Today I want to look at something so simple and yet equally powerful in alleviating the symptoms of general anxiety. This tip also helps reduce the frequency and strength of panic attacks.
Fresh Drinking Water
There is no quicker way to significantly reduce general anxiety than adopting good eating and drinking habits. One of the most easily implemented and effective additions to your diet is fresh water.
Water is a great quencher of thirst but more importantly here -a great quencher of anxiety.
Nearly every function of the body is monitored and pegged to the efficient flow of water through our system. Water transports hormones, chemical messengers, and nutrients to vital organs of the body.
When we don’t keep our bodies well hydrated, they may react with a variety of signals… some of which are symptoms, of anxiety. Here is some interesting information about water
1. 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated.
2. In 37% of Americans, the thirst mechanism is so
weak that it is often mistaken for hunger.
3. Even MILD dehydration will slow down one’s metabolism
as much as 3%.
4. One glass of water shut down midnight hunger pangs for
almost all of the dieters studied in a University of Washington study.
5. Lack of water, is the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue.
Regular fresh drinking water is a vital ingredient to your diet. This is something the medical profession has been telling us for years. When we are dehydrated our cells can feel this at a molecular level and communicate this to the subconscious as an underline subtle anxiety or threat to survival.
The key to rebalancing a deficit of fluids is to drink eight glasses of fresh water daily.
Have you noticed the effects of dehydration on your emotions before? If you have ever suffered from a serious hangover after a night out on the town, you will understand the feeling of dehydration all too well.
Hangovers result from dehydration and electrolyte imbalance. I’m sure many of you are familiar with the “the hangover fear”. This is a heightened sense of anxiety and jumpiness that results from the dehydration of hangover.
The surest way for someone who suffers from high anxiety to experience yet more anxiety, is to drink excessive amounts of alcohol and wait for the hangover to set in the following day.
It is important to be aware that dehydration is a factor that contributes to anxiety and nervousness. The good news is that it is easily remedied by drinking regular fluids. Personally, I have found that not only does regular intake of water ward off any subtle feelings of anxiety, but it is also incredibly useful for building stamina and avoiding fatigue. Give this some real consideration. Simply increasing the amount of fresh water you drink is a very easy step to incorporate into your daily routine. Most of us fall short of consuming the recommended amount.
Always remember that there is a lot of hope for an immediate and successful recovery from all forms of panic attacks and anxiety disorders. You can have the life of your dreams – Anxiety does not have the right to steal that hope from you.
Sometimes taking very small steps can lead to massive improvements. One of my favorite writers wrote about how everyone should approach their problems with the same philosophy as the woodpecker.
Keep chipping away at it and eventually the whole damn tree will collapse!
Barry Joe McDonagh
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The Panic Away program is wonderful beyond words. I’ve suffered from terrible anxiety for 20 years (most of my life), and now I have a completely different outlook on things. I can actually see a life without panic attacks now, and I couldn’t be happier. I no longer feel like a freak, and my life has changed for the better for sure. Simply amazing! This is the real deal.
I really appreciate that you sent me all the five articles. Thank you so much for that. I kept on practicing it. I know for sure that this could help me to have a good future and free from anxiety. I kept on reading your articles.
Evelio
Your emails that you keep sending me are making me realise how common panick attacks actually are. And every mail makes me feel more happier and confident! I think something so simple like drinking more water is great and will deffenatley try it out! Thanks so much for your help! Lucy.
Hi, I just want to say that i’m so greatfull in finding your website when i most needed some urgent advise, I look forward to everyday day to seeing your advises on how to handle anxiety and it amazes me to know how many people suffer from this.
I just want to say thank you for all the mini course you have sent me so far, I have read them over and over again to try to get the hang of each options you have given me and how to deal with it.
And drinking water…I think that’s the only thing that is keeping me going as i have no appetite for food.
Sarv
i am surprised & thankful for your wonderful advice. i would appreciate if u guide me how to avoid negetavity. i am a very negative person. unwanted thougts keep troubling me and i not able to enjoy my present. please advice.
I really am new to these panic attacks and my fears grow more when away from my house i work everyday in fear that im going to have one. It is very uncomftorble at times when im busy and have to keep my mind focused at work. Im new to this site and im trying to understand the steps but my mind keeps telling me that something is wrong with my health. I have gone to the ER twice in a month thinking that im going to pass out or have a heartattack i dont know what else to do about this problem and i really dont want to rely on medication. Can you please send me some advice on what I should do in these situations please i would very much appreciate it.
