Dear canary,
glad you’ve watched Therapy in a Nutshell! There’s a free course on her website, titled “Grounding skills for anxiety, stress and PTSD”. I am just watching it now 🙂
As for books, I can recommend “Running on Empty: Overcome your childhood’s emotional neglect”, by Jonice Webb.
I understand you feeling alone and scared when dealing with anxiety, because it brings you back into childhood when you too felt alone and scared. Do you have anybody who feels like a safe, soothing, calming, wise presence, that you can envision in your mind when your anxiety starts getting stronger? If there is no one in real life, perhaps a spiritual figure (I’ve described the Buddha, I guess 🙂 )
A support group would be great too. Unfortunately I don’t know any support groups for anxiety, but maybe you can look it up.
And keep posting here, if it helps you at least a little bit…
Though I run this site, it is not mine. It's ours. It's not about me. It's about us. Your stories and your wisdom are just as meaningful as mine. 