You CAN live panic-free.
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What is Your Symptom Orientation? You cannot have a panic attack unless you react with fear and dread to the normal bodily sensations of adrenaline, shortness of breath, dizziness, heart pounding, rubbery legs, chest tightness, disorientation, weakness, tingling, blurred vision, hot flashes, sweats and inner trembling. When you are in a panic state, you are […]
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Fear of Normal Bodily Sensations Do you live in fear of a sudden surge of heart pounding, shortness of breath, dizziness, lightheadedness, weakness, rubbery legs, heavy head, inner trembling, nausea, lump in the throat, chest heaviness, numbness and tingling in your hands and feet, head pressure, cotton mouth, spacey, and disorientation? Catastrophic Thinking and […]
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The Call from the Airport *Yesterday, I received a frantic call from one of my patients. Dorothy was at the airport, waiting to board a flight to attend her sister’s wedding. We had just started panicLINK training. I had created a special audio program to help prepare her to take control of panic attacks on […]
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Home Alone Panic Attacks *Ever since the birth of her second child, Susan, a 34 year old married accountant, has been experiencing severe panic attacks “Out of the Blue.†Her first panic attack hit suddenly when she was home alone with her two children while her husband was away on a business trip.  Susan still […]
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How Many Medical Doctors Do I Have to See? *Karen, a 33 year old married school teacher and mother of 3 young children, had been feeling “constant†lightheadedness, weakness and nausea for several weeks on end? When her family Doctor could not find a medical cause for her complaints, he referred her to an Ear […]
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*Panic Disorder: The Fear of Normal Bodily Sensations For no apparent reason, “Out of the Blueâ€, an intense wave of physical sensations surge through your body. Heart pounding, shortness of breath, lightheadedness, heat waves, rubbery legs, a lump in your throat and numbness and tingling in your head and face overtake you. Naturally, you think […]
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The Psychological Basis of Panic Disorder What Does My Personality Style Have to Do with Panic Attacks? The People Pleasing Personality Are you an over accommodator? Do you bend over backwards to make others happy? Do you constantly fear that other people will be mad at you? Do you avoid conflict and confrontation? Are you […]
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*Uncertainty about the Cause of Panic Attack Symptoms Initial panic attacks appear “Out of the Blue†for no apparent reason. Experiencing intense physical sensations with no explanation can be very disconcerting. You immediately think “Why am I feeling this way? What could be causing me to feel such intense surges of physical sensations in my […]
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