Overcoming Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts is an audiobook by Sally M. Winston PsyD, narrated by Senn Annis. The unabridged Audible edition runs 5 hrs 23 mins.
Publisher’s Summary
You are not your thoughts! In this powerful book, two anxiety experts offer proven-effective cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) skills to help you get unstuck from disturbing thoughts, overcome the shame these thoughts can bring, and reduce your anxiety.
If you suffer from unwanted, intrusive, frightening, or even disturbing thoughts, you might worry about what these thoughts mean about you. Thoughts can seem like messages – are they trying to tell you something? But the truth is that they are just thoughts, and don’t necessarily mean anything. Sane and good people have them. If you are someone who is plagued by thoughts you don’t want – thoughts that scare you, or thoughts you can’t tell anyone about – this book may change your life.
In this compassionate guide, you’ll discover the different kinds of disturbing thoughts, myths that surround your thoughts, and how your brain has a tendency to get “stuck” in a cycle of unwanted rumination. You’ll also learn why common techniques to get rid of these thoughts can backfire. And finally, you’ll learn powerful cognitive behavioral skills to help you cope with and move beyond your thoughts, so you can focus on living the life you want. Your thoughts will still occur, but you will be better able to cope with them – without dread, guilt, or shame.
If you have unwanted thoughts, you should remember that you aren’t alone. In fact, there are millions of people just like you -good people who have awful thoughts, gentle people with violent thoughts, and sane people with “crazy” thoughts. This book will show you how to move past your thoughts so you can reclaim your life!
This book has been selected as an Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Self-Help Book Recommendation – an honor bestowed on outstanding self-help books that are consistent with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) principles and that incorporate scientifically tested strategies for overcoming mental health difficulties. Used alone or in conjunction with therapy, our books offer powerful tools listeners can use to jump-start changes in their lives.
Audiobook Details
- Narrated by: Senn Annis
- Length: 5 hrs 23 mins
- Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
- Release year: 2020
- Audible category: Health & Wellness / Psychology & Mental Health / Mental Health
Listener Ratings
Overcoming Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts holds an average listener rating of 4.6/5 from 536 Audible ratings.
On Audible, ratings for this title break down into narration performance and story separately:
- Performance (narration): 4.7/5
- Story: 4.6/5
- 5-star ratings: 81% of all ratings
What Audible Listeners Are Saying
5/5 stars — “It does help “
When I first started reading this book, I have been already talking to a counselor but I wanted more. I have gone through unwanted thoughts 4 years ago but never knew what they were until now. This book has given me a different outlook that my counselor could not touch on. I recommend it to people who think they are alone with their thoughts. You are not.— danielle, Audible listener
5/5 stars — “This book changed my life.”
I’m currently dealing with a B12 deficiency and one of the symptoms that comes with that is OCD. I’d never experienced it before, these intrusive thoughts that used to really take hold of me and send me spiraling, but this book changed all that.I’m looking forward to getting my vitamin level up and putting all this behind me, but I don’t dread the thoughts anymore, because, they’re just that, powerless thoughts that will eventually fade away into the ether.
— 0, Audible listener
5/5 stars — “ARE YOU STRUGGLING WITH INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS? “
I have bipolar 1 and I listened to this book and it was immensely helpful. It talks about having a wise mind, worried voice, and something else like that (it’s like your brain talking to itself) the way she wrote this book is astounding! Follow her tips and your mental health will most likely be better!
10/10
WOULD RECOMMEND— Colleen Corsi, Audible listener
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