Do You Fear the Arrival of Another Panic Attack?

People who have experienced panic attacks often go around with a grave sense of unease that at any moment, they will experience a major panic attack.

It’s a fear of the ultimate panic attack that would finally push them over the edge.

This leads people to make changes to their behavior in order not to do anything that might trigger a panic episode.

When people feel this way, simple daily tasks can become big challenges. Some people start to fear driving their car in traffic. Others fear leaving their safe zone or simply any situation where they have responsibilities to perform.

This state of apprehension keeps a person’s anxiety level high, leading to feelings of general anxiety.

If you are such a person I hope to put your mind at rest. Panic attacks as well as general anxiety (even when not accompanied by panic disorder) can be eliminated in simple steps regardless of how long the anxiety has been a problem.

I am speaking not just from my own personal experience but from having worked with thousands of people right around the world.

Here is an important observation:

The key difference between someone who is cured of panic attacks and those who are not is really very simple. The one who is cured is not afraid of panic attacks. I’ll try to show you how to one of these people as well.

What if I told you the trick to ending panic attacks is to want to have one!

That sounds strange but let me explain.

A simple trick to ending panic attacks is wanting to have one because the wanting causes an immediate diffusion of the anticipatory fear.

Can you have a panic attack in this very second?

No !

You know the saying “what you resist persists.” Well that saying applies perfectly to fear. If you resist a situation out of fear, the fear around that issue will persist.

How do you stop resisting?

You move directly into the path of the anxiety; by doing so it cannot persist because you process the fear out through your emotions.

Try in this very moment to have a panic attack and I will bet you cannot… Yes, I know the idea of calling on a panic attack is scary at first but play with the concept and watch what happens.

You may not realize it but you have always decided to panic. You make the choice by thinking

“This is beyond my control.”

“These scary sensations are beyond my bodies control.”

It may help if you imagine that having a panic attack is like standing on a cliff edge.

The anxiety, it seems, is pushing you closer to falling over the edge. Each time you fight back using poor coping strategies the more desperate you feel.

To be rid of the fear you must metaphorically jump. You must jump off the cliff edge and into the anxiety and fear and all the things that you fear most. How do you jump?

You jump by wanting to have a panic attack. You go about your day asking for a panic attack to appear. Your real safety is the fact that a panic attack will never harm you. That is medical fact.

You are safe, -Yes, the sensations are wild and uncomfortable, but no harm will come to you.

Your body is in a heightened state but no harm will come to you.

The jump becomes nothing more than a two inch drop! You are safe.

You always were.

Think of all the panic attacks you have had to date and come out the other end. Was there any lasting physical damage to you, other than the mounting feeling of panic?

Now you are going to approach this problem differently. You actively seek out the attack like an adventure seeker. Take the opposite approach.

YOU bring it on!!!

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Here are some of the things you will learn from Panic Away…

-Learn how to be empowered and gain confidence by engaging a simple technique to defuse any panic attack.

-The four most powerful approaches to creating an enduring anxiety buffer zone (particularly useful for those who experience GAD).

-Learn to avoid making the one mistake almost everyone makes during a panic attack episode.

Here is a small sample of how the course has helped others:

…learned more from reading your program than I did from all the psychologists and other practitioners I had seen in the 25 years

I must tell you that out of all the items you can purchase regarding anxiety related products on the internet, I learned more from reading your program than I did from all the psychologists and other practitioners I had seen in the 25 years that I’ve had this condition.

I had been on Xanax and Klonopin for about 10 years, but this December, I decided to withdraw from it thinking I didn’t need the pills anymore according to some of the programs I ordered claiming “miracle cures”. That’s when all my symptoms started again. I felt as if I had wasted the past 20 years trying to get better.That’s when I started searching the web for home based “cures”. I ordered so many programs I started to get confused from too much conflicting advice. Also, I was promised support but I am still waiting replies from some of the more expensive programs!

You are a true gentleman, and I am going to post a very positive feedback on a website you might be familiar about called: Tapir?

