# Book recommendations for anxiety and overthinking? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 12, 2017, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-recommendations-for-anxiety-and-overthinking/781983 "2017-03-12T06:54:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Overthinker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f17d59/32.png) [@Overthinker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Overthinker)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2017, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-recommendations-for-anxiety-and-overthinking/781983/1 "2017-03-12T06:54:33Z")
Does anyone have any good book recommendations that deal with anxiety and overthinking? I have looked online and there are tons on Amazon, etc… but if anyone knows of any that have truly helped them, I’d love to get some opinions before I purchase them. Thanks! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2017, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-recommendations-for-anxiety-and-overthinking/781983/2 "2017-03-12T12:40:24Z")
Not sure exactly what you’re looking for, but during difficult times I always grab [Wherever you go, there you are](http://amzn.to/2meRDQs). ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2017, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-recommendations-for-anxiety-and-overthinking/781983/3 "2017-03-12T15:01:50Z")
[How to Stop Worrying and Start Living](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Stop_Worrying_and_Start_Living) by Dale Carnegie. I can’t really say that it “truly helped me”, but it neatly encapsulated lots of good advice that people had given me over the years. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2017, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-recommendations-for-anxiety-and-overthinking/781983/4 "2017-03-12T15:05:04Z")
Strenuously avoid anything by Karl Knausgaard. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2017, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-recommendations-for-anxiety-and-overthinking/781983/5 "2017-03-12T16:40:23Z")
This book helped me: [https://www.amazon.com/Guide-Rational-Living-Albert-Ellis/dp/0879800429](https://www.amazon.com/Guide-Rational-Living-Albert-Ellis/dp/0879800429) ---
**Author:** ![Overthinker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f17d59/32.png) [@Overthinker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Overthinker)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2017, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-recommendations-for-anxiety-and-overthinking/781983/6 "2017-03-12T17:16:26Z")
Thank you all! I will research some of these today! ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2017, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-recommendations-for-anxiety-and-overthinking/781983/7 "2017-03-12T17:20:43Z")
Good, just don’t overthink it, OK? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Overthinker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f17d59/32.png) [@Overthinker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Overthinker)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2017, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-recommendations-for-anxiety-and-overthinking/781983/8 "2017-03-12T18:07:21Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Good, just don’t overthink it, OK? 😉 I can’t promise that! 😕