The other day one of my girlfriends said that she was embarrassed but wanted to talk to me . When I make a friend request on Facebook it’s amazing how much anxiety I feel over whether they will confirm me as a friend or not. I wait with such anxious thoughts….what if they just ignore it…what if they don’t even want to be my friend? What if they don’t think I’m worthy enough? And if they do accept and see that I only have 50-60 friends do I look like a failure because they might have 200, 300, 400?” These are not just passing thoughts, but something that she dwells on and consumes her. She said she can work herself into such a state that she seriously think she’s having a panic attack. If I don’t hear back from the person for days I can’t seem to let it go. The more I think about it, I can feel my heart beating faster, my hands get all sweaty, I feel so jittery and light headed that I have to sit down. The worst part is that I don’t know how to calm myself down.

Why do we constantly compare ourselves to others and put so much emphasis in trying to be perfect and successful. Why is it that we so desperately need to feel people’s acceptance and approval?

While each of us needs to practice our own self-love and acceptance there’s no doubt that fear and self esteem issues are at the root, but these irrational thoughts would come at her so fast that it was impossible for her to stop the feelings and sensations….because she didn`t have the tools to know how.

Barry Joe McDonaugh’s Panic Away has helped her tremendously. She has practiced his One Move Technique for several months now and with all the useful, practical information he has provided in his Panic Away Program she can now stop these thoughts when they come into her mind so that she doesn`t experience the full blown panic attacks any longer!

It has given her a sense of confidence because she is back in control of her thoughts and she is no longer obsessed with people’s approval. After she went through the program she knew it was worth the effort, the mind is so powerful and it’s a battle to overcome anxiety but she did it!

Over the weekend the following situation arose and I’m going to tell you how Panic Away helped. I had gone in last week to see the doctor because of severe pain in my upper stomach that was going all the way through to my back. It was very painful even taking a breath in, for days I could barely move. It was such a strange pain that I had never had before so I was extremely nervous about it. Wanting to rule out any tumors, blood clots or walking pneumonia, my doctor sent me for many tests that included an X-ray, an ECG and blood work.

After I had the tests, the doctor’s office called while I was fast asleep on the couch and I missed their call. I checked my voice mail that evening and heard a message saying, “Kirsten please call the doctor’s office.” I immediately grew anxious and very concerned, my doctor knew I was already coming in on Monday so why the call on Friday afternoon! Now I had to wait over the weekend! They must have found something I thought to myself and now I was very alarmed!

Horrible thoughts started to swirl around my head, I made up several worst-case scenarios in my mind and then I realized that I was heading down the slippery slope of an anxiety attack. I immediately asked myself what I was scared of and I confronted the fear head on…not an easy thing to do but it worked! I applied Panic Away’s One Move Technique™ and could instantly feel myself gaining back control and calming down. I was able to calm down and have a good peaceful sleep. For the rest of the weekend, whenever I felt the anxious thoughts creep up on me….and they did, I quickly applied the One Move Technique™ , it takes only seconds to implement wherever you are, and it returned me to my normal self. Years ago, this same situation would have left me calling all of my friends in a panicked state, up all night, trembling, fearful, constantly worrying and not able to sleep a wink.

I am so thankful for the Panic Away program and all the wonderful things it has taught me. Just coping with anxiety is not good enough. The Panic Away program teaches you how to free yourself from EVER having another panic attack. Break the cycle of fear with this amazing tool that will allow you to never fear another panic attack again.