I have been suffering, and I mean SUFFERING, with anxiety and panic for over 20 years, I am only 31 years old. So, it’s been a long hard road at a very young age. I’m DONE with this life. I just got married 6 mos ago and want my LIFE back. I can no longer sit by and watch my life pass me by because I am too worried to live it. I too, need a daily reminder of staying strong and thinking good thoughts. These e-mails are wonderful as repeated GOOD thoughts are essential to my survival of this anxiety.
Thank you sooooo much the gift of knowledge is the greatest gift one can give I feel my self returning to normal,and I have only used your free mini-course my deepest thanks.
Doug
tnx for the mini course uve send 2 me it helps me,but i want also 2 buy of ur panic away to be satisfied panic free,but i dont have a credit card,is there another way to buy??coz my anxiety is very worse 2 me,it attacks me evryday for almost 3 years since my 1st attack…im afraid to happen it again dats y it’s always on my mind..my anxiety always happen in shower room…pls send me more of your course,im so very thankful dat i search your website..tnx again n godbless!!!
Hi! I find your Panic Away mini course useful for anxiety relief. I’ve been battling against anxiety and unreasonable fear for many years. Then I found your website and trying to follow this simple technique.I look forward for your guidance while struggling to do away with my ticklish attitude in life. I always tend to be pessimistic towards life. But, I resolve to change and make use of your discovery to relish feeling of anxiety. So, good Lord help me!
Paul
Thanks so much for the info on Anxiety/Panic attacks. I am new at this and the thought of an attack makes me crazy. Water, wow, this is great, I will start now because I am so ready to relive myself from this anxiety. I dont want to be scared anymore! I want to feel like me again. I miss me! Thank U!
Hi just wanted to say thanks for the e mails i look forward to seeing what new advice you give me everyday, i drink water anyway so this should be easy for me, but the advice i like best so far is giving my brain 20 seconds to get sorted i have used this often like ten times a day and I feel it works well for me so thanks and look forward to more useful and helpful advice. I just hope someday soon I will be me again.
Thank you so much for sending me the mini course. It is absolutely helping me tremendously, and I can honestly see a light at the end of the tunnel. Every day is better and better. I am going to purchase Panic Away as soon as I can.
a very helpful mini-course i was able to enlightened my child to self cure his anxiety and panic disorder. thank you and i wish you long life and continues success in sending your newsletters.
Such a simple tip but the description of “hangover fear” is incredibly accurate. I’m sure many of us resort to alcohol to calm our jumpy nerves without realising that it makes things worse the next day.
I picked up my panic attacks and anxety after i made it back from the Iraq War. I was always on edge and only wanted to stay in my safe zone. My attacks were so bad I couldnt even go to family functions. I found your web site and from the first lesson on , i have been improving myself and my wellbeing . Thanks for all your help.
I for one did not really realize the extent of my anxiety untill I listened and read all of your mini courses.I could not believe what an incredable impact the mind has over the body. You have hit the nail on the head in so many ways. It is amazing I am trying so hard to practice your techniques. I have always been a positive person but in the last two years I have gone from one extreme to the other and feel I just cannot get rid of the dark cloud hovering over my head and thinking negative. I hope I can be like the woodpecker and make the whole tree fall. Thank you so much for your caring of people who suffer with this dreadful happening and all your wonderful input and expertise on trying to over come this.Thank you from the bottom of my heart. P.S. Ikeep trying to tell my doctor about feeling like I had a FOG in my head and I think he thought I was a wacko. Then I started believing that I was to untill I heard from you. Once again thank you. Cherry
I have only been at it a short while but I am already feeling so much better. I am very happy that I found your website.
Thank you so for sending me these information on anxiety I was so thirsty yesterday so now I have to start drinking eight glass of water starting today Thank you again and I am glad that I found you. I know I will be ok soon
I just started your course, and I already feel stronger. I was beggining to feel like I was losing my mind, and not being in touch with reality. But your technique is genius. Every other book I read told me to try to distract yourself, fold laundry, but this is course helps you face the fear, and I feel great already. The hangover effect is true. That is why I shy away from parties now. Thank you so much A million times, your a gift from above…
thank u for the information, i am currently taking lexapro now and rivotril for my panic attacks and agoraphobia… i feel better though but i wish i will stop taking those meds now…. ive been taking it for a week now…. thanks barry
Thank you so much for your blog and your newsletters. I am doing all that i can one step at a time i am glad i found your site.
