Download or read book Living with Panic Disorder written by John Tsilimparis and published by Publishamerica Incorporated. This book was released on 2003-12-01 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Living with Panic Disorder is a collection of poignant short stories written by panic disorder sufferers throughout the country. The pieces describe, often in shocking detail, the tormented lives of people living day to day with this condition. Panic disorder is a devastating but highly treatable condition that affects one out of every ten people. The illness is so pervasive that many people go through life in hiding, completely isolated for fear of shame and ridicule. The stories in this anthology will help normalize panic disorder to the masses and begin the process of dispelling the myth that only mentally unstable people suffer from this condition. My hope is that this book will also help the many who are still suffering alone to reach out and get treatment. Reading about one person's experience would not be powerful enough. I needed an anthology of pained voices from all walks of life to relate gritty, descriptive accounts of their struggles in their own words. The following stories were written by courageous individuals whose lives were forever changed by the power of panic disorder.
Download or read book Overcoming Panic Attacks written by Ray Comfort and published by Bridge Logos Foundation. This book was released on 2005-07 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Practical help for those who suffer from panic attacks and irrational fears, this book is credible from both medical and spiritual standpoint.
Download or read book When Panic Attacks written by David D. Burns, M.D. and published by Harmony. This book was released on 2006-05-09 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The truth is that you can defeat your fears. The author of the four-million-copy bestselling Feeling Good offers 40+ simple, effective CBT-based techniques to overcome every conceivable kind of anxiety—without medication. “Few truly great books on psychotherapy have been published, and this is one of them.”—Albert Ellis, Ph.D., founder of the Albert Ellis Institute and bestselling author of A Guide to Rational Living We all know what it’s like to feel anxious, worried, or panicky. What you may not realize is that these fears are almost never based on reality. When you’re anxious, you’re actually fooling yourself, telling yourself things that simply aren’t true. See if you can recognize yourself in any of these distortions: All-or-Nothing Thinking: “My mind will go blank when I give my presentation at work, and everyone will think I’m an idiot.” Fortune Telling: “I just know I’ll freeze up and blow it when I take my test.” Mind Reading: “Everyone at this party can see how nervous I am.” Magnification: “Flying is so dangerous. I think this plane is going to crash!” Should Statements: “I shouldn’t be so anxious and insecure. Other people don’t feel this way.” Self-Blame: “What’s wrong with me? I’m such a loser!” Mental Filter: “Why can’t I get anything done? My life seems like one long procrastination.” Using techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), which focuses on practical, solution-based methods for understanding and overcoming negative thoughts and emotions, When Panic Attacks gives you the ammunition to quickly defeat every conceivable kind of anxiety, such as chronic worrying, shyness, public speaking anxiety, test anxiety, and phobias, without lengthy therapy or prescription drugs. With forty fast-acting techniques that have been shown to be more effective than medications, When Panic Attacks is an indispensable handbook for anyone who’s worried sick and sick of worrying.
Download or read book A Life Less Anxious written by Steve Pavilanis and published by Alpen Publishing Company. This book was released on 2009-11-11 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you have a tremendous fear of public speaking, flying, or other social situations? Do you live in fear of having another panic attack? Do you depend on antidepressants, alcohol, or other medications to calm you down or help you sleep? If so, you're not alone. Tens of millions of Americans are affected by anxiety disorders and many more worldwide. I personally struggled for five years with extreme social anxiety and panic attacks, constantly battling my own scary and seemingly uncontrollable thoughts. I finally found the path to freedom from excessive worry, medication, and fear. I have overcome these problems and now live my life with a greater sense of inner peace and calmness. I'm not a medical doctor, psychiatrist, or therapist of any sort. I am simply a normal guy whose life was once overrun with constant worry, fear, and depression. With great determination, research, and trial and error, I have returned to a healthy state of wholeness and optimism. My book details many of the problems I encountered daily, struggles that anyone suffering from anxiety can certainly relate to. I expand in detail upon my journey towards personal freedom, the valuable lessons I learned along the way, and how to apply them to your own life. I discuss why I had several severe relapses with my progress, and how you can avoid the same pitfalls. Some of the highlights of the book include: Education - Explanations of what anxiety is, and how it affects your body and mind. Strategy - How to formulate a plan to overcome your own fears and self-created limitations. Techniques - Discussions of the various physical and mental techniques I found most helpful in my recovery and still practice today, including meditation. Inspiration - I show you how to gain a sense of urgency and inspiration to change your life. Life Changes - Adjustments to your lifestyle to help encourage a peaceful mind and body. Are you ready to get your life back?
