Courage and Panic Attacks

People who have never experienced a panic attack often judge the anxious person harshly.

The outsider has no real comprehension of what is happening to the person experiencing a panic attack and wonders why they fear to do the simplest things.

I know myself that I could not understand how overnight I went from being a confident young man to someone who became anxious of common everyday situations.

Going places took on a whole new dimension as I constantly evaluated if being there might trigger a panic attack.

I had to force myself to do very simple things like go to the cinema or drive in traffic. As a man that type of anxiety really erodes self confidence, as so much of male self esteem comes from being perceived as strong and brave.

…but here I was afraid to queue at the bank!

Today I know better. Through my own journey and all those I have worked with, I know now that anxiety disorders have nothing to do with a persons level of bravery.

I know this to be true because I have worked with many people from the ‘bravest’ professions around. Firemen, policemen, soldiers. All of them admired by others for their bravery.

Some of these individuals would actually prefer to run into a burning building than stay awake at night with a panic attack.

That sounds strange but it isn’t really. In a burning building they knew what to do and how to handle the situation. During a panic attack they felt powerless and out of control.

What you have to remember is that panic attacks and general anxiety have no relationship to the level of courage an individual has. In fact it has nothing to do with the world out there, -it is a problem born out of an internal crisis.

It is easy to feel brave and fearless in the world when your internal world feels safe but when you feel those internal walls have been breached by fear, then your confidence is rocked. The danger you fear becomes internal. Your psychic foundations feel vulnerable.

That is where the crisis originates. The doubting of your ability to handle the sensations shakes your inner confidence and that is what the fear feeds off.

It is a crisis of confidence in your body and mind’s ability to handle the stress. This crisis however does not stop the bravery.

People with anxiety actually do the bravest of things.

They get up each day and get on with life. Picking themselves up after each and every setback. It does not make headline news but it counts because it is real bravery, true courage.

To the untrained eye it does not seem like such a big deal to simply drive out of state, attend church, or go shopping. However for the person with anxiety, that experience can be a massive accomplishment, especially if they have tried and failed many times before.

The good news is:

This bravery does not go unrewarded.

Once the person has triumphed over their anxiety problem, they develop an inner strength that the average person never gets to develop.

You see, no matter how many brave things you do in the world, if you have not been challenged on an inner level, then you miss out on the opportunity to develop real inner strength.

That is the hidden opportunity anxiety presents to you. To become a bigger person than you already are. That is what you take from the challenge of anxiety.

It does not matter if you have not reached that point yet. The journey is unique to everyone so do not judge your progress against others.

The only thing that matters is that you persist.

Persistence will ensure your success.

To learn more visit: www.panicaway.com

Kind Regards

Barry Joe McDonagh

www.panicaway.com

All material provided in these emails are for informational or educational purposes only. No content is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Consult your physician regarding the applicability of any opinions or recommendations with respect to your symptoms or medical condition

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151 Comments

  • Sian Reply

    Hi been getting panic attacks for past 12 weeks never had one before in my life, been to hospital twice and been on medication, it’s the horriblest sensation I actually feel lime I am going to die, i have been to the docs numerous times who have told me the same thing, it is panic attacks and anxiety I worry myself sick though that there is something wrong, I am so afraid of myself or anybody I know dying. I literally feel like I could stop breathing when I have these . It’s getting md down so bad and I don’t feel anybody around me quite understands how much this affects my day to day living. I’m 23 by the way

  • Joe Reply

    Hi,

    Thank you for the latest newsletter…i see you are very experienced in this area, i have a form of anxiety that seems to attack whilst i play sports. I am a keen and pretty decent football player but for the last few years whilst i am playing i am overwhelmed with shortness of breath, fast heart rate and dizziness….at times i have managed to get away with it and faked a short injury or taken ages to re-lace my boots but there is only so much i can do….I have tried hard to find any patterns that trigger these but they seem to come out of nowhere during a match, whether i am playing well or not. My heart is fine as it has been tested plus i am 21 and feel healthy. I would really appreciate if you have any ideas regarding anxiety in sport etc. Aside from this i do suffer from some panic but maybe not as excessively as some other, i have a fair bit of anxiety in certain situations but i am able to control it to some degree.