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Thanks for the mini course it has been a blessing so far. I, like many of your subscribers, just wany to feel normal again and live life to the fullest. I lost my job last August and have been a wreck ever since, even though I have a new job and have turned down another right after taking this new one, I just cannot seem to let the previous one go because of the circumstances surrounding the “resignation” as the company framed it. These crazy thoughts just started a fewe months back and I cannot get out from under them yet. I suffere from OCD so I am sure that is not helping me either. Anyway, thanks for being out there! Great Program so far!
I actually started to look at my panic attacks from a different positive point of view. I consider myself lucky since I found your website by accident on the net. The 4 courses you have sent me were a great deal in reducing my anxiety. I am very appreciative to you and I wish that you not to stop sending me those wonderful mini courses!!!
Hello!! thank you for this helpfull information!! I think that understanding is the best cure, in this case, understanding that thoughs and body feelings wont hurt,, hard to accept, but im working on it,, on the mini course when you said look for a panick attack,, i notice how afraid of them i am.. so i couldt do it driving or anywhere else, but yesterday i was home washing dishes and i made my self have one,, i started breething deep, then i got all the body feelings then… i got panicky,, i run to the living room, then i went back did it again, and this time i relaxed,, then the whole day, my anxiety went down,, wow, that was some great learning lesson. Thank you for the advice.
ITS CRAZY HOW AFTER USING THIS ACOUPLE DAYS LATER I STARTED FEELIG CALM BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG WITH ME AND I STARTED FEELING GOOD ITS CRAZY !!
I am having confidence gradually and hope your course will really relief me from this hell.
Thank you very much for the newslatters and the wonderful advise. I feel very fortunate to have found your website as it has been very helpful. I suffer from fear of insanity, general anxiety and panic attacks and life has been very difficult for me. Your e-mails have been very enlightning and encouraging.
I was weak, scared, terrified and very anxious all the time, even if i dont show it….been like this for over 20 years…your mini course and full course is so straight forward and so simple that sometimes I could not understand why could not be so rational myself….thank you so much, I am better…not cured, but much better…accepting the panic attack already kills (i would say) 70 percent of it, a balance diet helps even more…but the method of gratitude and the method of challenge the panic attacks…they are awesome…though i cannot say i am hundred percent cured, It is really helping me, especially when i go back to read it whenever it is necessary! Thanks pal…by the way I am from MALTA (MEDITERANEAN REGION) EUROPE
Dear Barry
I have been suffering from panic disorder for the last 6 years…I have always felt so alone and trying to cope with my disease and always thinking and trying to understand why IT has happened to me..With your advice I have stopped thinking why this has happened to me but instead listen to myself, my body and trying to have some things under control..Now I even think that maybe all this has happened for a good reason to introduce me to myself for a second time!Thank you for your awesome advice!
Just started a couple of weeks ago. Great ideas. Going on a long trip to Asia in a month and starting to worry some, but using your excellent ideas.
Frequent water idea is also helpful. Thanks
I am 83 years old and have been suffering from anxiety or apprehension
for several years. I have tried the various prescription drugs, all
of which worked in reverse. I have just discovered your site and
appreciate your advice. It is too soon to tell whether or not I can
be helped, but I am grateful for your insight.
Thank you so much for sending me the mini course. It is absolutely helping me tremendously, and I can honestly see the bright and positive side of my life. Coz its really hard for me having this feelings for two years and its really affects my job as a teacher. But thanks to God that i am still functioning my job. I actually started to look at my panic attacks from a different positive point of view. I am so lucky since I found your website by accidentaly on the net. You are so woderful. Thanks God for you are here to rescue me.The 4 courses you have sent me were a great help in reducing my anxiety. I am very thankful to you and I wish that you not to stop sending me those wonderful mini courses!!!
