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Feel better fast and make it last, unlock your brain's healing potential to overcome negativity, anxiety, anger, stress, and trauma, Daniel G. Amen, MD

eng

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non fiction

Feel better fast and make it last

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Daniel G. Amen, MD

unlock your brain's healing potential to overcome negativity, anxiety, anger, stress, and trauma

We've all felt anxious, sad, traumatized, grief-stricken, stressed, angry, or hopeless at some point in life. Unfortunately, many people turn to self-medicating behaviors, such as overeating, drugs, alcohol, risky sexual behavior, anger, or wasting time on mindless TV, video games, Internet surfing, or shopping. Dr. Daniel Amen understands how critical it is for you to know what will help you feel better fast, now and later. Here, you'll discover new, powerful brain-based strategies to quickly gain control over anxiety, worry, sadness, stress and anger, strengthening your resilience and giving you joy and purpose for a lifetime

Introduction: You can feel better fast and make it last -- The brain-XL approach -- Part 1. B is for brain. Use your brain to rescue your mind and body -- The missing strategy -- Control yourself -- Change is easy, if you know how to do it -- Part 2. R is for rational mind. Master your rational mind -- Part 3. A is for attachments. Healing connections -- Overcoming trauma and grief -- Part 4. I is for inspiration. Create immediate and lasting joy -- Part 5. N is for nourishment. The feel better fast diet -- Advanced and brain-type nutraceuticals -- Part 6. X is for the X factor. Think different -- Part 7. L is for love. Love is your secret weapon -- Appendix A. Answers to common questions on finding more help -- Appendix B. Where do you need help to feel better fast? ; A quick mental health checkup -- Appendix C. Know your important health numbers