The 20 Second Countdown
Why everywhere you look are top psychologists and doctors still teaching outdated methods for treating general anxiety and panic attacks?
It seems every time I do a search online there is yet another anxiety “expert” rehashing the same old ideas. Brown Paper bags, think happy thoughts, do your breathing etc. I am sure you have come across them a million times before already.
How are people supposed to solve their anxiety issue if they are continuously exposed to these techniques and methods that only teach people to cope with anxiety. Just coping is not good enough. Real solutions are needed.
I want to share with you something that does work. It is a very simple way to help end the fear of a PANIC ATTACK. (In later emails I will address feelings of general anxiety)
This is a very good exercise for people who want something practical to focus their attention on when they feel the pressure of a panic attack building.
Its very simple and easy to remember. Here goes…
The 20 Second Countdown
When you feel the sensations of a panic attack building do the following.
Tell the panic that it has 20 seconds to initiate the full panic attack. 20 seconds and no more. After the 20 seconds are complete it must stop making empty threats.
You are allowing 20 seconds for it to fully manifest but not a second more.
Whatever the bodily sensation is that you fear, it must happen within that 20 second time frame.
-If you heart is going to explode then it has 20 seconds to do so.
-If you are going to lose control, then your mind has 20 seconds to do so.
-If you are going to faint – 20 seconds! But absolutely no more time than that.
You get the picture.
By setting a specific time frame you establish boundaries of control. You turn it into a game where you call fear’s bluff. If it were a poker game, you are asking anxiety to show its hand.
This works because it establishes a sense of control within your mind and body.
You think to yourself “I am not prepared to spend my time worrying about this. I’ve had enough. I am going to be generous and give it 20 seconds but after 20 seconds and nothing has happened then the opportunity has officially passed and I am going to go back to what I was doing.”
Then start counting -but nice and slowly, don’t rattle it off as fast as you can. Really tease it out like you did when you were a child and you never wanted to reach zero. Teasing it out is the key because it allows you to feel generous and that you are giving anxiety every chance possible.
Deep down you know there is really nothing to fear.
To really help tease it out, break the last few numbers into fractions.
5…………………………..
4…………………………..
3……………………………
2…and three quarters…
2…and half………………
2…………………………..
1…and three quarters… (last chance anxiety)
1…and half……………… (I really cant wait any longer)
1…………………………..
0.
Sorry too late we’ve reached the end.
By not rushing through the countdown you will feel your confidence soar because you are demonstrating real control and authority over your anxious thoughts and bodily sensations. You are saying “look, I am really trying to give you all the time I can to unleash X,Y, and Z, I am being very generous here with this countdown.
Count your way to freedom. Count your way to confidence.
If you find this type of exercise useful then click here to learn more,
Keep an eye out for the next email… If it does not arrive check the spam folder -they tend to hide there sometimes times.
Barry Joe McDonagh
P.S. If you want to get started on the Panic Away course right now click here and you can download the course in the next 5 minutes. Join with me and let’s end the vicious cycle of anxiety and panic attacks today.
All material provided in these emails are for informational or educational purposes only. No content is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Consult your physician regarding the applicability of any opinions or recommendations with respect to your symptoms or medical condition
christina
I will definetly try the count down next time i feel a panic sensation creeping up… usually at red lights! Im fine driving untill i come upon a red light,but it is seeming to be getting alot better!!!! 🙂
Melody
Thank you so much for writting back. Am going to ry this method hopefully it works. thanks melody
kamal
thanks a lot ! i have conquered my biggest fear ! please keep on updating me.
Melissa
It feels so good to know I’m not alone…I thought waking up at night panicked & afraid someone was going to break into our home was just crazy; I didn’t relate it at all to the anxiety I have on a daily basis. Now, I know, that is also a form of anxiety. And, yes, I have also experience the dizziness, headaches, restricted breathing, etc. I just thought I was nuts! This is so helpful; thank you! 🙂
suzette
I can so relate to the dizziness and a spinning sensation. I feel like something is squeezing my whole head and it feels like a fire burning throughout my entire head. I feel like everything is a fog and it panicks me more.I walk and pace the floors all day long and I’m scared to sit still. I haven’t slept properly going on 3 weeks now. I am so tired just non stop panick chills hotflashes my pulse is so strong it throbs in my head and heart and I can’t sleep because when I lay down I hear my pulse in my head and. Fell numbness and tingling all over my bodyI am constantly shaking and panicking its on stuck mode. scared to do anything. I know I have to eat because if I don’t I could die and or end up in a mental hosp.so I just force myself. I’m scared to be alone scared to be around people. Thank you all so much for ur input on ur panick it does help me to know I’m not alone.
