Living with an anxiety disorder can be a real challenge. It can make getting through the day and enjoying your life difficult. The good news is that you can bring your anxiety under control. Because your thoughts and behaviors are related to your emotions, you have a way to change the way you feel. Just as your body has the ability to heal wounds, your brain has the potential to heal your emotions. Your brain has the capacity to rewire itself and help you change. In this book, you will discover how anxiety develops, and what you can do to make your brain more capable of rewiring. You will learn how to restructure your thinking, so that you can make your anxiety work for you, instead of against you. And you will learn how to keep from overreacting to the physical sensations associated with anxiety. By following the strategies in this book, you will change the way you think, which will help you change the way you feel. You will discover how to restructure your thoughts, and your emotions will begin to temper. You will also learn to use the social world around you to enhance your comfort level. By giving the strategies in this book a chance to work, you can change your life.

Wayne Smith graduated from the College of William and Mary in Virginia. He received a Ph.D. in clinical psychology and was employed as a school psychologist for forty years. Wayne lives in Virginia Beach with his wife, the environmentalist Kale Warren.