Talk to ya, Andy

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…I DEBATED ORDERING YOUR PROGRAM BECAUSE I HAVE SPENT APPROX. $8,000 IN THE LAST 5 YEARS

, I RAN ACROSS YOUR PROGRAM SUNDAY, FEB. 5th. I DEBATED ORDERING YOUR PROGRAM BECAUSE I HAVE SPENT APPROX. $8,000 IN THE LAST 5 YEARS OF MY LIFE TRYING EVERYTHING FROM PANIC SUPPORT CLASSES, MEDICATION, COUNSELING AND THE LIST GOES ON, ALL TO RID MYSELF OF PANIC ATTACKS. SOMETHING INSIDE ME SAID, JUST KEEP TRYING, SO I DID. AFTER 5 YEARS OF OF LIVING MY LIFE WITH THE WORLD ON MY SHOULDERS I AM EXCITED TO SAY THAT I AM NOW PANIC FREE. AFTER ONE TIME OF APPLYING YOUR ONE MOVE TECHNIQUE, I AM A NEW PERSON.

ONE OF MY MANY FEARS THAT I DEVELOPED WAS DRIVING. AFTER READING YOUR PROGRAM AT 12.30 AT NIGHT I WROTE DOWN SOME QUICK NOTES FROM YOUR “ONE MOVE TECH.” I RAN OUT OF MY HOUSE AND DROVE TOWARD THE DARKEST SCARIEST ROAD WHERE NOBODY WAS NEAR BY.

THIS WOULD DEFINITLY BRING ON AN FULL PANIC ATTACK, WHICH IT DID. WHILE LETTING MYSELF FEEL THE EMOTIONS RUN THROUGH ME, I DID EXACTLY WHAT YOU TOLD ME TO DO, I WAS SCARED AS HELL BUT STOOD MY GROUND. I INSTANTLY CALMED AND EVEN TRIED TO BRING THE ATTACK BACK ON, BUT COULD NOT. I LITTERALLY LAUGHED OUT LOUD AND SAT IN MY TRUCK AMAZED. AFTER ALL THIS TIME THAT WAS ALL I HAD TO DO. THE COMPLETE OPPOSIT OF EVERYTHING THAT I WAS TOLD. THIS WHOLE WEEK I HAVE DRIVEN WHERE EVER I WANTED,AT ANY TIME OF THE DAY. I AM SO GLAD I FOUND YOUR PROGRAM.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR RESEARCH, TIME, AND DEDICATION SO THAT PEOPLE LIKE US CAN NOW LIVE A NORMAL AND HAPPY LIFE. JACKSON CA, AARON

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…I prayed to God to show me what to do

I experienced my first panic attack in July of this year and ended up going to the hospital by ambulance thinking I was having a stroke or heart attack! I have had a bunch of attacks since then. Monday morning I awoke to an immediate attack and prayed to God to show me what to do. To make a long story short, I was led to your website but was afraid it was like the other ones where they try to sell you their products. However, your introductory information really spoke to me and I decided to take a chance. I read your book and it gave me the tools I was searching for to deal with my attacks.

I could tell immediately that you have suffered from panic attacks yourself because you spoke with authority that can only have come from having dealt with the terrors yourself. I am 42 years of age and have been noticing the psychological effects of perimenopause (one of which is panic attacks in my case). Thanks again!!

Sincerely, Cynthia

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I encourage you to take a chance with this course. As a former sufferer I would not pretend to have a solution if I did not honestly believe it could be of great benefit to you.

Together we can get you truly back to the person you were before anxiety became an issue.

P.S. Additional bonus- I am currently offering an opportunity to have a one to one session with me so that I can ensure you get the results you need. All I ask is that should you feel the course has been of tremendous benefit to you that I add you to a database I am currently updating of success stories.

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Talk soon

Barry McDonagh

Anxious Thoughts and Broken Records

Have you ever noticed that anxious thoughts are like a broken record?

I know with Ipods etc. it’s a bit outdated to be using a record analogy here but it works well to illustrate a key point about anxious thoughts.

Remember when a record got scratched it made a very unpleasant sound and caused the needle to get stuck on the same groove.

The same one line would play over and over again ad nauseam until you picked up the needle and moved it past the scratch.

