Overcoming Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts
by Sally M. Winston and Martin N. Seif
Two anxiety specialists explain intrusive thoughts, the violent, sexual, blasphemous or absurd thoughts almost everyone has and some become trapped by: why they stick, why fighting them makes them worse, and how to change your relationship to them. It is reassuring and precise, and it has freed many people from private terror.
Read it if…
you have thoughts that horrify you and you have told no one.
Skip it if…
the problem does not apply; but it is more common than you think.
Three things you will actually use
- Intrusive thoughts are the opposite of your values; that is why they stick.
- Do not argue, suppress or reassure; allow and move on.
- The thought is not a message.
Do this first
Read the first chapter; the relief of recognition is itself therapeutic.
Our verdict
Precise and liberating.
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