Thank u barry joe for helping us who can’t afford ur program so helpful.
Gabriel
Ive always been really anxious, but never had a panic attack and symptoms that come with it until muy uncle passed away a month ago with terminal cancer.
Its made me really paranoid about my health, the constant dizziness really scared me. Im 18 and not willing to let it defeat me.
Im not taking the medications presrcribed, Im going to do it all naturally and im going to keep going out! I had a breakdown about the dizziness because its so uncomfortable, and your concentration is always scewed, i thought i was going crazy.
I just my disorder as “symptoms, anxiety, panic”, i found it so helpful to just relax about the symptoms and know that i wont die, and its all ok!
isabella
I have been experiencing general anxiety for a few years now. It has recently developed into the form of panic attacks and I feel my health is threatened. It’s so scary because these thoughts are not just “in my head” but I’m really feeling and experiencing them! It makes it so easy to believe them. They are the worst when I’m driving alone late at night. I have thoughts that I should drive to a hospital, but I end up working through the pain. I always have second thoughts that “maybe this time it’s not a panic attack and maybe this time my fears are true.” But every time, it always passes and I come out fine. I have been to my general doctor many times, a neurologist, and I’ve even left work early one day. I’ve found that the symptoms move around. First they will be in my head, then in a few weeks my chest, and so on. I always feel tired and a sense that I am “not really there.” I’ve wasted so much time and money with doctors because every time they always tell me everything is fine and I’m perfectly healthy. I always feel relieved, but it doesn’t take long for the next worry to come back.
It’s effecting my life and keeping me from doing things I really want to do. But I’m determined to beat it and I know we all can! These exercises have been helping with some attacks, but I need more time. I want to do this natural and without any drugs (I started getting them bad once I went off birth control). What helps me most is talking to people who are familiar with the attacks, and know how to talk to me when I’m having one.
Nando
I have only last few months been getting bad panic attacks, however your advise is simple but vey very effective thank you
rhea
i have been suffering with anxiety and panic attacks for about 7 months now and am only 18, and i toatally hate them i just want them to go away as they have totally changed me as i ill admitt i am scared of them and i cant control them and i really want to as i just want my life back the way it as before i had these panic attacks and anxiety. Everday i seem to worry and feel trapped and just basically horrible somedays i dont even ant to leve the house, does anyone else ever feel like this?? i hace been the doctors to ask to see someone to help me with them but i have been on a aiting list for 5 months now so am going to pay to see someone, I really do wana learn to not be scared of anxiety and panic attacks as i ana control them and not let them control me, but how do i do this? i am going to try this technique when i next feel like am going to have a anxiety attack and i am taking everything on board what your saying,, thank you. xx
Andrea
I am brand new to the course and have been experiencing panic attacks for about 1.5 years. I have researched online for several months and even consulted doctors. I found myself resorting to the idea of behavioral therapy, with great reluctance. I believe medicine and therapy have its place, however, as a rational person experiencing a an irrational disorder I have proceeded forward with much confusion.
I found this website to be a thoughtful caring companion who understood my internal struggle. Even when talking with my very supportive family and friends, there is a degree of this affliction which they undeniably cannot understand…that which took this intelligent, rational, daughter and girlfriend with a teaching degree and adventurous, exciting lifestyle into someone who would rather be a hermit connected to safety.
I am now learning to confront my fear of losing control or spontaneously developing a heart attack or mental illness and flow with the progression of feelings in order to overcome the panic. I highly reccomend the course materials and book to anyone who is trying to manage their panic without drugs and unnecessary therapy. Thank you for sharing your journey and wisdom.
Jim
I am responding to Rhea’s comments above. I have been dealing with Anxiety/Depression for three months now – VERY SEVERE. I found a book that has CHANGED MY LIFE – The Power of NOW by Eckhart Tolle. I strongly encourage you to read this short book. It is nothing less than AMAZING!!!! You do not have to suffer anymore – please get this book!!! THANK GOD I FOUND IT!!!!! I don’t know what I would have done. Life is good again!!!! My wife tried to get me read this book at the beginning, but I was stubborn. What an IDIOT!!!! Don’t waste ONE minute – go get this book TODAY!!!!! My best wishes to you and all those suffering from this terrible condition.