Anxious thoughts are bit like this. You might be happily going about your day and then something triggers an anxious thought.

The worry the thought creates sends an unpleasant shock wave through your nervous system. (The scratch on the record).

Then once you start reacting to the anxious thought it is hard to stop thinking about it over and over again. (The needle stuck in a groove)

The repetitive anxious thought can last minutes, hours , days depending on how upset you become by the thought.

I want to share with you a quick technique to jump out of this anxious groove. This technique is you learning how to pick up the record needle and move it past the scratch.

Here it is:

1, Observe 2, Trust 3, Move

Observe the anxious thought and label it. Say

“Oh there is fear X again, imagine that”

Try your very best to not get sucked into reacting emotionally to the thought.

Then

Trust that what you are worrying about will in all probability never come about. Almost all the anxious thoughts we have are a complete waste of our energy.

Trust that things will work out fine.

Joseph Cossman said “If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today.”

If you are religious/spiritual then hand your anxious thought over to a higher power. Trust that there is nothing to fear and you will be looked after.

Trust and let it go.

“Every evening I turn my worries over to God. He’s going to be up all night anyway. ” ~Mary C. Crowley

Lastly,

Move your attention elsewhere. Focus on something positive that takes your mind out of the anxious groove.

Replace the anxious thought with a positive thought. You are not trying to suppress the anxious thought, you are simply moving your attention elsewhere. To continue the record analogy, you pick the record needle up (your attention) and move it out of the groove it was caught in.

If you are engaged in an activity then move your attention fully there. Be 100% present in the moment.

If you are walking focus on the surroundings, if you are driving observe all the sights and sounds. If you are with someone focus all your attention on them.

By moving your attention into the present moment there is no room for anxious thoughts to dominate your mind.

Play around with both moving your attention to positive thoughts or into the present moment. Different people find one or the other is easier to accomplish. The key thing is to move your mind out of the anxious groove and put you back in your natural flow.

So to sum up remember O.T.M.

Observe, Trust, Move

It takes a bit of practice but as long as you remember the above 3 steps you will be able to dramatically eliminate anxious thoughts from your day.

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Barry McDonagh

What are the Some of the Signs of Anxiety in Women?

According to studies, more signs of anxiety can be seen in women than in men. These are caused by responsibilities, financial difficulties and stress at work. All the stresses from such problems are added up to make you become anxious. It is thus imperative to know what these symptoms are so that you can learn to manage them.

You may live with severe anxiety and not even know it. There are different signs of anxiety in women that differ from each person. These symptoms include fatigue, headache, insomnia, depression, loss of appetite, muscle tension and absence of sexual urges. The more chronic symptoms include shortness of breath, heightened heart rate, irritability, feeling dreadful and having unfounded fears.

The signs of anxiety are different with each situation. One of them is the inability of managing stress. Although stress is a part of everyday life, the way it is managed by people differs. Stress levels change and this is according to the situations and experiences felt by a person. 

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If you do not know how to deal with it, it may make you suffer chronic stress. A hormonal imbalance can also contribute to anxiety which is because of menopause, pregnancy and post-natal depression.

Anxiety disorders have six types. One of them is generalized anxiety disorder where you worry too much and are always afraid. Anxiety attack symptoms in women include restlessness, stomach upset and insomnia. 

Another type of anxiety is a panic disorder where you constantly panic for no reason at all. The symptoms for this includes shortness of breath, rapid heartbeat, chest pain, perspiration, fear, nausea and being lightheaded. 

 Another type of anxiety disorder is an obsessive-compulsive disorder where you have recurring and compulsory actions. Example would be double-checking if the stove is off, a door is locked or repeatedly washing the hands. Another related disorder is social phobia or social anxiety disorder where sufferers feel severely self-conscious. 

They constantly worry about what people would think about them and they feel the same symptoms as those felt by people suffering from panic attacks. Those suffering from a traumatic event suffer post-traumatic stress disorder. They experience nightmares and flashbacks and are always alert. Finally, the last type of anxiety disorder is phobias where their fears are exaggerated and not realistic at all. Phobias are the same as those in panic attacks.

