I Don’t Know Why I Act Like This

How to Uncover the Relationship Between Your Mental Health and Your Emotions

By: Carrie Vanderbilt

Narrated by: Lynnda Nelson

Length: 3 hrs and 3 mins

Publisher's summary

Have you ever thought that you might be experiencing the world a little differently than everyone else?

For those of us living with various types of mental illness, the moods and emotions we have may not align with how other people around us act. We might fly into a rage when seemingly unprovoked or cry at the drop of the hat.

It may feel strange, but what’s happening could actually be completely normal, depending on your mental illness and your experiences with trauma and triggers.

Have you ever wished you could have the emotions of "normal" people?

Whether people criticize you for being “too numb” or mock you for being “too sensitive”, you may find yourself in a whirlwind of emotions without knowing how you got there, why this is happening, and what to do to stop it from happening.

The good news is you are not alone. For those who have been diagnosed with:

Anxiety disorder

Bipolar disorder

Post-traumatic stress disorder

Depression disorder

Mood disorder

And other mental disorders

Understanding and maintaining your emotions may seem like a real challenge. This book is here to help. How do I know what emotions are real, and which are exacerbated by my mental illness?

All emotions are valid, and your triggers and trauma are real. I Don’t Know Why I Act Like This: How to Uncover the Relationship Between Your Mental Health and Your Emotions won’t take away the pain, or fix you until everything is fine. Instead, it’s intended to be a tool to use in cooperation with your regular therapy and medication regime to help you connect further with your own concerns and emotions.

You’ll learn the answers to questions such as:

Why do I experience emotions the way I do?

How are my emotions impacting my life?

Are there ways to control my emotional responses?

Am I trapped feeling this way forever?

Combining years of training, decades of personal experience, and exercises recommended by mental health professionals, I Don’t Know Why I Act Like This: How to Uncover the Relationship Between Your Mental Health and Your Emotions will help you tap into your inner resources to understand, appreciate, and connect with the feelings that can leave us feeling trapped in our mental health challenges.

This book will not solve all of your mental health problems and is not intended to take the place of any emotional, mental, or physical support you’re currently receiving.

Instead, I Don’t Know Why I Act Like This: How to Uncover the Relationship Between Your Mental Health and Your Emotions allows you the opportunity to walk through the often frightening and confusing landscape of your mind and your emotions to help you sort out what you’re feeling and why.

Join Carrie Vanderbilt as she shares this journey with you in I Don’t Know Why I Act Like This: How to Uncover the Relationship Between Your Mental Health and Your Emotions.

©2022 Carrie Vanderbilt (P)2022 Carrie Vanderbilt

Inspirational

I'm a life coach, therefore I'm constantly seeking useful materials on how to comprehend psychology and mental health. This is a wonderful reference book that includes journaling activities, an explanation of various trauma responses, and various coping mechanisms. The level of detail provided in this book amazed me.

Outstanding.

There are several intriguing strategies for dealing with mental health difficulties in this book. It was illuminating, insightful, and instructive to me, and I really recommend it!

Great Book

I really enjoyed the audio book.
Not very big into them but the narration was perfect voice and speed!
Story line gave a great overall prospective for getting involved with your mental health as a starting point! Has a ton of great references at the end to further help you on mental health journey!

Very useful

Excellent workbooks that can assist you in managing your emotions and in beginning to address some of your mental health difficulties.

For everyone

This is a great place to turn for advice and guidance on many facets of mental health. This book is filled with a wealth of useful knowledge that may be applied in several contexts. Given the cost, it offers fantastic value. Having this book on hand is an excellent idea. Unquestionably a recommended read!

Comprehensive Self-Help

Anyone who is having mental health issues would benefit greatly from this collection of books. The techniques are doable and simple to claim as one's own. It is thoroughly investigated and might undoubtedly assist you if you're having trouble.

Interesting!!

The Workbook is enlightening and educational. I thought that piece to be extremely fascinating because I have an anxiety issue. This collection's content is thoroughly researched and laid down in a way that makes it simple to listen and understand.

Definitely recommend this book.

I learned a lot from it. If you have trouble managing your emotions and relationships, this book can assist. I didn't believe this book would assist me, but it did. It's a pretty fantastic one to learn from.

Good for those willing to do the work involved.

'I Don't Know Why I Act Like This' begins with an exploration of our emotions and how we can feel many of them all at once, bringing to mind Mary Tyler Moore attending the funeral of Chuckles the Clown. At first, she's solemn and respectful, but when the minister mentions other characters on the kiddie show (such as Mr. Fee-Fi-Fo, Billy Banana, and Aunt Yoo Hoo), a laugh bubbles forth. As the minister shares what Chuckles said whenever he'd fall down ("I hurt my foo-foo"), Mary starts to lose it. By the time he delivers Chuckles' trademark line ("A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants"), she's giggling uncontrollably. And yet, when the minister invites Mary to go ahead and laugh because Chuckles would've wanted her to, she breaks down into uncontrollable sobs. So goes our emotions. We can't help how we feel, but we need to learn to control how we deal with them.

Ms. Vanderbilt discusses methods to use in order to take charge of our emotional well-being, such as yoga, journaling, and exercises like gauging our feelings by assigning a color to each of our emotions. While keeping our minds and bodies busy might be practical advice for those trying to cope with moderate anxiety disorders, those suffering from severe depression often find it hard enough to get out of bed, much less to create the initiative to implement such therapeutic behavior.

My overall impression of this book is that it is a well-constructed and beautifully delivered guide for those seeking help for such mental health issues as high anxiety or low self-esteem, but not for those with more serious disorders. Still, for anyone willing to put forth the effort to read the book and implement its strategies, this can be a useful tool in the road to their recovery.