Jim
Ann
My panic attacks started about 4 years ago very scary i felt so ill i downloaded the Panic Away book and it really helped me ,i had been free of the attacks for 3 years and thought i had finished with them but they are back with a vengence, my Mum died in sept and then my dad died in november i had cared for them for 25years ,and although i felt i was coping very well with it all i have started again, i dont want to go to the doctors the will only give me pills so i have got my Panic Away Book out and i hope i will be better soon dont feel so alone knowing that there are other people with the same problems .
Good Luck to all of you
Ann
Carol
Fantastic—- cant believe i found your site by accident only day two but feeling much more in control . Thankyou so much for your emails x
Sangita.
This has helped me a lot,a big thankyou,and godbless to you for helping all of us with your help,keep up the good work,god bless you.
ROM
cant believe that so many u guys have same symptons i have for the past 5 yrs, feel lucky to find this website.
i now we gonaa make it people,thumbs up
Kimberly
Hello I suffer from panic and anixety attacks bad it got to the point my dr wants me to take medication that does not help. I dont go anywhere unless it is first thing in the morning or after midnight to the 24hr stores. I have been suffering with these for alot of years and nothing has helped. I am going to try this out I have faith and I hope it works as I have a baby I want to be able to take outdoors etc and not worry about the attacks comming and taken over. I want to Thank you for helping me try to over come this nasty attacks.I want to live my life normal again not live only in my home as I bneen doing for years now. Thank you for taken time to help all of us.
Kimberly
Jennifer Favelle
I have been suffering panic attacks for the last 15 months. At first they were occuring every 3 months or so, this was put down to menopause. My first time was in a rather large shopping complex in Bali which frightened the life out of me!!!! My doctor perscribed a low dose of blood pressure medication so that when I felt the sensations of a panic attack comming on they weren’t as severe. However, this is not a cure to the PROBLEM and they weren’t always less servere. Two days ago a friend told me she had come across Panic Away on the internet as she was doing some research into panic attacks. Her partner also suffers. The following day we both purchased your book. One day later when I have had dizziness, tingeling in the arms etc…. I thought I’de give it a go and let these sensation know that I had aknowledge them, to give me the best they had to offer, and to make it snappy because I had work to do. I was truely amazed that in a few short minutes the sensation had passed. I am no where near close to being cured but I now feel positive that finally I have found something and someone to help me overcome these god aweful panic attacks once and for all! Thank you ever so much..
lucie
Thank you so much for your helpful emails, I look forward to them everyday. They are making a difference already, even though this is only my second. thank you.
Hue
Hey, I just want to say that panic and anixety has chang my life a lot, but you have help me chang my life back so thank you so much. Thank you again and again. Thank you
matt
woah , dude thats amazing , i never would ever thought of that 🙂 nice, thanks-matt
Reyn
Hi All.. This is all new to me. in Fact it has been creeping up on me for about three years now and did not know what it was. Funny thing is, Now that I know what Anxiety is, I have given it life. I really am Thankful to have found this Subscription. I read it everyday. Psychologically, it seems because I feel armed with solutions to counter the sensations, I dont get them as much anymore. I can ride the subways with little effect. I am currently building the confidence to get on an Airplane. Mind you, I used to fly at least three round trips per month for business. Go Figure!!. I will try the countdown method; it just seems to make sense. Good Luck All..
One More Thing, Though I have prescription Meds, I have Not taken them cause you know you can handle it yourself. If you could avoid these drugs, please do so by any means. This Newsletter has been Extremely Helpful..
Thank Q!!!!!
Reyn
ash
its jus amazing how simple an easy with out even any medical consultaion needed!!
thank u
Gracie
I have not had the opportunity to try your suggestions, I can however, say that this is the 1st sight that offers more than the normal suggestions. I am also greatful to hear other people speak up. At work no one has gone through what I go through so it is difficult for them to understand. I’m known as the crazy one. Then I wonder if when I am actually go to die, if it will feel just like these panic attacks. Well I’m not happy to know that there are so many of us out there but it is nice to know I’m not alone. That you for this website and I will continue to seek you out.
Thank You.
