Rise Sally Rise: Soothe Your Nerves

Soothe Your Nerves:
The Black Woman's Guide To Understanding And Overcoming Anxiety, Panic, And Fear
By Dr. Angela Neal-Barnett
ISBN: 0-7432-2538-4

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Bad Nerves...
What Caused This to Happen to ME??
It's a problem shrouded in silence and exacerbated by the strong black women persona as well as the distrust of conventional therapy.

Panic Attacks: Consists of a short, clear-cut period of apprehension and fear that is accompanied by physical symptoms such as sweating, rapid heart rate, and difficulty breathing (most popular form of anxiety)
Social Phobia: Fear of what other people may think of you or your performance. Often referred to as social anxiety disorder.
Specific Phobia: Excessive fear of animals, objects, injury, or certain places.
Generalized Anxiety: A chronic debilitating form of anxiety that involves excessive worry and physical tension.
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Anxiety characterized by thoughts that make no sense and the repetitive behaviors that are an attempt to get rid of those thoughts.

In Soothe Your Nerves, Dr. Angela Neal-Barnett illustrates the psychological, spiritual, and practical approach to understanding and overcoming the anxiety difficulties many African American women face.

The occurrence of anxiety difficulties among African American women is at a record high. It’s a problem shrouded in silence and exacerbated by the Strong Black Woman persona many exhibit, as well as their cultural distrust of conventional therapy. In Soothe Your Nerves, Dr. Angela Neal-Barnett discusses the factors that contribute to anxiety, panic, and fear and offers a range of healing methods that will help them reclaim their lives. She includes information on the familial component (an often hidden history of close family members with anxiety difficulties), trauma, and other psychological issues (African American women are 3–5 times more likely to experience violence and victimization than white women) prejudice, discrimination, financial pressures, and other environmental stresses.

Dr. Neal-Barnett addresses all of these issues as she presents a clear, compassionate blueprint for overcoming anxiety. Sharing stories of women she has known professionally and personally, Neal-Barnett explains pharmaceutical options, alternative remedies, cognitive behavior therapy, and self-help methods centered on spiritual development. Encouraging women to draw on the resources of the black community, she describes how to create a “Soothe Your Nerves Sister Circle” a support group for sharing both trials and triumphs.

Dr. Angela Neal-Barnett, a leading expert, is a National award-winning psychologist and tenured faculty member at Kent State University where she directs the Program for Research on Anxiety Disorders among African Americans. She is the CEO & Founder of Rise Sally Rise®, a company dedicated to helping Black women overcome anxiety. She lives in Tallmadge, OH with her husband and daughter.