In Worrying Optional, Ben Eckstein LCSW has written a brand-new book to assist with dealing with anxiety and worrying. He is a therapist who helps clients and he is witnessed a rise in people struggling with worrying. He explained how we have to learn to coexist with it and not all of it is bad. He described the difference between the noun and the verb: worry and worrying. He defined worry as, “initial thought, the doubt that arises in your mind, the awareness of uncertainty.” He explained how worrying needs to be considered active and we get to choose if we do so. He also looked at how anxiety becomes problematic when we respond to it in ways that leads us to amplify it. He explored the five stages of the anxiety cycle. He also looked at five reasons you can’t change and their rationales. He ends the book with ways to break the cycle of worrying and breaking habits.
One of my favorite chapters discussed values and sorting them into three categories. Theses included acceptance, bravery, commitment, courage, integrity, family, self-respect, just to name a few. He careful clarified how we must not wait on life and for our thoughts and feelings to change before we get to catching after the life that we want. He shared how we can move towards or away from our values.
I would recommend this helpful book to anyone who is consumed by fear, worrying, and anxiety. I liked how he went into detail about the difference between worrying and worry. I appreciated how he tried to help readers to get to the root of the anxiety and break the cycle of worry. I can tell he has seen a lot of clients who struggle with anxiety and this book provides a way for us to start living the life that we always wanted to.
"I received this book free from New Harbinger Publications for my honest review.”
If you would like to purchase a copy, check it out on Amazon.com:
https://www.amazon.com/Worrying-Optional-Break-Anxiety-Rumination/dp/1648482147/
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