    Thanks in advance

    Joe

  • Angelina Peradilla Reply

    I experienced panic attack and anxiety last year. I thought I could no longer overcome such. I felt so hopeless especially for my family. I really submitted myself to God and read advices from those who have experienced the same thing.

    Thank you for your enlightening words. I am now fully healed. I just considered it a night mare that I don’t want to think of anymore.

  • Balwin Reply

    I am a 36 year old mother of 6 beautiful children ages 7 to almost 16. I was raised in an abusive home .Consequently, I married an abuser. After 11 years of torture, I finally had enough guts to divorce him. Thru all of this I stayed relatively calm. I felt a sense of pride , I had gotten my children out of abuse! Seven months after everything was final , I was @ the grocery store ,and it hit me . Fortunately I had experience with panic from my mom. Here I sat in the checkout with my head between my knees. I found out first hand that when panic hits, I WILL PASS OUT. It was so humiliating! That day began my 6 year battle with anxiety. Irefuse to let it get me down . I’ve always been a survivor. I have learned to go places and do things knowing full well I will panic and pass out cold : ) I don’t let it get me down the children & my new husband don’t know I’m panicking most day. I do really well not letting it show .I tried antidepressants for two yrs ? But I am very upbeat so while they controlled the panic they also depressed me so bad I felt numb .I went off them in 2007 . I treat the panic with xanax occasionally but I hate takin meds so most of the time I deal with it . I am so tired and sincerely hope this course helps me . I read eagarly every night. This course is the only light at the end of the tunnel I have seen. Thank you so much , and keep up the good work!

  • Robert W Reply

    This sums up exactly how I feel inside.
    I have endured these problems and all the time tried to convey to people it is not the real me and please understand.
    I lost my job trying to tell my employer this as I was being harassed by an employee of theirs and this was resulting in stress/panic attacks.
    I am a very good person and very honest. My life, work,relationships and reputation has been wrecked by these attacks coming on even though I have explained till I am blue in the face what is happening to me.
    I am such a strong person and all of this has been very hard on me and took every ounce of my courage to fight and deflect.
    Thanks for such enlightening words

  • shannon doyle Reply

    Im 25 and have had anxiety for almost a year now as a result of being bullied in the workplace by my boss when i was pregnant, he shattered my confidence and belittled me so bad and i now dont even go out on my own and have mild panick attacks, it ruins your quality of life and has also taken away the fun of pregnancy and being able to go out with my daughter and having fun. i did get suicidal from it at one point but my daughter got me through and i now have 3 treating doctors looking after me so im lucky and reading all these stories have certainly given me hope and excitement that my life just might get back to how it was , thanks guys i wish you all the best of luck,

  • lana Reply

    i endured the second set of horrible panic attacks/panic disorder in my life last september 2009, 3 weeks after having a multi level lumbar spine fusion surgery. i sat up in bed and i had the worst dizzy attack that literally made me fall over because i couldnt keep my head up and i didnt know i was having a vertigo attack so that started my panic attacks. I previously had panic disorder/attacks 12 years previous but got over it after 6 to 8 months. it had been so long i forgot what panic attacks were like. anyway, from september 2009 to mid november 2009 i was in different doctor’s office, emergency rooms, hospitalizations, because the panic attacks affected my gastrointenstinal system and i was vomiting and had diarehha daily, along with intense nausea and dizziness. my stomach nerves were completely shot. a few suggested anxiety in the beginning but i didnt believe them because i had so many physical symptoms, i felt like i was dying literally and like i was going mentally insane. i got this program near the end and it helped me to realize for me i needed medication to stop my panic attacks – which i was completely scared to take. after reading the program i got the courage to try anti panic anti depressent and klonopin and for me it worked. i was too far gone in physical symptoms. the anti depressant Immipramine and Klonopin stopped my panic attacks and i got finally relief. i was on the medicines for 9 months and then i tapered off myself and for 4 months now im medicine free and panic attack free thank god. i never thought i would feel “normal” again. but if god forbid it comes back again, this program does have good things to offer and i will try them before doing medicine again. it was hard to “see through the trees” during the panic disorder but i can definitely now.

