Befriend Your Brain: A Young Person's Guide to Dealing with Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Freak-Outs, and Triggers
- 3h 25m 7s
- Faith G. Harper PhD
- Blackstone Audio, Inc. dba Blackstone Publishing
- 2022
Do you freak out at small things? Do you yell at people or things when you don’t mean to? Do you you sometime cry or get scared and you aren’t sure why? Does it sometimes feel like your feelings control you?
All of these feelings are a normal part of life for everybody, but sometimes they’re just too much and it seems like you’re the only one the planet that feels them.
Our brains are doing their best to help us out, but sometimes we get hurt instead. And sometimes we hurt people we love, too, because we just don’t know what to do with all of our feelings. With humor and patience, Dr. Faith G. Harper shows you the science behind why your brain is acting up and ideas for new ways to respond when you’re feeling scared, sad, anxious, or angry. You can train your brain to be your friend and help you live a happy, calm, and healthy life. If you have experienced trauma or if you have a hard time feeling good and getting along with other people, this book can help.
This is an adaptation of Dr. Faith’s bestselling book (which has an R-rated title), written for tweens, teens, and the adults trying to help them navigate it all.
About the Author
Faith G. Harper, PhD, LPC-S, ACS, ACN is a bad-ass, funny lady with a PhD. She's a licensed professional counselor, board supervisor, certified sexologist, and applied clinical nutritionist with a private practice and consulting business in San Antonio, TX. She has been an adjunct professor and a TEDx presenter, and proudly identifies as a woman of color and uppity intersectional feminist. She is the author of the book Unf*ck Your Brain and many other popular zines and books on subjects such as anxiety, depression, and grief. She is available as a public speaker and for corporate and clinical trainings.Subscribe to the Unfuck Your Brain newsletter to get a discount on her books and zines.
In this Audiobook
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INTRODUCTION
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CHAPTER 1 - WHEN DID MY BRAIN TURN AGAINST ME?
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CHAPTER 2 - HOW TRAUMA REWIRES THE BRAIN
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CHAPTER 3 - BEFRIEND YOUR BRAIN
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CHAPTER 4 - GETTING BETTER: RETRAIN YOUR BRAIN
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CHAPTER 5 - GETTING (PROFESSIONAL) HELP: TREATMENT OPTIONS
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CHAPTER 6 - ANXIETY
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CHAPTER 7 - ANGER
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CHAPTER 8 - ADDICTION AND UNHEALTHY BEHAVIORS
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CHAPTER 9 - DEPRESSION
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CHAPTER 10 - THE IMPORTANCE OF HONORING GRIEF
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CONCLUSION: THE NEW NORMAL
