Women Who Think Too Much: How to Break Free of Overthinking and Reclaim Your Life

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Book ISBN: 9780805075250

Author(s): Susan Nolen-Hoeksema

Document type: Trade Paper

Publisher: Unknown

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Reviews

Overthinkers

Rating: 60%

This book is for people who think to much what they did ( past). I'm more the kind that thinks to much what to do (future).
I got a little confused, and the book was not quite for me. But it is a good book to read.

Edilia J (Amazon.com)

Women Who Think Too Much: How to Break Free of Overthinking and Reclaim Your Life

Rating: 100%

After reading this book I have to laugh at myself and realize just how much over-thinking I really do! Sometimes things in life really are that simple! Great author, highly reccomended!

B. Weaver (Amazon.com)

a big help

Rating: 100%

i have been an overthinker since before i can remember. i tend to make situations worse by thinking about them too much and concentrating on the negative possibilities to the point that i feel that these negative things have actually happened. it's a really destructive habit to have.

this book really helped me see that i was not alone and gave suggestions for actual steps to take to stop overthinking. for example, using positive distractions like taking a walk whenever overthinking starts. one of the most useful points in the book was that if you overthink, you're letting the thoughts win - the other person wins the battle if you continue to overthink about a conflict. there are tons of other useful suggestions and statements in the book - i took notes as i read it so i could refer to them in the future.

i definitely am not completely free of overthinking, but i do realize more often when i am doing it and am able to curtail it. i also can better deal with overthinking nowadays. i definitely recommend this book to anyone who is plagued with overthinking and negative thoughts and ruminations.

amzical (Amazon.com)

Helpful techniques for overcoming "Overthinking"

Rating: 80%

I received this book as a gift and found it to be useful. I have to admit that I'm an "overthinker" - I can tell when my mind is getting carried away and getting me too upset over something trivial, but sometimes it's hard to turn that off and get back to whatever I need to be doing.

This book starts with explaining what "overthinking" is and why (and when) it can be a bad thing. Then the author has several chapters on techniques that you can use to overcome overthinking. I will definitely try some of these out to see what works best for me. I especially appreciated that each of the chapters with ideas ends with a summary chart that is a quick and easy reference. The book ends with several example situations of overthinking and how it was overcome. These cover issues regarding family, health and work. There is probably something in one of those stories that any overthinker would relate to.

I enjoyed reading the book - it was easy to read and stay interested through most of it. I did, however, come away feeling that some parts were repetitive and maybe the author could have made it a bit shorter. Overall, I would recommend the book to anyone who may find themselves overthinking because it has some great ideas to address the problem.

Melissa Kaye (Amazon.com)

Poor. Repetitious anecdotes that go nowhere

Rating: 20%

If you are prone to ruminate and worry, you probably think this book sounds like some kind of Godsend. I mean, the title hit it on the head, right? Sounds like it describes you to a t? Unfortunately, the book doesn't deliver. It's just one lengthy anecdote after another of various women who think too much, with overly simplistic solutions on how they can/should stop. I rarely give a book one star, but this book is especially noxious because it sometimes takes on a lecturing, unsympathetic tone, which should alienate most readers. I wish I could describe it better, but frankly, there's just not that much to this book...The BEST book I have ever read on worrying? Edmund Hallowell's "Worry." That guy is a genius, and it's beautifully written. Other good books if you are a worrier? The cognitive therapy books by David Burns; the big bestseller was "Feeling Good" but I think he has many...The book isn't as fun to read as Hallowell's but if you can actually learn to really do the written cognitive therapy exercises, that will get a major handle on your worries. BTW, neither one of those books is sexist; human beings as a group are examined.

33 year old lawyer (Amazon.com)

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