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Women Who Think Too Much

How to Break Free of Overthinking and Reclaim Your Life

by Susan Nolen-Hoeksema
Sheryl Bernstein
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From one of the nation's preeminent experts in the study of women and emotion, a breakthrough new book based on the author's award-winning research
It's not a surprise that our fast-paced, overly analytical culture is pushing people—especially women—to spend countless hours thinking about negative ideas, feelings, and experiences. Renowned psychologist Dr. Susan Nolen-Hoeksema calls this "overthinking." Her groundbreaking research shows that an increasing number of women—more than half of those in her extensive study—are doing it too much and too often, hindering their ability to lead a satisfying life. Overthinking can be anything from fretting about big questions such as "What am I doing with my life?" to losing sleep over a friend's innocent comment. It is causing women to feel sad, anxious, or seriously depressed, and she challenges the assumption that constantly expressing and analyzing our emotions is a good thing.
In Women Who Think Too Much, Nolen-Hoeksema provides concrete strategies that can be used to escape these negative thoughts, move to higher ground, and avoid future traps.

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  • Release date

    October 4, 2013

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      • ISBN: 9781593971687
      • File size: 85911 KB
      • Duration: 02:58:58

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      February 1, 2003
      Practically everyone agonizes over decisions or situations from time to time, but overthinkers carry analysis and introspection to unhealthy extremes, "getting caught in torrents of negative thoughts and emotions,"according to this book. Even minor events can trigger a chain of second-guessing in which negative emotions are "amplified instead of managed." Kneading damaging thoughts like dough, overthinkers fall victim to a "yeast effect" that causes negativity to grow and take control of their lives, distort their perspectives and damage relationships, careers and emotional (and perhaps physical) health. Nolen-Hoeksema, a University of Michigan psychology professor and author of five professional books, explores why people overthink, contends and explains why too much thinking is predominantly a woman's disease and prescribes a three-step program to overcome overthinking. Citing many studies (including her own) and occasionally zooming in on particular cases, she offers no-nonsense, reasoned and easy-to-understand advice and strategies, as well as a quiz to help readers recognize their own patterns of overthought.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Do you have trouble getting over losses and setbacks, suffer from negative thoughts, keep yourself awake at night anticipating everyone's needs, and obsess about the future? So many women find themselves in the vicious cycle of overthinking. Narrator Sheryl Bernstein explains how our culture places too much pressure on all of us--especially women. She suggests behavioral techniques that can stop overthinking before it becomes too destructive. This is a book for overthinking women and the men who don't understand them. B.J.P. (c) AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine

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