Unf#ck your brain pdf download

Our brains are doing their best to help us out, but they can be real assholes sometimes. Sometimes it seems like your own brain is out to get you—melting down in the middle of the grocery store, picking fights with your date, getting you addicted to something, or shutting down completely at the worst possible moments.

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Global labor conditions are bad, and our roots in industrial Cleveland in the 70s and 80s made us appreciate the need to treat workers right. Anger, depression, anxiety, stress, traumatic grief, substance use, crazy-ass behavioral patterns, dumb-ass relationship choices. So much of what we call mental illness is really a case of brain chemicals gone batshit.

And most of this comes from the stressful and traumatic life events we cope with. We used to hold our poor genes accountable for all the different ways we responded to an environment of stress and trauma.

But recent research shows that only two to five percent of the diagnoses people struggle with come from a singular, faulty gene. So we know that the cause of trouble is waaaaaaaay more likely to be our environment and how we cope with it. These things—anger, depression, the rest of it—are adaptive strategies. These feelings are normal. Our behaviors are responses to the bullshit we have to deal with day in and day out.

Our brains respond not just to big, life altering traumatic events but also to day to day toxic relationships and interactions…the small ways people push our buttons, violate our boundaries, and disrespect our need for safety.

And THEN feeling fucked up becomes a vicious cycle. We feel weird and crazy for feeling weird and crazy. We feel like we are weak. Or broken. Or fundamentally flawed. And that is the most helpless feeling in the world. Fundamentally flawed means un-fixable.

So why bother trying? But what if you could understand where all of those thoughts and feelings are coming from? And understand how all the shit going on in your head came to be? What if it were actually entirely understandable? This is important shit.

We are way more likely to get better if we know why we are having a certain problem rather than just focusing on the symptoms. Continued issues with rashes are pretty likely. Same with the brain. If you can understand better why you are doing the things you are doing, the getting better part gets way easier.

A licensed counselor with additional certifications in sexology, integrated life coaching, and clinical nutrition. This does two things:. I hold up the huge banner that says Run this way, Forrest!

Several years ago I worked for a program that was the first in town to run trauma recovery groups. In those groups, I saw that focusing on working through trauma histories, rather than the labels we attached to them depression, anxiety, addiction, etc.

Since that time I trained in several more trauma treatment modalities, and helped several agencies and programs move into using a trauma informed treatment model. Guess what the biggest issue I run into is? Trauma history. It rears its ugly head up everywhere. I found that when I explained everything that was going on in a way that was simple, my clients would say Oh, shit! That makes sense! This book exists because nobody else had smushed all that stuff together in a way that is simple and practical.

And I have seen how understanding all this shit helps people figure out the getting better part way more quickly.. I hope everyone includes some kind of wellness work in their lives, but we each have to find the route that makes the most sense for us. Some people meditate, some people exercise, some people have a life coach, and some people see a therapist.

Some people do something entirely different. Because, hey…you do you. And the end-goal of the doing things differently, whatever that thing may be. This book is for the people who ask But, WHY? The people who annoyed the crap out of the adults around them when they were little kids by asking questions about how the world worked so they could understand their place in it. This book is for all the people who fucking HATE being told what to do by other people.

Who just want the tools and the information that they need to figure out what to do for themselves. You may be figuring this shit out by yourself or with a rock-star therapist who knows better than to boss you around. Either way, you know you are in charge of your own fucking life when it comes down to it, because you are sure as hell responsible for all the consequences. This book is for the people who are fucking tired of hearing or thinking that they are just crazy.

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It happens when our brain is working so hard to protect us that it forgets to notice that the danger has passed. It feels like choking, stifling, smothering, tingling, panicking--our brains cut out and we start to make bad decisions--all normal anxiety reactions. Harper, author of the bestselling Unfuck Your Brain and This is Your Brain on Depression packs a ton of knowledge and help into this practical manual. She helps us understand the history and science of anxiety, realize when it's become a serious problem, know the difference between anxiety and other conditions, and cope with it in the moment as well as addressing it long term.

This book is a lifesaver for panic attacks, breaking out of flight-fight-freeze responses, similar and co-occurring conditions, and for chronic anxiety. Straightforward, funny, kind, and judgment free, it includes a wide range of tips, exercises, and medical interventions.

It's also good for people who aren't burdened by daily anxiety but want to cope better with the tough life situations we all face. Read this book and breathe! If you're dealing with unresolved trauma, depression, anxiety, anger, grief, or addiction, or just feel like your reactions to everyday events aren't what you want them to be, there are tons of tools to help with that.

This workbook is packed with exercises for getting extra space between your thinking mind and your instinctive reactions so that you can be more likely to respond appropriately to the non-emergencies of daily life.

Faith Harper brings her signature practicality, humor, and warmth to the project of getting better so you can make friends with your brain and live the life you want. Regular people with messy brains can use this book straight off the shelf; additionally, each section includes guidance for clinical professionals, with the worksheets formatted to be easily used in your practice.

Does it keep you up at night, crave nonstop French fries and ice cream, and try to convince you that exercise is evil? Does it develop weird illnesses and pains for no apparent reason and run out of energy just when you need it the most? Does having a body at all fill you with uncomfortable emotions?

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