Sandra
Wes,
Yes I have the ringing in the ears. Thankfully haven’t had the rapid heartbeat, but blood pressure is elevated and on medication for it. Also, the feeling of pressure in my head and dizziness–not a spinning sensation but it hits if I bob my head up and down. It is a feeling of unreality–like nothing makes sense anymore and my whole life is running out of control.
I thought all this was due to my two sisters dying suddenly within five months of each other last year due to heart disease. Have gone to the hospital twice and had a cat scan, heart and lung xrays, an MRI of my head, a sonogram of my neck, and numerous blood tests. Am glad I had it all done, because it showed my heart is fantastic and nothing wrong with my head except sinusitis which is now gone. Yet the dizziness and burning sensation and unreal feeling remains.
This last Sunday kind of woke me up, because it all hit me again and I stopped to think about how it really felt at the moment. The over-riding feeling was one of loss of control over everything since my sisters died. That is when I made the connection of panic and anxiety. These newsletters have helped alot, and have actually felt the best since I read the first one on Sunday night. Am hoping when it is gone the blood pressure problem will be also, since I got a clean bill of health otherwise. Best of luck to you. Sandra
Sandra
I became sick on October 1 and was in the hospital. But the ringing in the ears and dizziness and head pressure and burning sensations got worse when I got the call that my sister died. So I think my sinusitis and eardrum problem became complicated with the other symptoms and I couldn’t tell the difference between them. It was a total shock that my sister died, and that is when the feeling of unreality started–all of this has kept me off work until now. My work is high-stress, and I just don’t feel I can handle it right now–not with everything else that is going on. I am the youngest and now the only surviving member of my family. Hard to get my head around that. So I believe it is trying to get its bearings like an outstretched rubber band that needs to bounce back. These newsletters are helping immensely–thank God. Wishing all of you the best.
Dragana
Thank you very very much for your e-mails.
You brought a hope in my life.
All the best.
donna
I have recently started having panic attacks and suffering daily anxiety and can honestly say they are the worst thing I have ever experienced. I was diagnosed with Menieres Disease in November which causes my hearing to fluctuate, tinnitus and vertigo. It also causes anxiety and depression in itself as there is no cure for what I have and no warning when the vertigo attack is going to start. I have noticed that now I am not so much suffering from vertigo but from the fear of having an attack. I feel I am in a vicious circle which is taking over my life. I feel useless as when I am having a panic attack, which is most days, I can’t look after my children who are 5 and 1, and that I am a burden on my family. I am only 30 yet am nearly at the point where I only leave the house to go to work. An attack always starts with my tummy churning and then I will start sobbing with fear, frustration and anger. I also feel that the worst is going to happen. I have no control over my body or mind when one starts and had started thinking that i needed locking up. I can’t afford the book, but just reading everyone else’s posts gives me some relief that I am not going mad. Thankyou
fiona
it’s so amazing to read all of these messages and see that what happens in a panic attack is not so rare or weird, and it’s helping so much to see how much everyone seems to understand! i’ve been having panic attacks ever since i was about 12, i didn’t know what they were but i just thought i was about to be sick. to this day every time i get one i’m afraid of throwing up, it makes going to parties really difficult, as well as going out to dinner with friends or to other people’s houses and it’s really affecting the way i eat lately.
i started getting really bad in the last couple of months, last christmas eve i had to leave church halfway through midnight mass with my (angry) family, shaking and in tears because i felt so trapped and terrified, and ive started getting shortness of breath too. school is starting to get scary and i’m petrified of developing some form of agoraphobia. my parents don’t understand and think i’m being stupid and my friends think i’m attention seeking so i have to fight it on my own, im guessing this is a huge problem for loads of other people but now i don’t feel so alone!
these newsletters and all the comments are already making me feel alot better, thank you all so much! i wish everybody the best of luck, get better soon, thank you!
Jenna
Hi my name is Jenna.I am 25 and have been panic attacks and very general anxiety my entire life.I was interested to read your email as I know exactly what you are talking about.I feel the same way.I feel as if I am going to be sick and it affects a lot that I do.My family never really understood when i was a teenager.I used to not want to stay anywhere because of it.Now though my family understand.They realise it is not something I choose to experience.I have sought a lot of help since I was about twenty and i honestly wish I had been able to it earlier.This is a great program and there is a lot of great information out there to help.one thing I find that helps the nausea is a hot water bottle.It seems to give me some comfort.Drink chamomile tea if you can.The other thing I would suggest is finding a cousellor or a support person that understands outside of your immediate family.It is horrible to experience and I really feel for you but if you go out and start to get the info and support you need then hopefully your family can be educated.A support group would be good.Later you could maybe invite your parents.It will get better, honestly!Things change and it wont control you like it feels it does now.Also God is awesome and he never made us this way.I dont know if you have heard of footprints, the poem but he hates that we feel this way.I hope you get something from this.God bless.