  • mary Reply

    Thank you so much for your emails which make total sense, you are so correct in saying we have great courage, it is like pushing a cart up a hill on a very wet day, and your shoes have holes in them and everytime you think you are reaching the top you slip back, it takes sheer determination to get to the top, I took your advice and do the 20 second countdown and so far it is working, also I tell myself I can have a Panic Attack I have given myself permission to have one. Again thanks for your concern and hard work on behalf of all the brave people, you are our champion.

  • Sophie Reply

    I completely understand how you are all feeling. I started having major panic attacks and severe anxiety after having laser eye surgery in Nov 2010. It terrified the life out of me. Doctors just three antidepressants at me which made me 100 times worse. Am on very low dose of diazapam and have to take medication for acid reflux and wake up very nauseous. After ordering your programme I have found it very helpful and have not had a major panic attack for a few weeks, although have bad palpitations on and off. Your programme has inspired me and I am staying strong as I do not want to take pills that send me scatty again. Night time is worse but am learning to to try and ignore palpitations and go back to sleep. I have found doctors very unsympathetic. But after joining your programme I know I can get through this. I know there will be bad days but I am confident these will get less and less.

    You have to have hope. If you want to cry have a good cry, pick yourself up and start again, it helps.

    Thank you Barry from the bottom of my heart.

  • matei Reply

    I enjoy reading your message. It helps me a lot. But i’m still having depression. I’m taking treatment from psychiatrist also but it helps me a little bit only. I wish i could have free from this anxiety.

  • Geoff Reply

    I am 59 and have had anxiety and panic attacks since my 20’s. I’ve tried many programs and read countless books. Claire Weekes’ books have helped. But I am still not “cured.” I am against meds and am anxious to try your program. As a man, it is embarrassing to have this condition because we are supposed to be strong and brave. I plan to purchase the downloaded version.