i am still new to this, but i am so happy that i have found you, as you truly no how it feels to have anxiety and panic attacks and i feel that you totally understand. therefor i can trust you and believe you no what is best.i am only 21 and didnt no what anxiety was up untill now, which has helped me understand my body more and how it works, i have learnt not to be scared but to keep pushing my self and try and get past this horrible time in my life, at the moment i am using the one move technique and defantly i can say this is helping me, i managed to actually go into the shops a couple days ago, which before i would walk in and straight back out, i like trying new techniques and find your mini courses a great help, i cant wait untill im back to my happy self again and enjoy all the things i have been missing out on, i cant wait, thankyou , toni
Thank you so much for the newsletters following the purchase of the program. I am a newish sufferer (only a month) but it has turned my life upside down from having attacks while driving and then beginning to become agorophobic. However I actually managed to catch a bus home from work today so although only a simple thing, it made me feel so much more confident that I am hopefully on the road to recovery. Will also up my intake of drinking water and have already stopped drinking caffeinated tea & coffee. Am on medication for very high BP but together with your program maybe I can get back to normal before too long
Thnaks For Your Mini Series Course & Article in Water It Really Working
Dear Barry
Your site and mini course so far helped me to understand the nature of my anxiety attacks and helped me too to to feel much better and more relaxed without any medication. I am waiting the rest of the course
Thank you so much
Isam – Jordan
I must say I am have been fortunate to have strubled across the program when confused and hopeless.I have been struggling with anxiety disorder for the last 5 years and was beginning to believe that there is no hope. However having suscribed to your program and miniseries it now appears the solution to my condition is very simple closed. Your series and program are very down to earth, userfriendly and easy to follow. They are also very convincing, empowering and motivating as it appears to be based on actual and successful experiences and facts rather than simply theories and academia. Thanks you for using your experiences to help other.
Thanks a lot…..really now am feeling free from haevy bad insult of anxiety and panic attacks I have been through during last years and for long time, I know it was not a magic but a logic and method written by clever person like you enlight the dark way of my life and many other who suffers this ugly feelings, am gonna advice all my friends visit your site specially those suffering from panic attacks like me …again thanks a lot …my god please you ….
I really appreciate the mini series that are emailed to me. I have suffered from anxiety/panic attacks for about 9 years… I am only 26 and it has impacted a lot of my youth. So coming across this is better late then never, and I really believe it will help me over come all my anxiety and panic, and the best thing about it will be working through it myself and not having to increase my medication!!! I’ll keep posting my success! Thank you so much.
I have been looking looking around for this kind of information. Will you post some more in future? I’ll be grateful if you will.
Thanks for the mini programs sent by you, I feel much better and confident after reading them. Keep sending us useful tips. Thanks once again.
Hi,
Thanks for your mini programs. In India , already our old scripts( Thirukural ) are telling some things like this, but, it is wonderful to know structured way of doing and good reviews from these many people.
Thanks,
Venkat
Hey I just want to say thank you for the mini’s, I have been suffering off and on from anxiety for about ten years. It brings me relief to hear that I’m not crazy, and not the only one who feel’s like this. I look foward to your e-mails and Any advice you give to rid myself of any more panic attacks. I am Truely Grateful, and Thanks again….
I have a question? Does Vitamin water count as I drink this stuff everyday? I drink about three bottles a day, it seems as though thats all i can drink. I’m constantly craving it; is that bad? Also, I just want to let you know that I’ve been suffering from Panic disorder for 7 months now and it seems to get better each day, but I still fear that another attack will happen I just don’t know when. Your Mini’s r a great help thank you for that. One more thing my Dr. prescribed me Klonopin and Zoloft is that bad? please write back and let me know what i can expect from all this… scincerely John Buccat
This is my second comment. I read your mini series eveyday if not twice a day. Each time I read them I am able to get a better grip on things and the way I think. I have high blood pressure that seems to sky rocket when I start thinking about it and the fear that goes along
with it. I take blood pressure medication and somedays it helps and somedays when I dwell on it I panic and up it goes. So after I read your mini series it seems to go down..Thank you so very much for everything. I also am hopeing to someday get back to normal. I so would like to order your book but I am on social security and my money is very tight. Maybe in the coming future I can order it as I know I would be able to benefit from it even more. Once again thank you. If you could ever e-mail me just to say HI I would love that. Thanks Thanks and more Thanks Cherry
You are truly among God’s very special creations. Your mini instalments do not say anything that my mind does not know but the critical point here is your expressions work on the mind like the gentle early morning radiation of the Sun which permeates and eases the fog away. I have suffered from anxiety from as long as I can remember – more than 35 years now but to know that I am not alone in this, in itself is so soothing to the mind. PLEASE keep sending me your mini series exercises…..