JENNIFER
I have had anixety off and on for years just when I think I have concord it it returns. I have tried breathing, reading everything I can about it. I read the bible,pray,exercise, scream hollor jump up and down and this time I cannot seem to let it go. I have had enough. I just started to get the newsletter and I am gonna give them a try. I cannot afford the book right now but look forward to the newsletters. I have been on meds befor and I do not want to be on them. I want to fight this beast off myself hopfully with your help. I do hope we ALL find our way out of this darkness we fall into and be able to live a more carfree funfilled life. God Bless
Nicole
I have been suffering from GAD and panic attacks for some time now. I came across your website 2 nights ago and already I can feel my confidence building. I know I still have a lot of work to do but this is the most relief I’ve felt since my panic attacks started. Thank you for the newsletters…they are truly a godsend!
Nicholas Augsburger
I’ve been suffering with panic attacks for 10 years. They come and go. but lately they have been very extreme. I purchased his course and started to use the techniques and feel alittle better each time. I still Suffer from them but they dont last as long. I hope this will help me finally take control.
Kevin
Yes, I feel sometimes like I’m in a cloud and it lasts all day sometimes. How can I get rid of it?
salvatore
thanks brother god bless you
amanda
i have been having anxiety for almost 2 years now and its really taken over my life. It all started when i took a cna class and had to get a tb test well i almost passed out i had the ears ringing and sick feeling and i could not see everything went black and i got real hot well now i am terrified that i will pass out. i cant drive unless i talk to someone on my cell phone or someone is with me and i dont go anywhere unless i abouslutly have to. im engaged and its suppose to be the happest time in my life but thanks to my panic attacks its awful. i cant do anything that i use to do i use to love life and having fun but now i hate doing anything or being around anyone. i found this website 2 days ago and i feel some better and my church is praying for me. so with the good lords help and your newsletters help i will get over this and starting living the life that a 20 year old should. i hope and pray that each and everyone of you all get better and all of you are in my prays. thank you and good luck.
Liza
Dear Barry
Im so thankful for your help. Why is that sometimes eventhough I feel no anxiety for a week and Im now so happy but later it will come . Is it setbacks? But still Im happy with the books and emails I received I keep on rerading and happy that it will cure my anxiety but I want that it will totally get lost of my self. I love your emails and the sharing of experience for those who have also anxiety it also helps a lot. Thanks. Barry
Adriana
Ive been getting these feelings of anxiety for a while now….in fact today I went to work and I was feeling happy and fine. I left work and all of a sudden started to feel so sad and spacy….While I was in the supermarket it started to feel the tension headaches and dizziness. This feeling is the worst but I am trying to hard to get rid of it….by reading these newsletter it really helps to help me calm down. I cant wait till I am officially done with this.
Jenny
Since around Thanksgiving of 09′ I have been battling terrible anxiety and panic. It was living hell! I have since learned that there is a possible medical issue which is called adrenal exhaustion. Your diet can greatly attribute to anxiety and panic attacks. Your body can only take so much stress, before it bottoms out! So if you find your anxiety reoccuring every day, I would highly suggest going to a nutritionalist to see if you are depleted of vital vitimans and minerals. I have been taking an adrenal builder called Adrenal Essence every morning. But, only take 1/3 of the capsule mixed in cranberry juice in the morning after breakfast to get started, to see how your body adjust to it. Look it up online and read the ingredients to make sure the herbs won’t effect any medicine you are taking. Also, you need to eat every two hours, after Breakfast, Lunch and a healthy snack an hour or so after Dinner, like a banana. Eating small snacks throughout the day helps keep your adrenals balanced. But, let me just say, if you have been experiencing severe anxiety non-stop with little sleep, it will take your body a little while to get back on track. Your mind will race to dark places sometimes, but know your body is trying to balance itself out. Have a good family or friend support group to pray with you and encourage you while you are healing. Again, it takes time. Drink lots of water, cut out all caffeine and sugars/aspartame/high fructous syrup from your diet. Go to a whole foods store and stock up on Potatoes, Organic Eggs, Avacodos, Almonds, Sunflower Seeds, Carrots, Fish, Chicken, Blue Corn Chips, Hummus, Apples, etc.
