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Overcoming paranoid and suspicious thoughts
Quote "Because these thoughts and feelings are talked about more openly, the stigma attached to them has begun to lessen. No one who is troubled by suspicious thoughts need feel ashamed or embarrassed: most of us, at some point in our lives, will experience them"
Suspicious thoughts are a normal part of life. It's after all our mind's way of making sense of the experiences we're having. All of us get them at one point or another in our lives. Example: "Were they laughing at me?" "Am I being watched?" "Is someone following me?"
Are regular thoughts to many of us. But what happens when these thoughts becomes persistent? When they won't go away and refuse to let us love or trust other people or feel safe? When we think everyone is up to get us? No one likes us? What then? And why are we having these thoughts to begin with?
In this brilliant book the first half the authors will explain to us in details 1- What suspicious thoughts mean 2-3- When do we experience them and how most people react to them 4-5- Understanding why they occur and persist and cause distress.
In the second half is "the beginning of change" in which the doctors will help the readers through their paranoia and suspicious thoughts by way of CBT "Cognitive Behavioral Therapy" these exercises vary, they meant to help us understand ourselves better, spend less time preoccupied with our fears and worries, help us sleep better and, boost self-confidence, which all are _believe it or not_ connected.
*This book was backed by research.
P.s. If you decide to read this book, get a notebook, you'll need it 🤍
Quote "Because these thoughts and feelings are talked about more openly, the stigma attached to them has begun to lessen. No one who is troubled by suspicious thoughts need feel ashamed or embarrassed: most of us, at some point in our lives, will experience them"
Suspicious thoughts are a normal part of life. It's after all our mind's way of making sense of the experiences we're having. All of us get them at one point or another in our lives. Example: "Were they laughing at me?" "Am I being watched?" "Is someone following me?"
Are regular thoughts to many of us. But what happens when these thoughts becomes persistent? When they won't go away and refuse to let us love or trust other people or feel safe? When we think everyone is up to get us? No one likes us? What then? And why are we having these thoughts to begin with?
In this brilliant book the first half the authors will explain to us in details 1- What suspicious thoughts mean 2-3- When do we experience them and how most people react to them 4-5- Understanding why they occur and persist and cause distress.
In the second half is "the beginning of change" in which the doctors will help the readers through their paranoia and suspicious thoughts by way of CBT "Cognitive Behavioral Therapy" these exercises vary, they meant to help us understand ourselves better, spend less time preoccupied with our fears and worries, help us sleep better and, boost self-confidence, which all are _believe it or not_ connected.
*This book was backed by research.
P.s. If you decide to read this book, get a notebook, you'll need it 🤍
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