

Hope and Help for Your Nerves
Author: Claire Weekes
Narrator: Claire Weekes
Unabridged: 1 hr 28 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Highbridge Audio
Published: 08/14/2012
Categories: Nonfiction, Self-help, Mood Disorders
Author: Claire Weekes
Narrator: Claire Weekes
Unabridged: 1 hr 28 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Highbridge Audio
Published: 08/14/2012
Categories: Nonfiction, Self-help, Mood Disorders
Dr. Claire Weekes MBE was an Australian general practitioner and health writer; she also had an early career as a research scientist working in the field of comparative reproduction. She is considered by some as the pioneer of modern anxiety treatment via Cognitive Therapy. She continues to be noted for her books on dealing with anxiety disorders. Many of today's anxiety self-help books continue to cite her work.
I read from this book daily while recovering from a major panic attack--my first and I pray my last. I was able to sleep only by taking a tranquilizer. I never knew such fear existed nor imagined I would experience it, nor the suicidal ideation that came with it in waves over the following weeks. Th......more
I was having a ton of anxiety for a week or so, so I bought this book. I was feeling really stressed and depressed and had a pit in my stomach all day long for days. I didn't feel like eating and felt dread all day. I lost confidence in my abilities. I also experienced a few panic attacks. I'd feel......more
'You need not be bluffed by a thought!' That's Dr Weekes's slightly angry voice in my head, and I hang on to it every time I feel like I'm slipping into that dreadful state. I found this book in a list of best anti-anxiety books, 'goodreaded' it, and as a lot of people said it did help, I got it;......more
Even though this book was written in the 60's, its knowledge still applies. It helped me save my life.......more
Can I buy a pocket Claire app? She does this amazing thing. In a compassionate and truly unpatronizing fashion, sort of like a loving Auntie with a Ph.D., she breaks down the physiological structure of panic attacks, anxiety, and all of those bad things that keep those of us who suffer in a cycle we......more