Again, read all about adrenal exhaustion/fatigue and you will start to feel better that there is more going on than you realize and you will overcome this in due season if you will take care of yourself! God is the ultimate healer. Read Psalms 103:1-6 everyday and believe that God will see you through if you trust and obey his Word!
Blessings,
Jenny~
teresa
I have had such comfort in the last few days from receiving back to back emails about taking control over panic attacks. I had my first major panic attack about 26 years ago, while sitting at a stop light. It scared me horribly, and I literally thought I was going crazy. It has affected my life for so many years. They do come and go depending greatly on life’s situations, however, I have severe problems driving. That is one issue i would love to resolve. Lately I have been struck horribly with attacks due to a lot of life’s pressures, and was contiplating getting on medication, but then came across this site. I have cut out drinking coffee, which seems to help trigger attacks, and have been eating better, also exercise will always help too. These exercises and different thinking patterns have really really helped me the last few days, I am so grateful that God has lead me to this site. Hoping to buy the book soon, if financial situations become better, but just having the emails has helped tremendously. Thank you!
jeanette
I literally cried and cried the other day when I discovered this site. I’ve been through a rough emotional patch lately and have been having attacks as a result. I was seriously thinking I was going crazy. Self doubting that I can “handle life”. And going crazy thinking “why is this happening” or “what’s the root of this cause”??? Knowing what I know, I know that emotions lend so much to the physical body. When you’re out of balance emotionally, you’ll become out of balance physically.
It sure is scary having an attack. I had on in the middle of teaching kindergarteners (I’m a substitute teacher). Luckliy for 2 kind aides, I was able to leave and get myself together. And thanks to a wonderful principal, I was able to go home and rest.
Thank you all for being such a support. I honestly thought it was “all in my head”.
yashiro
i had anxiety since 12 around.im 25 but never spoken to my parents for fear of being yelled !! when i used to tell how i feel,the first response is ‘what`s happening to u,whats ur stupid prob etc etc…’ or when attending wedding, i should heard some nasty comments( u were like a silly guy standing etc etc ) usually my panic attack starts from the stomach then my throat is like blocked n later on flushing n sweating over the face ( was i in sahara desert??) these start when esp people r starring at me or talking to some girls esp who i dont know or when being among a crowd!!wanted to take medication but i think im too young! after looking in my past..i have found out that it was due to my introvert personality i think( the result of being a good guy..shame on me). i have tried respiration techniques but didnt work!! the newsletter i was receiving was very nice indeed!! already in practicing but as a student i cant afford the program…so i will seek the little knowledge!! i hope to have a girl one day after striving hard to get out of this darkness!! thx a lot for everything!!
carlo
Hi,
I havte been having the panic a ttacks since 2 years , it had started one night when i had illegal fun drugs “hash” which i do only socialy and after that i had wine , after that my heart kept beating for 4 hours thinking that this feeling will finish soon because i have not smoked since long time , but actually it went even worse and i thought for sure i will die from the mixing of alchool and drugs.,my wife took me to hospital at 4 am ,they have done ECG and blood samples to see if it is heart attack ,but they said it is anxiety. i thought things are over and that was only because of what i have done last night. The nightmare of that day is still stuck with me, i have been on medication for the past 6 months , i do feel better but i still feel anxious when i meet new people or going out of my safe zone like long travels . i have been receiving the e-mails and i think from the first lesson i already think it will work . thanks for the help
Kaitlyn Hubbard
Thank you for the email.When I read your blog, I thought it was super good!!!!!All the stuff that drives panic attacks away are always the same and sometimes dont work at all.But when I read your blog,it sounded like a new and better way to get rid of panic attacks!I will try anything!!!Even if it kills me.Thanks again.
Patrick
i have also had the panic attacks for almost a year now.Have taken depression tablets,potassium,brain tonic etc and nothing helps.
