Going Beyond Anxiety

About the Book

When you wake up in the morning, do you feel dread, stress, fear, or just a general sense that something is wrong? It might not be dramatic. Just an insistent hum of unease that follows you through the day.

With a nonstop stream of unsettling news and ongoing uncertainty, it is easy to assume this low-level vigilance is normal. But as Dr. Brewer has found in two decades of clinical research, the feeling isn't coming from outside. It is a learned habit loop: the brain, trying to protect you, locks into a pattern of vigilance that feeds on itself long after any real threat has passed. The good news is that the same brain mechanisms that create these loops can dissolve them.

What You'll Learn

• Reset your brain in the moment to stop looping worries and overthinking.
• Understand the loop that keeps dread going, and the exact point where it can be interrupted.
• Navigate everyday dread traps like doomscrolling.
• Build mental habits that stick, so you can live with resilience, compassion, and joy.
• Learn to sit with discomfort, and discover that tolerating it is what stops anxiety from hijacking your choices.
• Use adversity as fuel for renewed purpose and meaning.

Is This Book for You?

Going Beyond Anxiety is for anyone who feels a constant background unease, even when nothing is obviously wrong. It is especially for readers who have already tried to think, push, or distract their way out of anxiety and found that it keeps coming back. Dr. Jud's approach doesn't ask you to fight your mind. It shows you how your mind works, so you can work with it. For more on anxiety as a habit, start with Dr. Jud's anxiety guide.