100 Quick Fixes to Overcoming Stomach Churning Fears

When this book says it has 100 QUICK fixes to your everyday fears… it means it. Quick is the best way to describe what this book is. I dont think I have any one tremendous fear but I know a lot of people who do... and think that they should get the courtesy of having a resource, yes?

The organization of this book is down to a science:

       1) Give phobia name

       2) Tell characteristics

       3) Symptoms

       4) Tips for getting over it

       5) Other resources and books to help you

Did I mention that all of this is covered over two small pages?? Yeah, quick fix indeed. For the majority of the fears and phobias the description and symptom portion was larger than the part that was supposed to help you get over it.

One of my manager’s at work, Lee, is terrified of flying. Absolutely petrified, stomach churning, can’t even think about airplanes kind of fear. She is the real inspiration for reading this book. Everyone has a fear about something, whether it is spiders, the future, or whatever. Mass appeal, yes? I showed her this book and she flipped right to the “Fear of Airplanes” page. (Yes, page. One page to help this woman, deathly afraid of planes.) Needless to say, it didn’t really do much for her.

The best part about the book wasn’t the fixing portion. Blah blah blah... Advice this, tip that. You know that saying "A penny for your thoughts"? Yeah.. it's a penny's worth, alright. But anyhow, it was actually the reference, resource and other helpful sources section that made this any bit worthwhile. Here it offered up better places to actually get help. This is where Lee and I both learned that some airports actually have programs and classes for people who are afraid to fly and help them try to get over it. (She didn't know this, and her husband even works for the airport!) This is totally the information I expected to find in this book. Wished there was more about it

Covering 100 fears is a lot for such a tiny book. I should have seen it coming when it didn’t live up to what I was expecting, but I like to go into books with an open mind. Most fears take therapy and lots of help and time to get over. Hoping a little book could tell me some great ways to do so was a tad too much to ask for, even despite the title. Again, great for finding better resources but as an actual help… not so much. Not everyone finds help coping with their fears....

But I wish you the best of luck with finding some for yours!