Thanks for the site and i will certainly try the countdown and the course alter when i am able to
Ty
I wanted to explain my symptoms and let everyone know this works. After the birth of my second son, bent over to give him his bottle and BOOM, out of nowhere was this stabbing pain in the center of my chest. Only lasted a second but panic set in. Rushed to the er and after testing was told reflux, but nothing about panic symptoms. Three months later was roofing a house a throwing shingles up on the roof and noticed a strange feeling in my upper chest area, panic again, same story at er, reflux. The only difference is to this day I get strange upper chest pain around 3rd rib area on both sides that feels like I can message it out. Keeps menon pins and needles all the time. Needless to say, keeps my anxiety through the roof. All this has been over a 5 yr period. Been to countless Dr.’s and can’t get a diagnosis. Heart, lungs everything checks out good. 2 months agoni ran across panic away and just reading the newsletter has helped me get through all this. Panic was trying to kreep in today and I used the 20 second rule and kicked it tale. Has anyone else experienced the same type of chest pain? Going back to Orthopedic Dr. Next week. Thank u for helping with my panic symptoms, who knows, maybe my chest pain is all panic related and it will start going away.
michelle
thanks,reading all these emails and newsletters lets me know im not alone….thanks so much and please keep them coming they really do help,,,,,
Mike S
I just want to say thanks for the tips about dealing with my anxiety. My anxiety has been present for roughly 6-7 years; I hate it but witht your tips I have been able to embrace the anxiety and panic attacks and defeat them. Sometimes it takes a few days or weeks but I am feeling I have more control. My biggest issue is how to shake the anxiety first thing in the morning. I often wake in the middle of the night all wired with anxiety and wake up jittery and nervous. I end up reading or rereading your entries to gain control again. Do you or does anyone have any other advice?
Thanks!!
Mike S
Lynsey - Glasgow
I have been suffering from panic attacks since just before Christmas. I have had a couple of big panic attacks since then. Everyone kept asking me what I was worrying about to bring them on, thinking there was an underlying problem I wasn’t discussing. The only thing I was worried about was having another attack, this seemed to bring on the symptoms and then before I knew it I was having another one. I have been put on beta-blockers for my heart palpatations by the doctor who has diagnosed a heart murmour, I’ve got a hospital appointment next week to get some tests done on my heart. After reading everyone’s testimonies and seeing that my symptoms are very similar to a lot of other peoples I’m confident that there is nothing wrong with my heart and that I’ll be able to come off this medication soon. I’m waiting on my shipment of the full course material, but after reading the first few newsletters and online testimonies I’m already feeling much better and much more confident that nothing bad is going to happen to me and that if a panic attack comes on I can work through it. I’ve already seen a reduction in the number of attacks, so I’m hoping by the time I’ve read through the course material and put it into practice the attacks will all be a just a memory from a difficult period in my life. Good luck to everyone who is dealing with this, power through and things will get better!
susy
hi everyone and i do too suffer from this condition and all i could say is that is really bad and drives me crazy and i just pray to god to heel me and everyone that suffers from this condition….. god bless you all my friends….
susy.
SAM
I never believed that ur programme is going to make sucha diffrence in my life,. thank you
Rossi
i started having panic attack symptoms when ii was around 15 yrs old…i had palpitations and some chest pains. I went to get checked out at the docter, he sid maybe they were cause by hypothyroidism. I was on like 3 heart medications and i ever felt any better. More test were done and i my thyroid gland was fine so was my heart. I kept thinking that the dosters were wrong! How could i feel so horrible and nothing be wrong. I started to do some reserach. And found out that my symptoms were a cuase of Anxiety. My parents didnt understand Anxiety. My father use to say “just dont think negativly and it will go away!”Guesz what the symptoms never diid.It sucked beause it class out of no where my heart use to beat really loud and fast and i had tingle sensations and coudlnt breath,messed up school days for me.My first encounter wit one of those evil attacks was one night ngiht my aunt was dying my hair,when she was washing the dye out,for some reason i started to feel that i was in danger,not dangerous danger but that maybe the dye would get in to my eyes!!I couldnt catch my breath, the room seem to spin! i my hart was gonna explode!The fear of it being a heart attack made it worst!…I was scared to dye my hair for awhile.I started to dedicate my time to research all about anxiety about why and how it happend. I came across your awsum advice and turned out to really help.That was both good and bad..Good becuase i am finally finding great ways to relieve my thought to b serious symptoms….buh bad cause ii am having to face a battle against myself.I am only 16 and i want to ba able to live the life any other 16 yr old would wit out having to worry about when anxiety will strike next. Thankz so much for the help.You are really helping.
Ashok
im going to try this next time i feel an attack coming on.:)