Anxiety for Beginners
A Personal Investigation
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Anxiety for Beginners
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Narrated by:
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Eleanor Morgan
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Eleanor Morgan
About this listen
Anxiety for Beginners offers a vivid insight into the often crippling impact of anxiety disorders, a condition that is frequently invisible, shrouded in shame and misunderstood. It serves as a guide for those who live with anxiety disorders and those who live with them by proxy.
Combining her own experiences (rendered in emotive detail) with extensive research with experts (neuroscientists, psychiatrists, psychologists and fellow sufferers - including some familiar faces), Eleanor Morgan explores not just the roots of her own anxiety, but also investigates what might be contributing to so many of us suffering around the world.
Anxiety for Beginners is, at its heart, a book about acceptance, as Morgan discovers the ways in which people can live a life that is not just manageable but enjoyable, learning to accept anxiety as part of who we are rather than spending a life fighting and being ashamed of it.
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If you could sum up Anxiety for Beginners in three words, what would they be?
This is truly a good introduction to the insights of anxiety, from a person with wit, personal experience and professional insight.What did you like best about this story?
The mixture between anecdotes and scholarship and personal temper made Anxiety a pleasure.Personal and full of insight
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Would you try another book written by Eleanor Morgan or narrated by Eleanor Morgan?
Yes I probably would, the narration is fairly goodWould you ever listen to anything by Eleanor Morgan again?
Yes I probably would, the narration is fairly goodWhat do you think the narrator could have done better?
The book was a bit self indulgent and didn't have too much actionable, solid information about anxiety.Was Anxiety for Beginners worth the listening time?
Overall not really.Any additional comments?
This is more of a story of Eleanors life and experience with anxiety. It is good to see that perspective but if you are hoping for some insights into living with or dealing with anxiety then they are few and fair between.It is more of a comfort blanket seeing someone else experiencing the same things, but actually that doesn't help anyone in the long term.
Eleanors opinions and conclusions can be summed up as:
- Take anxiety seriously, seek help
- Everyone responds to treatments (drugs, CBT, mindfulness meditation etc.) differently. Find what works for you
Apart from that you can glean some little tips and snippets of information (in my case, some insights into what OCD really is and how it manifests) but there is not much it in terms of practical information.
At times the writing feels self indulgent and unnecessary.
Overall, this is a book written more for Eleanor than the reader.
A bit too wishy washy
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A book that helps us to understand anxiety
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The books causal language makes it, Eleanor and her experience very relatable. She is unashamedly detailed - a real inspiration to anyone wishing to break down their own barriers. I am sad that I have finished it.
A must for any human - or anyone that knows one.
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A wonderful gift, has made a huge difference.
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