Sundar
THANKS FOR SENDING ME YOUR MINI INSTALMENTS.I NOW FEEL THAT THERE IS SOMEONE THAT REALLY UNDERSTANDS IT IS HARD TO TALK PEOPLE THAT HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED PANIC ATTACKS IHAVE BEEN SO ILL WITH ANXIETY.AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME UNDERSTAND HOW TO CONTROL IT LINDA
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This information proves its accuracy; I’ve increased my water intake because of the hot weather here and have noticed my anxiety levels come down drastically. Keep up the great work !!
Sincerely,
Jeff
thanks for sending me mails on how to succeed in overcoming anxiety…step by step im beggining to understand facts on anxiety and realized that im in-charge of my life. super thanks!
There is proof in every word you say. I’ve been drinking more water due to the heat and my anxiety has decreased. Thank you for the mini series, it’s been extremely helpful.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY ON BEHALF OF EVERY PERSON WHO IS SUFFERING FROM PANIC ATTACKS, “GOD BLESS YOU”. YOU ARE REALLY GOD FOR US. THANK A LOT FOR YOUR MINI COURSE AND KEEP SENDING ME THE SAME……. YATI
Your work is fantastic your emails have helped me a great deal I have suffered panick/anxiety attacks on and off for years and everything has been a struggle even picking my daughter up from nursery would bring on an attack..im so gratefull and glad to say that after reading your emails I have cancelled my appointment to get hypnotised tomorrow as I feel a million times stronger in myself …thank you ..and I hope everybody success in getting over the awfull feeling of anxiety
Thank you for your help , God bless you . I ‘m in need of your support to reach our goal peacfully immediately
Thank you for the mini series.It really answer all my question’s about panic attack.HOPE that you keep sending me your mini series exercises.THANKS A LOT…… JUN
I appreciate your emails. The things you mention are very practical and I am beginning to use them even though I do not have general anxiety or very many panic attacks like I read that others have. I have social or performance anxiety. I have had this since I was a young child because of being teased mercilessly by my school mates due to an indescretion by one of my teachers. Ironically, I am a teacher and am teaching something I dread doing when put on the spot–Reading. I get extremely nervous and could even panic, or begin trembling. Needless to say, I do not read very much to the class. Reading one on one does not bother me as much. When I am called on to speak to a group, I’m the same. Sometimes I feel that I am such a failure and should quit my job. I have purchased several cognitive behavioral programs and I feel it has helped some. But it does not seem that anything will cure me. I would love to speak with freeness of speech in a calm & relaxed manner. I feel that I could be a good speaker and an excellent reader if I were not so nervous…..any suggestions?
Hi Melinda
Have you read this this article about social phobias which provides some useful techniques for dealing with trembling hands and other symptoms?
Kind regards,
Sal
Thanks for the email about the water…
“malaking tulong sya” I will overcome this panic of mine
thanks for this info, so far you are 100% acurate with your program all these tips and excercises really work. thank and god bless
thak you very much for ur advice and help. ur mini series rvery good may god bless u with good health happiness and success in ur task .i wnt to get rid of anxity,panic attacks and depresson i hope u will help me.
thanking u sir.
yours affectionaty.
dr.hasanriyazul.
thank you very much all your comments has been very helpful,I suffered terrible GAD, still suffering , i look forward to all your response.
padma
Thank you soooooooooooo much for your comments, i need to get my self confidence back, please I’m looking forward fro more advise from you, water certainly does help.
Thank you, padma
Your mini course is very helpful. After the 3rd mini course, I had a wonderful day. I guess it takes time to teach an old dog new trick, because all that day I kept waiting for the anxiety to hit and it never did. I am going to purchase your program.
Thanks a miilion, I’m still trying to get use to the messages and working with them. Please don’t stop sending them to me. I REALLY need them, just to get through the day.
For all the help and knowledge you’ve shared to help so many people out there, I pray God will bless you abundantly with good health, joy and peace. Reading your articles has helped me to understand what people go through when they are stressed and how we can manage it. Knowing first of all that it is sth so common, in fact normal, helps remove fears and gives us assurance.
Thanks a zillion, !