    Thanks,
    Geoff

  • Ryan James Fox Mischaelis Reply

    Just something I would like to say about people with anxiety and panic attacks I my self have them….“Anxiety and panic attacks” Most people that have not had a panic attack or anxiety attack don’t understand how it feels. People who have “never experienced a panic attack” often judge the “anxious person harshly”. Some people who have never experienced a panic attack or high anxiety tend to think that the people that have anxiety problems and or panic attacks that it is “all in their heads or making it up” .Well anxiety and panic attacks are real and can make one feel like they are having a heart attack and or flu like symptoms or ether health problem. Now I know that a lot of people have some form of anxiety. Like worry or stress that can make one feel sick or stressed or just worn out. Yes just about all people have some form of anxiety this I know. But some people with anxiety disorders and panic attacks have higher than your everyday anxiety. Symptoms of a Panic Attack raging heartbeat difficulty breathing, feeling as though you ‘can’t get enough air terror that is almost paralyzing nervous, shaking, stressing out, stressed heart palpitation, feeling of dread dizziness, numbness from head to toe light or heavy headedness or nausea trembling, sweating, shaking choking, chest pains, distress fear, fright, afraid, anxious, hot flashes, and or cold flashes, or sudden chills, tingling in fingers or toes, (‘pins and needles’) fearful that you’re going to go crazy or are about to die fearful to have more panic attacks. And this is just some of what a panic attack feels like. Now think of people that have ether forms of bad health such as “brain tumor” or “hart problems” or so on. Anxiety and panic attacks will feel 10 times the force with ether health problems. Anxiety can make you feel powerless and out of control and can make it hard to do very simple things like go to the cinema or drive in traffic or everyday tasks. And the fear that you will die or loss your mind and fear of more panic attacks or so on. I myself I know how it feels to have anxiety problem. I had my first panic attack at the age of 19 and it was hell. For 7 years I had to put up with panic attacks and high anxiety. Then one day it went away and I did not need to take medications for it no more. Well one day the anxiety and panic attacks came back and with 5 times the force then before and back on meds thin it went away again for 3 years. Well now it is back aging and with more force and I’m back to medications like Lorazepam for it aging. I don’t know why but sometimes is seems like the meds don’t seem to work right away or as well as they did win I first started having anxiety and panic attacks. This may just means that your doctor may need to up your medications or try something else. Win I first started to have anxiety and panic attacks it was so hard on me so now that I am 30 going on 31 years of age I find it harder to just do everyday tasks hell leaving the house is hard to do and sometimes being at home watching TV and I still get panic attacks. But every day I still fight and try to go on with my life one day at a time. I hope that one day the panic attacks and anxiety problems will go away as it did once before. So to people with anxiety problem don’t give up hope. More things you can do talk to ether peoples with anxiety talk to your doctors and try your best on getting help but keep this in mind it will pass anxiety and panic attacks will pass. I know it may seem like it will not but it will and remember this if you are in all in all good health anxiety “will not kill you”. Now think of this people like professions like Firemen, policemen, soldiers, and so on. All of them can have Anxiety as well. Some of these individuals would actually prefer to run into a burning building or into the line of gunfire than stay awake at night or the day with a panic attack. This may sounds strange but it isn’t really. In a burning building they knew what to do and how to handle the situation. During a panic attack they can feel powerless and out of control. Well one more then in a way I could see dyeing from a panic attack is if you already have a weak or bad hart then I can see it giving one a heart attack but Ether then that no. And it don’t matter what sex you are male or female or what background you came from. You can be rich well set or poor or just a everyday guy. People with anxiety to me are fighters. They get up each day and get on with life. And with each and every setback it does not make the news but it counts because it is real bravery to me. No it may not seem like a big deal to simply drive to work attend church or go shopping. However for people with anxiety and panic attacks that I my-self have the experience can be a massive accomplishment especially if they have tried and failed many times before. The only thing that matters is that you and I as well persist and Persistence will ensure your success and mine. I know that it may seem like you’re persistence will not pay off but it does. It just takes time I my-self I feel like just giving up hell just about all the time. But I don’t give up I love life and you just have one life so do your best to make it as good as you can and try to have as much fun with life as you can. Remember that yes one must still go to work pay bills and stuff like that. So just take life one day at a time. And if this helps I know this may sound odd but if it helps you to get over the anxiety and makes you happy I don’t care if it take’s dressing up like an Animal/mascot playing with toys or video games or doing silly stuff whatever helps or makes one happy to go on with life if that makes you feel better thin do it or take up art or ether hobbies that may help. One more thing just what makes someone have anxiety disorders and panic attacks disorders. Well besides everyday stress some of it doctors think is from unbalanced brain chemicals abnormal excitement in the brain or mess fires in the brains electrons and so on. And how much people have anxiety disorders and panic attacks disorders. Well that is hard to say but from what I found out from what some of my own doctors say and from online research Approximately 6.8 million are affected by Generalized Anxiety Disorder, 6 million by anxiety attacks and panic attacks, 7.7 million by Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, 15 million by social anxiety disorder, 2.2 million by OCD, and 19 million by Specific Phobia. Anxiety attacks and panic attacks. Now I’m not a doctor but from my own self-experience and online research and talking with ether People with anxiety and panic attacks. This is a lot of people with this problem. So to people with anxiety and panic attacks you are not alone. And remember to take it one day at a time and at the same time live your life to the fullest you can.