Download or read book Living With Anxiety written by Bob Montgomery and published by Da Capo Lifelong Books. This book was released on 2009-04-28 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to a 1999 Surgeon General's report, "Anxiety disorders are the most common, or frequently occurring, mental disorders." Too often overworked doctors prescribe drugs to manage the condition for a short-term cure and send the patient on his way quickly. Psychologists Bob Montgomery and Laurel Morris strongly disagree with treating anxiety disorders with drugs. Their timely book provides a step-by-step plan to help anxious people learn to cope without resorting to medication, even for severe manifestations of anxiety such as obsessive-compulsive disorders and panic attacks. In easy-to-understand terms, Montgomery and Morris define anxiety, describe the different forms it takes, and show how to manage anxiety in everyday life. They discuss general anxiety, agoraphobia, phobias in general, social phobias, and social anxiety, among other types. Living with Anxiety discusses how and why to stop taking anxiety drugs and when drugs can help; it also recommends when to seek out a psychologist. It offers readers practical exercises and specific strategies for dealing with feelings, thoughts, and physical symptoms associated with anxiety attacks, and methods for strengthening social, sexual, and interpersonal skills that can be the source of anxiety.
Download or read book Calming the Rush of Panic written by Bob Stahl and published by New Harbinger Publications. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you constantly feel anxious? Do you have panic attacks that make you feel as though you are about to lose control? You are not alone. In fact, anxiety disorders are among the most common mental health conditions faced by our society. Perhaps you’ve tried therapy or medication and have not found any real, lasting relief for your symptoms. So where do you go from here? Calming the Rush of Panic will introduce you to the practices of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR)—a proven-effective meditational method developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn—as a way to work through episodes of panic. After an informative introduction to MBSR, you will be guided through a number of exploratory practices and meditations to transform your panic into peace." Each chapter in the book contains informational background on the topic, guided meditations, and up to 10 practices that let you put the information and skills you will learn into action. The book promotes mindfulness-based practices and exercises to help you deal with the physical, emotional, and mental effects of panic, and inside you will learn foundational MBSR meditation practices, including mindful breathing, sitting meditation, and loving-kindness meditation. If your fear response is out of sync with the situations you find yourself in, this book will show you that your thoughts are just thoughts—they are just one part of you. This quick, accessible book is the first to use an MBSR approach to specifically target panic attacks and panic disorder, and its goal is to show you what exists beyond your panic—a life filled with a greater sense of calm, connection, and happiness.
Download or read book On Edge written by Andrea Petersen and published by Crown. This book was released on 2017-05-16 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A celebrated science and health reporter offers a wry, bracingly honest account of living with anxiety. A racing heart. Difficulty breathing. Overwhelming dread. Andrea Petersen was first diagnosed with an anxiety disorder at the age of twenty, but she later realized that she had been experiencing panic attacks since childhood. With time her symptoms multiplied. She agonized over every odd physical sensation. She developed fears of driving on highways, going to movie theaters, even licking envelopes. Although having a name for her condition was an enormous relief, it was only the beginning of a journey to understand and master it—one that took her from psychiatrists’ offices to yoga retreats to the Appalachian Trail. Woven into Petersen’s personal story is a fascinating look at the biology of anxiety and the groundbreaking research that might point the way to new treatments. She compares psychoactive drugs to non-drug treatments, including biofeedback and exposure therapy. And she explores the role that genetics and the environment play in mental illness, visiting top neuroscientists and tracing her family history—from her grandmother, who, plagued by paranoia, once tried to burn down her own house, to her young daughter, in whom Petersen sees shades of herself. Brave and empowering, this is essential reading for anyone who knows what it means to live on edge.
Download or read book Living with Panic Disorders written by Jennifer Connor-Smith and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Everything Guide to Coping with Panic Disorder written by Rudolph C Hatfield and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-12-11 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conquer panic once and for all! Have you ever felt your heart race out of control for no reason? Everyone gets a little anxious now and again, but sometimes worry and fear can reach unhealthy limits. Panic disorder is a serious condition with symptoms that include sudden attacks of fear and nervousness, as well as physical symptoms such as sweating and a racing heart. With The Everything Guide to Coping with Panic Disorder, you'll learn how to gain control over panic and anxiety with a variety of helpful approaches. This guide includes information on: Symptoms and warning signs of panic disorder How stress and anxiety affects you physically Professional treatments and therapies Self-help anti-anxiety techniques you can do at home Living with panic disorder With detailed information treatments such as cognitive behavioral therapy, medication, and mindfulness exercises, The Everything Guide to Coping with Panic Disorder will give you an arsenal of anti-anxiety techniques so you can stop panic before it starts.
