Hijacked by Your Brain : How to Free Yourself When Stress Takes Over

From an expert in traumatic stress disorders, Hijacked by Your Brain reveals a groundbreaking way to help our brains deal with the stress of life. This book explains how to switch our focus from alarming thoughts and feelings to those that allow us to feel free, even in stressful situations. We can locate the part of our brain that triggers an alarm state, and reeducate it to react the way we need it to. The techniques described will demonstrate how readers can more easily choose to be calm and confident. We can't stop stress, but we can control the effect stress has on us.