  • Muhammad Edris M. Masorong Reply

    I had been experiencing panic attacks for almost 3 years now and today is my worse experience of it i guess.. I’ dropped out of school due to this but the financial problems was the real cause it gave me depression and i was homebound, agoraphobia, and social anxety i guess.. but i don’t include social anxiety to my list of disorders as i can tell i have so many panic, agoraphobia, ocd?, you name it. i’ve learned so much from your program at first i was skeptical, i can’t say much right now but all i can say that you are really a godsend my GAD, hehe.. all your words are medical i never took meds only vit. b complex i was sent to a hospital a feww months ago and didn’t took the emds the doctor was ofefring even if my parents were so desperate and me too. I just know or i have this sense of feeling that this meds won’t help, “what can the doctor help me with? he asks too many questions i can’t answer that time since i got this trauma that time when i got out i was completely out of myself but still moved on and thinking yeah, i have it again.. cause i’ve already had this 2 years ago same situation dropepd again but this time it’s worse but here i am, more empowered than before i’ve never felt so much stronger and reading through your mails i think this is the only tool that can save my life back again.. and also praying to god.. i’m still on this right now but too, i can see the light at the end of the tunnel and that light, even if it would sometimes lose it’s power, some days or times it will come back and i believe it will never go away.. ty so much god bless you.

    P.s.

    My mother and father also here, at the same time, are experiecing this right now due to the times i was only in bed, like just lying there, no hope, i thoguht i was going to die and all my thoughts were to the point that is leading to , “i’m going to die.. that it..” but now i feel mroe and more like my self and yeah, it’s still some how hard cause while battling through this, i’m helpng my father and mother and using “ALL MY KNOWLEDGE that ive learned from your site and some resoureces before/expereinces and i really hope, because of ur program, i can achieve success.. persistence, courage.. i just feel so happy..

    and oh, last night, i just want to share with you, i felt freedom, like really, everything was freedom from anxiety like i’ve never felt for a long time but much stronger but it came back again but i never look back from the mistakes all i do is persist but i believe in you, it really works i just have some few problems right now cause still helping my parents.. 🙂 thank you oh so very much i wish i can meet you or just hear from you that you are a man that has helped so may people someday after i completely get my life back…

    sorry for the long post thank you oh so very much again.. i wish i could write more but it’s already too long.. hehe.. peace V

    for all the sufferers out there, i wish you will not lose hope cause hope is not lost it’s always there it will never go away.. persist and you will achieve success like Mr. Barry says..

  • fahima Reply

    hi thankss it help me alot tooo

  • Ziad Reply

    For every one who is going through this illness, please be sure that you are brave and can handle anything! there are times when these attacks can sweep you off your feet but you have to remember “it is just a feeling!” there is nothing true or real about it.

  • Laura from CA, U.S. Reply

    Hello Barry, and everyone else. I have been suffering from anxiety for about 3 months now, been on an anti-depressant for about 7 weeks (first Zoloft, then Celexa, 10 mg a day) when I just couldn’t deal with the sleepless nights and constant anxious feelings anymore. The side effects can be unnerving, frightening and frustrating, but they are mild now, and certainly more “desirable” to the horrible anxiety which seems to have been helped a bit. I’ve suffered only a few panic attacks (THANK GOD), but they don’t seem to be my real problem- as I know they are only temporary and will quickly subside. I just would breathe through them and they would disappear. The worst, though, is the constant anxiety. My anxiety manifested itself through a fear of Diabetes, and now, I have developed a food phobia- strange, huh? But, I’ve made amazing progress!!!! I must say, as another poster, that God has become a HUGE part of my life now, with constant prayer and singing in my mind & out loud, and reciting promises from scripture. I also remind myself that the diet I’ve adopted (a very healthful vegan diet) is optimum for good healt & that the food I’m eating is delicious & nutritious- food God created just for me.

