My Story of Panic and How I Got Out of It!I was 24 when I had my first panic attack. I was sitting in the cinema when I started to feel very uncomfortable. My heart began to race and my whole body began to tense up. At first I thought it might have been an allergic reaction to something, then I began to fear it was something more serious like a heart attack. I left for the toilet and was so terrified I could not go back to my seat.That was the first of many anxiety or panic attacks I was to experience over the next few years. I did not know what a 'panic attack' was until my doctor explained it to me. He did not give a lot of information about it but said I had developed an anxiety disorder. He prescribed some medication to calm me down but I stopped taking them as I feared I would become addicted or have bad side effects. Sometimes at night I would wake with anxiety and every morning as I got up, I would check to see how anxious I felt in my stomach. The one thing always on my mind was "am I going to have a panic attack today?" Along with this I began to have thoughts that scared me like I might go crazy and do something totally out of character in public or with the people close to me. I was so wound up I started to lose confidence in my own ability to control my own life. It influenced a lot of decisions I made for the next three years. Holidays, nights out, work trips all were influenced by this nagging fear of anxiety. Driving also started to become difficult as I feared getting stuck in traffic or at red lights and if I had a panic attack I wouldn't be able to operate the car. I felt helpless. This, however, is a letter of hope. I am writing this to let others who might be experiencing something similar know that I found a way out of my anxiety. I found the Panic Away program on the internet and was initially suspect of buying it as I had not heard of it before. I took a chance and downloaded the e-book. As I read it I felt Mr. Barry was speaking directly to me. He knew exactly what I was going through and outlined a way to move out of the anxiety with a technique he calls the "One Move." This approach has made a world of difference. I applied the technique each morning (when I usually experienced worst anxiety) and immediately noticed a difference. Something was changing -- it is hard to describe, like a light going on -- It felt like I was not running away from the fear anymore. Several weeks passed without significant anxiety and then I slowly dared to do things I was avoiding -- driving on my own, flying on my own, lots of stuff on my own where before I needed someone with me. One year later, here I am writing this email feeling 100% better. I now do not fear anxiety creeping back because I have moved beyond it. That is what this book and technique have taught me. I look back on the time spent in anxiety as a very troublesome, but now worthwhile experience. I learnt more about myself than ever before and I learnt that I have all the resources within me to deal with this, I just needed someone to guide me. I am writing this in the hope that it might ring home with even just one person who is in a similar place as I was when I felt down and trapped in fear. Click here to learn more about Panic Away and the One Move technique that finally worked for me.
Best wishes, P.S. It's worth reading all the other people's stories about using the One Move technique. Reading all those testimonials is what helped me to finally make the jump. I thought, "If it worked for them, it might work for me." I'm so glad I listened. |