There are different treatments for anxiety. Doctors usually prescribe tranquilizers and antidepressants such as Xanax or Valium. Another prescribed method is cognitive behavioral therapy which lessens anxiety. You will be asked to identify what your negative behavior and thoughts are and then overcome them. With proper medication and therapy, anxiety attack symptoms in women can be controlled as based on studies.

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When you know how to manage stress, you would be able to lessen the symptoms and signs of anxiety. You should also learn how to balance work, rest and play and make the necessary lifestyle changes. The problem with women is that they multi-task and tend to do and worry about everything on their own. They also make sacrifices for other people’s benefit. They worry about a lot of things to the point they forget to eat and rest. 

If you want to avoid from getting signs of anxiety, do not do everything on your own, join a support group, rest and have fun.

What is a Panic Attack: Symptoms and Severity of the Illness

Suddenly waking up at night finding you sweaty, restless and breathless can be scary, exhausting and frightening - a condition that experts call as panic attack. So, what is a panic attack? A panic attack can actually happen to you anytime of the day. You might find yourself feeling restless, anxious and breathless no matter what time it is as panic attacks can happen whenever and wherever you are.

To answer more thoroughly your question of what is a panic attack, it is actually a symptom of anxiety disorder. If you are suffering from any, it is most likely that you will experience a panic attack at some point in your life as well. Panic attacks are defined by episodes of breathlessness, gasping for air as with hyperventilation, excessive respiration and suddenly waking up at night feeling out of breath and restless. 

Panic attacks are also defined with subsequent episodes of fear and apprehension that usually peaks 10 minutes after the initial attack and generally subsides the following hours.

Many first timers often conclude and fear that they are experiencing heart attack or a nervous breakdown. So, further details to answer what is a panic attack are the symptoms of panic attacks. While a heart attack and panic attacks may have the same symptoms such as suddenly being awoken in the middle of night and breathlessness, the similarity actually ends there.

Panic attack symptoms are less harmful to your body as compared to a heart attack which can cause sudden death. Although, this is not a reason for you to take panic attacks lightly as prolonged episodes can cause harm to your health as well, just not as serious as sudden death that heart attacks give.

Intense trembling and shaking of the hands and knees are also symptoms of panic attack. When one feels scared and frightened one of the normal responses of the body is to shake and tremble intensively. 

When you experience this alongside the feeling of fright it might be that you are suffering from panic attacks. Fear is the one symptom that defined a panic attack from a heart attack as when you have a panic attack there is intense feeling of fear and terror. You feel like you have the need to escape something and go somewhere else that you no fear could inflict on you. This is one serious symptom that you can feel when you have a panic attack.

Now that you have a further understanding of what is a panic attack, you might be wondering then if this is a serious illness. Generally speaking, panic attacks are not harmful to your body although if not treated immediately can manifest serious consequences in your life. 

Especially with nocturnal panic attacks, you hardly sleep anymore because you are always awoken even before your deepest sleep so you hardly feel relaxed at all. Sleep is essential to every human being as our bodies need to relax. Lack of sleep can cause you to become less productive in your work as you barely have the energy left to work, experience poor memory and even become irritable and emotionally unstable. Thus, when you experience any of the symptoms, you need to consult with your doctor immediately. 

Medications for Panic Attacks: What Doctors Might Prescribe to You

Whenyou suffer from panic attack, one of the first things that would comeinto your mind is this: ‘What are the different medicationsfor panic attacks thatI can use to manage my symptoms?” There are actually a handful ofdifferent medications you can use that are sold through prescription.But you can’t buy just anything as some of these medications mightbe harmful to your health. If you are thinking of using medicationsto treat and manage your panic attacks, be sure to check with yourdoctor first to make sure that he approves of you using such drugsand if your body will respond positively to it.

Antidepressantsand anti-anxiety medications are most often the ones prescribed topeople by doctors. Panic attacks and depression as well as anxietyhas a close connection to each other thus they are included in themedications for panic attacks list.SSRI’s or Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors like Prozac andZoloft are the most prescribed antidepressants in the world. Thesemedications help in increasing the amounts of serotonin contained inthe brain that lessens any feeling of depression and anxiety therebydecreasing symptoms of panic attacks as well. 