    I have been skeptical about your program, Barry, but the more emails I receive and the more posts I read, I am seriously considering purchasing your program. I have had some great progress- I must acknowledge that. And, for all of you out there- DO NOT allow yourself to discount any progress you’ve made, no matter how small it might seem. Every little bit is major, and one step further up on the ladder to getting you out of the hole. Expect setbacks, and tell yourself that you CAN and WILL rise above it again. You did before, you will again. I’ve experienced tremendous progress the last few weeks with changing my internal “dialogue”. You can too- as we think, we feel!

    Thank you, Barry, for your amazin encouraging, and helpful emails. They have been a help to me, and I have been passing all I’ve learned from you (and Cognitive Behavior Therapy-CBT- techniques) to my mother who has a tendency toward depression & anxiety- likely the source of my own anxieties. I know that one day I will be able to attack simple things (just like getting out of bed, cleaning my house, cooking a meal, eating a meal!), and regain my confidence in life. You are one more avenue of light down this long dark tunnel! THANK YOU!

    Laura from CA, U.S.

  • diego morales Reply

    i am having panic attacks over a month now i am 27 years old and i just dont know what to do anymore i have read other cases of other people that are been havig this for years i am afraid of that. but i alsa want to thank panic away cause it gives me hope i dont know what else to say

  • Mary Ann Ganit Reply

    Hi Barry, thanks for the newsletter, ive been through your site finding a solution to my problem it just started 2009 when I felt that i will fall or imbalance, i consult a lot of doctor and they told me that it’s a vertigo they give me medicine serc tab it was lost a week but after that it return. Some of my symptoms are dizziness, falling sensations and sometimes i felt that the floor that im stepping is sinking. I also felt weak legs. Im not sure if this relates also to panic attacks. I was not able to go out even in the supermarket or far places alone because Im afraid that I might fall or felt dizzy.Ther’s an instance when Im going home from office I really have to hold a bar afraid of falling. To those who have a same situation like me who find cure to this’ please help me I was not able to do my day to day activities even in the house. I know GOD has reason for everything, and I believe time will come this will end. To all of us just keep praying to our Father in heaven.
    God is good..He already knows what we are suffering right now..JUST BELIEVE.

  • Rosa Reply

    Dear Barry, Thank You for your emails. As a victim of severe Panic Attacks, everything everyone has written I’ve experienced, except for fainting which I would pray for to block out. Along the way 15 years later I am an empowered being, a survivor. I have had an experience that has made me a better human being and more appreciative of life and how this experience has changed me and provided me life tools. I experienced anxiety from the age of 8, I am now 43 and as I grew so did the level of anxiety until my mid and body just got tired of fighting, so the fight came out in the physical and I was fighting fear. How does one fight fear, something they cant see, hear, yet feel every blow in every way. Today I say Thank You for the experience an no one will understand the strength it takes to face fear and wear it down, by using your techniques which as i read emails I realised I was doing. The more power you give something, the more power it has, you are the ENERGY to that power, place your ENERGY to love, light & peace, mind, body and soul and to every part of your being, Love yourself more and more and a step back means you have had leaps forward and instead of feeling down, appreciate and love yourself for having the will, strength to pull the plug on the power and take your energy back. God Bless Each and Every One Of You! Survivors and better humanitarians. xxx

    • Sam Reply

      That is amazing Rosa!!!!

      • Rosa Reply

        Hey Sam! Thank You so much for your words of encouragement, they touched me in more ways than I can express. I am writing a book ‘Love Nurtures Life’ and how ‘LOVE’ has helped me to heal as have the wonderful Angels we are Blessed with in Spirit and in the Physical, such as Barry. Each day I receive more insight to LOVING myself and others and am honoured to say I receive many messages and through my journey I have grown and with me my children have grown and awareness of what many label a ‘mental disorder’ which I know to be ‘an order experienced to be the perfect being we were born to be, yet bred to forget’. Thank You for your post and allowing your time. Boundless Blessings To All. Rosa xxx