Download or read book Living With It written by Bev Aisbett and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic guide for panic attack sufferers - now fully revised and updated. Panic attacks - approximately 5% of the population will experience them at some time or another. The dread of having an attack - they seemingly come out of nowhere - transforms the ordinary world of everyday life into a nightmare of anxiety and suffering. Bestselling author Bev Aisbett, a survivor of Panic Syndrome herself, has three basic messages: You can beat this You are not alone You will recover Originally published in 1993, this calm, common sense guide has helped many thousands of panic attack sufferers to overcome their fears. Bev Aisbett explains how panic disorders develop and how to recognise the symptoms, and covers topics such as changing negative thought patterns, seeking professional help and, ultimately, the skills for recovery. This fully revised and updated edition of LIVING WITH IT provides much-needed reassurance and support, showing the way out of the maze of panic with humour and the insight of first-hand experience.
Download or read book Anxiety written by Joshua Fletcher and published by Teach Yourself. This book was released on 2020-03-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you suffer from anxiety and panic? So did Joshua Fletcher, the author of the self-published bestseller ANXIETY: PANICKING ABOUT PANIC - but he treated his own condition successfully, went back to school, became a counsellor and emerged as one of the country's leading experts. ANXIETY: PRACTICAL ABOUT PANIC is a complete, easy to read and hugely practical book about anxiety from someone who knows how to recover and live your life to the full - and will show you how.
Download or read book Panic Free written by Lynne Freeman and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Panic Free is the first authoritative work of its kind to present a drug free approach to conquering anxiety disorders. Anxiety disorders are one of our most serious health problems. Over 24 million people in the United States suffer from some form of anxiety disorder. Each year the number of individuals afflicted rapidly increases with over sixty percent of them women. Dr Freeman, a recovered agoraphobic herself, has helped to put thousands of anxiety sufferers on the road to recovery.
Download or read book Living Well with Anxiety written by Carolyn Chambers Clark and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-03-17 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete guide to the side-effects and treatments for anxiety disorders High anxiety is an unfortunate byproduct of this world, and for approximately 20 million American adults a year, anxiety becomes a debilitating part of their lives. The psychological can become physical, causing dizziness, stammering, heart palpitations, trembling, shaking, and other symptoms. Unlike other books on anxiety disorders, Living Well with Anxiety offers a holistic approach to minimizing anxiety, presenting both conventional psychiatric and psychological approaches to anxiety conditions, as well as patient anecdotes, and nutrition, herbal, environmental, exercise and other healing measures to combat this disorder. Living Well with Anxiety contains helpful advice for a wide range of anxiety disorders, including social anxiety disorder, panic disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder and various phobias that cause anxiety. With a comprehensive resource section that contains websites, doctors, and helpful articles, this book, like all of the titles in the successful Living Well series, offers positive and far-reaching solutions to building a healthier life, both emotionally and physically.
Download or read book When Anxiety Attacks written by Terian Koscik and published by Singing Dragon. This book was released on 2015-09-21 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frank and full of gentle humor, Terian Koscik's graphic memoir shares her experiences of living with anxiety, finding the courage to see a therapist, and learning more than she could have imagined. Even in childhood anxious thoughts would seep into Terian's day. Yet she never thought that getting professional help was for her, simply concluding that her problems weren't "real" problems (a lion hadn't devoured her whole family, for example). But when her anxiety finally became overwhelming, she knew it was time to see a therapist. To her surprise, Terian learned endless coping techniques through her therapy sessions. She shares how mindfulness strategies helped her observe anxious thoughts without criticizing them, and how "I" statements encouraged her to express feelings more openly in relationships. But perhaps the most important thing she learned was that there really is no "right" way to feel.
Download or read book Living with Anxiety Disorders written by Allen R. Miller and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains what anxiety disorders are, treatment options, and offers teens advice on how to successfully deal with them.
Download or read book Obsessive compulsive related Disorders written by Eric Hollander and published by American Psychiatric Publishing. This book was released on 1993 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While other texts provide general information on obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), this is the first book to make a wider, inclusive examination of the disorders that appear to be closely linked to OCD (i.e., body dysmorphic disorder, trichotillomania, Tourette's syndrome, etc.) and review the diagnostic, biological, and treatment issues surrounding their relationship. Obsessive-Compulsive Related Disorders discusses the way compulsivity and impulsivity are studied and understood in the diagnosis and treatment of these obviously related disorders -- should they be diagnosed by categories, or in the context of dimensional models? Subsequent chapters also examine serotonin's role in these psychiatric disorders.
Download or read book Your Life Is Waiting written by Rafe R. Martin and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2007 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Untold Secrets of Hatville: is a Romantic mystery, dramatically expressed on paper. this story takes place in the lives of two sisters, as they endure the rollercoaster ride that brings them into an array of explosive events. From adoption, sudden death, even to the brink of blissful happiness, this story will make you laugh, weep, sometimes it even makes you mad. But, it will touch your heart in ways that you couldn't imagine. Come take a journey through life's twists and turns in the marriages of Jana and Tim, along with Joyce and Mart. This story will have you mesmerized. The Untold Secrets of Hatville is a must- read.