SNRI’s orSerotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors are also a type ofantidepressant that works by increasing the levels of serotonin aswell as norepinephrine in the brain that helps people calm down andcome to a relaxed state of mind. Tricylic Antidepressants or knownfor short as TCA’s such as Anafranil are also often prescribed.These drugs work by increasing not just serotonin and norepinephrinelevels in your brain but to a lesser extent the levels of dopamine inyour brain as well which further helps you to relax and calm yourself.

Betablockers are often prescribed to people who have heart diseases andconditions to help them manage their attacks. But it can also beconsidered as among the medicationsfor panic attacks asit helps in controlling symptoms of panic and anxiety. This type ofmedication is also used to control excessive shaking and tremblingthat the patient might experience during episodes of panic attacks. 

Beta blockers have a lesser side effect that one can expect formunlike antidepressants and anti-anxiety medications. But some of theside effects that one can experience include light headedness,drowsiness, sleeplessness, diarrhea, cold extremities and short termmemory loss. Examples of beta blockers are Atenolol and Propranolol.

Mildtranquilizers such as Buspirone are also used to help treat peoplewith panic attacks. This help in calming the body and letting moreair inside the lungs to help your body further relax. Although thereare a few side effects to this medicationsfor panic attacks butit usually goes away after a few days of usage. 

And, only a fewpercentage of people with panic attacks who were prescribed with thisexperienced such side effects. One might feel mild drowsiness,dizziness and headache.

Theseare the medicationsfor panic attacks thatyou might be prescribed to you by doctors to help you manage yourpanic attacks. But when you are prescribed with one, make sure thatyou don’t overuse and abuse the drugs as it might worsen yourcondition. 

What You Need to Know about Nocturnal Panic Attacks

Have you ever woken up at night finding yourself feeling out of breath, gasping for air, sweaty and scared? You might think that you just experienced a heart attack but it can actually just be nocturnal panic attacks. While the latter and heart attack may have the same symptoms, panic attacks are generally not harmful to your body. 

Although of course, when you do experience this, you might still want to seek help from the doctor. Actually, nocturnal panic attacks are very much the same as your regular panic attacks. The only difference is the time and moment that the attack happens.

If you are one of those people who suffer from anxiety disorders or depression, there is a great chance that at some point in your life, you will experience nocturnal panic attacks or panic attacks in general. Thus, it is always advised that you seek out help immediately if you feel something is emotionally and physically not right in your body.

Nocturnal panic attacks are experienced when the body transitions from a light sleep to a deep sleep. Thus, you might think wrong again that it could possibly be a nightmare since you are awoken feeling anxious and restless. But when you try to remember you dream, you don’t recall anything – not a single glimpse. This is because dreams occur during the deepest stage of sleep and panic attacks occur during the transition from light to deep. 

If you can’t recall any dream and find yourself constantly being awoken in the middle of the night with the same symptoms over and over again, there is a great chance that it is a panic attack. This transition from light to deep sleep happens 90 minutes after falling asleep. No one can really tell for sure why this stage of transition causes panic attacks but it has often been associated with other diseases and illnesses that patients may have.

Causes of nocturnal panic attacks have not been firmly established yet since sleeping disorders are really hard to diagnose and treat. But some experts have associate panic attacks that happen during the night to sleep apnea. If you are also suffering from sleep apnea, chances are you might experience panic attacks as well. A panic attack might be triggered by gasping for air and feeling breathless which is the same fight and flight response as hyperventilating. Other experts have also associated panic attacks with GERD or gastroesophageal reflux disease. 

When you suffer from GERD you gastric juices becomes too acidic at times that causes chest pains which can then trigger anxiety in your body thus a panic attack. But if you are not suffering from of the diseases mentioned above yet still have episodes of panic attacks it might just because your body cannot fully surrender to the state of relaxation causing the panic attacks.

Generally speaking, nocturnal panic attacks are not harmful to the body but prolonged episodes and attacks can cause devastation to your health. It can leave feeling scared to sleep or have lack of sleep every night. It can cost you productivity, focus and memory hence when you experience panic attacks consult with your doctor immediately.