  • mahmoud Reply

    One millione thanks to you from mahmoud

  • nina Reply

    when I had my first panic attack I thought that it was a sign of weakness. that I was to weak to handle the stress in my life, that I was a coward because I didn’t want to go out of my house, I was so scared of everything. Now, almost two years after that, I think I can be proud of myself! Because after the first two weeks of hiding in my house, I eventually went outside and into the world, with shaky legs and a choking sensation, but nevertheless I made that first step. And ever since I have been trying to live normal every day, like I did before, when I was not suffering from general anxiety disorder. People who have never been through this don’t know how hard it can be to do the simplest things on a daily basis, but I tried really hard, every day, and I still do.
    Today, I don’t think I’m weak or a coward. I think I have learned a lot about myself, and that I grew stronger. And getting your self-esteem back is very important if you want to fight this. Don’t let it overpower you and make a small person out of you. You need to overpower it and be an even stronger person then you are now! and when you do that, don’t forget to be proud of yourself, because you deserve it!
    good luck!

  • mel Reply

    Hello Barry,
    Thankyou for the mini course that arrives in my mail-i look forward to it with much hope..Im struggling with copiing with Panic disorder and am slowly but surely making progress.Till i received your mail about bravery i used to call myself the cowardly lion from Wizard of Oz since im a Leo:)But now i see that this is really about me coming out stronger than i was before PDA took over my life 4months ago,Thankyou Barry and God Bless you for the wonderful work youre doing.My dear husband has been a rock and pillar of support through this trying time and ofcourse the Good Lord and Mother Mary who help9 me come out of this slowly but surely!

  • Sam Reply

    Barry I have been reading your mini courses and they have began to help me!Thanks so much for the words of encouragement!:) I just pray one day mine will be over.11 years is long enough!!!

  • Chris Reply

    Thank for the mini courses i can only hope te be a bigger person after i no longer feel this anxiety.
    Your words make me feel like i am not alone but i’m still not my old self, i dont know why this is happening to me but evrything has their reasons in life. I am only 18 years old and have been feeling this way for almost a week now ( It feels like for ever and terrible).

    so thank you for the support.

  • Roby Reply

    I can’t believe I am writing on this wall. I am shy about this problem, and I still do feel I could just “get on with things” like normal people and my old self did. Instead anxiety has changed my life, my personality. On one side you want to shout about it, tell people you are ill, you can’t cope, to leave you alone. On the other you want to fight it, try to stay positive, be out there no matter what. I find helpful to realize that I am not alone in this battle, but also scared that so many have been battling anxiety for ten or more years. What is the cause? Why more and more people suffer from it? That’s what we should find out.

  • sudhir Reply

    its gradually developing sme sort of confidence in me.
    thanks a lot to barry sir.

  • Vikram Reply

    Hi

    I somehow felt that physical and mental exhaustion triggered these attacks in my case as i went through very harsh times in the past ten years.I think i always had anxiety trouble but it became evident only when i recently had a series of panic attacks and the world got shaken up.

    Just the next day i bumped across your website on internet and thank god i could place damage control measures immediately which prevented any further attacks, but general anxiety continues, hope some day it shall go away.

    You have done a noble deed of helping people in distress. God bless you.

  • Mohammad Reply

    thanks a lot , your mini course its make the things more easy to me.

  • Devyani Reply

    Yesterday I read your 4 newsletter and am feeling better. But the feeling of unreality thoughts come frequently. Please Barry tell me how to get rid of these thoughts. I want my life back.
    God Bless You.

  • Kerry Reply

    Thank you so much Barry,your emails and short courses have really helped me and gave me great inner stength.I also have got hope threw reading peoples story’s.could I just say a word 4 a Ann Marie Ganit who wrote her storey on your site, to let her no her storey and symptoms are identical to mine and she not alone.your a wonderful man Barry and change people’s lives.

