book, two anxiety experts offer proven-effective cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) skills to help you get unstuck from disturbing thoughts, overcome the shame these thoughts can bring, and reduce your anxiety.
If you suffer from unwanted, intrusive, frightening, or even disturbing thoughts, you might worry about what these thoughts mean about you. Thoughts can seem like messages - are they trying to tell you something? But the truth is that they are just thoughts, and don’t necessarily mean anything. Sane and good people have them. If you are someone who is plagued by thoughts you don’t want - thoughts that scare you, or thoughts you can’t tell anyone about - this book may change your life.
In this compassionate guide, you’ll discover the different kinds of disturbing thoughts, myths that surround your thoughts, and how your brain has a tendency to get “stuck” in a cycle of unwanted rumination. You’ll also learn why common techniques to get rid of these thoughts can backfire. And finally, you’ll learn powerful cognitive behavioral skills to help you cope with and move beyond your thoughts, so you can focus on living the life you want. Your thoughts will still occur, but you will be better able to cope with them - without dread, guilt, or shame.
If you have unwanted thoughts, you should remember that you aren’t alone. In fact, there are millions of people just like you -good people who have awful thoughts, gentle people with violent thoughts, and sane people with “crazy” thoughts. This book will show you how to move past your thoughts so you can reclaim your life!
This book has been selected as an Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Self-Help Book Recommendation - an honor bestowed on outstanding self-help books that are consistent with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) principles and that incorporate scientifically tested strategies for overcoming mental health difficulties. Used alone or in conjunction with therapy, our books offer powerful tools listeners can use to jump-start changes in their lives.
What the critics say
“This important book is essential and mandatory reading for anyone affected by unwanted and intrusive thoughts, and their health providers. The authors crystallize decades of experience into a perfectly clear and readable guide. The solution to this misunderstood problem is in this book.” (Joseph A. Adams, MD, medical director at Baltimore Health Systems and Step By Step of Maryland, LLC, and past president at Smoke Free Maryland)
“I wish I would have had access to this book twenty years ago! Sally Winston and Martin Seif have put all the pieces of the puzzle together to help people understand and overcome unwanted intrusive thoughts. This is a must-read book, packed with information to help people suffering with anxiety-provoking intrusive thoughts, as well as clinicians who are trying to help them.” (Kimberly J. Morrow, LCSW, maintains a private practice in Erie, PA; specializes in the treatment of anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD); provides training and case consultation for clinicians through www.anxietytraining.com; and is author of Face It and Feel It)
“It turns out that commonsense approaches to stopping our worries, such as pushing thoughts away, arguing with them, or seeking reassurance, actually feed these worries and help them grow. Sally Winston and Martin Seif—two of the brightest minds in our field - deliver a simple yet powerful two-step process for change.” (Reid Wilson, PhD, author of Stopping the Noise in Your Head)
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- Gianni Confalone
- 2020-06-01
Amazing book anyone could benefit from!
The way the author explains the physiology behind intrusive thoughts; using analogies and examples to make it simple for the reader to understand the complexities of intrusive thoughts. highly recommend
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- Caitlin
- 2021-01-10
WORKS!
This method really works! Would recommend to anyone who has unwanted intrusive thoughts. I've been struggling for two years and thought there was no hope, but now I know recovery is more than possible!
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- danielle
- 2020-09-29
It does help
When I first started reading this book, I have been already talking to a counselor but I wanted more. I have gone through unwanted thoughts 4 years ago but never knew what they were until now. This book has given me a different outlook that my counselor could not touch on. I recommend it to people who think they are alone with their thoughts. You are not.
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- Sloane Petersen
- 2020-12-16
Best OCD book on the market.
Love it. it explained intrusive thoughts and how to overcome them very well. The narrator was amazing. if you have OCD, or you are struggling with intrusive thoughts, this is a must read.
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- Peace2012
- 2020-09-24
Very very very very ..............helpful. Thanks. Please read/listen to this if you’re struggling with thoughts.
Very very very very ..............helpful. Thanks. Please read/listen to this if you’re struggling with thoughts.
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- lolo610
- 2020-07-28
Very helpful
It’s very helpful, good narration and will make you rethink how you handle Anxiety. One of the best books I have read on mental health.
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- Jason
- 2020-11-20
Excellent information
A lot of information, will have to read again. But, great information, Great addition for self help.
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- Juliana
- 2020-11-01
helps immensely
helped me so much with my PTSD-induced intrusive thoughts. though the examples provided are based in OCD intrusions and might not necessarily relate to your personally stuck thought, the steps to change the way you relate to your thoughts and create different neural pathways to ensure a different bodily response are just as potent all the same. if you’re on the fence, just buy it, or use your credit. worth every penny if you’re suffering by the hand of your own mind.
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- Christine G.
- 2020-10-23
Amazing!
I absolutely loved this book. The narrator is soothing and empathetic, and makes things very relatable. I start ERP with an OCD specialist next month but this was amazing to read to begin to understand why things happen and to have practical steps to help keep me on track in every day use, even when I don’t have therapy that day. To anyone struggling, I highly suggest listening to this book. You are never ever alone!
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- Amazon Customer
- 2020-10-16
Great book on our thoughts and everything around them!
For me this book hit the bullseye on intrusive thoughts. I had many questions and concerns about my intrusive thoughts. I wasn’t even halfway into it before I began understanding and feeling better about my thoughts and myself in general! I would recommend this book to anyone even if they don’t have “sticky minds”. The authors not only help you understand intrusive thoughts but explain a lot about our thoughts and minds.
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- Anonymous User
- 2020-09-01
Essential knowledge for someone with OCD
This book is wonderful, no other way to explain the kind way they educate you about the actual roots of anxiety and OCD.
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- Daniel R. Kempenich
- 2020-07-18
therapist here
as a therapist I recommend this book on a regular basis. the concepts behind how OCD operates and the strategies to overcome it are spot on.