  • Jo Reply

    Thankyou so very very much. I have been suffering horrendously for over 5 years with panic attacks, horrifying scary thoughts and almost constant general anxiety about almost everything! I felt awful and spent hours crying with fear and panic and wrestled with constant feelings trying to understand why I had such horrible things foating through my head. After an awful attack over Christmas that lasted weeks, I decided to search for some real answers. The information I was able to read on your site literally sent waves of relief over me as i read, and identified, with every word. The scary thoughts in particular had been traumatising to experience, with the after effects lasting weeks. Your explanation of what they are and how they work almost instantly stopped the feeling of ‘going mad’ and gave me some control over this awful symptom, I use the little mantra everyday and feel better every time I say it! :O)
    the mini serise has been excellent, Thnak you so very much, your advice has helped me focus on my real life again and not the demons of my imagination.

  • shayek chowdhury Reply

    thank you joe for the letters i feel like i’m getting my confidence back. its been a little over 6 months since i been suffering from panic attacks. i will purchase your program once i’m financially stable..may god bless you

  • rose blaso Reply

    i would like to start off saying to you barry,how very greatfull i am to have never given up looking and reaching out out for help,because my faith and trust in GOD led me to you,and somethng you truely know and understand what so many are induring.i have been here everday looking to see if you have left any new messages.i read everone,and some over and over,as each brings me hope and strenght in being cured.you have given me the direction i must follow to find and finally reach success.i am a woman who always took much pride in my appearence,pette,5ft 1in.125lbs(lost 12 lbs since xmas due to panic.)i am wearing a size 6 ,and still a nice looking lady.but nothing seems to matter,what you look like,material things,nothing,when a panic atrick hits you full blown.all that matters is the undiscrible fear,of dying you are experencing.lying in the er,thoughts racng through your mind,wondering are you going to make it?no matter what they have been described as,those feelings are very horrifying to you.i had experuenced anxiety when i was younger,never knowing what was happening to me.got a thearipst and only took valium.after several years i became strong again.after i was married for a year a drunk driver hit myself and my mother.he lived,she died at 41,and i spent 1 year in a full body cast.more pain hurt ,missed my mother daily.alot more in between,but up to date,the most hurtful ,stressful,and lasting feelings of total loss was 5 years ago my little girl died ,by her dr,and the medications she had her on.i worked on this case myself for 5 years.lawyers said we cannot win this case?>i kept praying i would find a way.i wrote to th physicians board in baltimore.after 3 years,the dr was found guilty of 43 counts causing my daughters death.i was so happy i finally justified my girl’s death.but i had become so worn out ,depressed,terrible anxiety,and overwelming of never seeing chrissy again.she died 4 days before xmas.this terrible full blown panic attacks started around the same time this year.only every day.omg,i wished god would take me.i am allergic to most medications,and now i would never take them after what happened to my child.i have been searchung the computer,reading ,talking to thearipist,you name it.but when i read yours,my heart told me this was going to be what would give me my life back.next week is my birthday,and all i want is my family to chip in and get me your course,your cure.i have not ordered it yet,and already i am greatful to have found you.may you be blessed always for the hard work and effort you have put into helping all that have waiting for the day you would come into our lives.wuth best wishes always rose,waldorf,maryland.february 28,2012

  • Paul Reply

    Im working on my problems and im starting to see things in a different light.

  • Priyanka Reply

    I just cannot express how very grateful I am to receive your newsletters…I could not stop my tears today while I read it…I did not think of myself as brave or courageous until today…I will perceive myself differently from now on…STRONGER…and I thank you Sir…I am grateful in absolution…

  • Rosa Reply

    Thank you Barry I have not tried the Panic Away yet. I have truly understood the things you are speaking about in your newsletters. Hopefully soon I can get your program and see how it will works for me. I do experience all the things you talked about and it actually does build an inner strength. Thanks so much!!

  • Umer Reply

    Thank you Mr Barry This is a great thing I received your five E.mail and right now i am feeling very much Good once again i thank you panic away program.

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  • Hurom Reply

    This blog was… how do I say it? Relevant!! Finally I have found something that helped me. Thanks!

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