Your such a great person, helping people like me that has anxiety problems. I tested all the mini courses that you has mailed to me and all of them were succesful, thanks.If you dont mind, I already know that water can ease panic attacks because in every time that i am panicking i drink water and it reduces my panics. It is very true that water is the equilizer of anxiety attacks.Thank you for all your help and may god bless you and your family.
I just wanna say thank you for all the help that you have given to me by sending the mini courses. I practiced those courses and are succesful, thank you very much sir. if you dont mind, i already know that water can reduce anxiety attacks because when im panicking i always drink water and it eases me. It is very true that water is a quencher of anxiety, and, thank you sir for that advise.Your such a great person sir.May God bless you and your family.
thanks a lot for all ur advices n mini course u have sent.i am a medical student and have suffered bouts of anxiety during my exams .i hope ur advice work for me.
Thanks for the miniseries I just began having these panic attacks recently and already I feel much stronger to be able to handle them. Immediately my doctor put me on medication and I have been taking it for seven weeks now but as of the last three days I have started cutting down my intake of the meds and have started trying to slowly wean myself off them.. Thanks so much this really shows people that you are committed to helping them and not just interested in their money… The mini series is great and you are great…Thanks so much again and God Bless..
good to get the messages. Good also, to hear that you are not alone. This stuff is diffiult – but facing it, accepting it, welcoming it has helped. Drinking water is vital – found that out also.
Keep up the good work. your little messages are a lifesaver .
Another thing, that I found helped – is crying. Releasing. Also maybe holding in mind that your body is trying to heal. Just a thought.
im 49yrs old and ive suffered panic attacks and depression since i was 22yrs old, ive always tried to cope on my own but due to grief this year its got so much worse i thankyou for my miniseries and im looking forward to your help through it to cope better in my dark world regards rosemary.
….I am trying to grasp this and find if it can replace all the drugs I won’t take..You are wonderful to share with so many broken people. A God send that we are not alone. The horror of this disease has no words. With your help I WILL get over it. !!!! I am going on four years of struggles.
Although iv only been doing these remedies for only 4 days im feeling much better, after feeling so ill for so long & thinking there was something seriousley wrong with me.Im still not 100% yet but getting there,Im still having panick attacks but not as long & not as often.Could you tell me how long it takes for people not to feel anxious n be waiting for the next panick to happen?I am def going to try to drink more water even though i hate water lol.Would flavoured water be ok? Thanks for all your help so far
Really appreciate you sending me this mini course. It has helped me cope with the fear and panic that has suddenly started up again. It’s good to know that someone has an alternative to medication and talk therapy.
Thankyou so much.
You have done a vital job for me,i used to be a very happy person but since some time i was distracted from my life and i was experiencing excessive mental turmoil.You have given a great remedy for the people suffering from this anxiety.You are doing a great social job,god is definately going to pay you for your deeds.your formulas are so simple to implement,and can bring the bliss to the people.keep it up.might you get every thing that you desire in your life,be happy and good bye.
hi,thanks a lot..god bless:)
I have been having panic attacks off and on for years. I have discovered that death is a trigger for me. It started when my mom passed away, and then it went from there. I have been panic attack free for years. I did the whole xanax and antidepressant thing and ended up in a drug rehab for the xanax. Almost to the point of overdose. When my panic attacks started this time I decided I was not going to do the drug thing this time. However I was still using the old technques of how to handle them. So, I thank you for your new insight for how to handle them. I have been agoraphobic for 6 mnths now and for the first time I got out of my safe zone yesterday without having to have someone on the phone with me. It felt great.Finding this web sight has been a god send. I am surrounded by people who dont understand what is happening. And because of that I have been pulling away from my family. They do not understand that although I am surrounded by people that I feel like im on a deserted island. So it helps to know that i am not alone. It also helps to think that the person in the car next to me is feeling the same way.
Barry thank you so much for the emails. they have helped alot and just knowing that i am not alone is even greater help. I read all the comments and it in it self makes me feel calm. once again thank you
Thank you for the e.mails you send to me. I will let you now in due course how they work for me.
Thanks again.
Chris
thank you for your help.well yestersday i had a funeral to attend,it was my grandmother.but i was afraid to go to church what if i had a pannic attack i thought.but then i started your 20 second way to get rid of a pannic attack,and each time i felt my heart started to beat at a higher speed, i started counting for 1 to 20 seconds and then take a deep breath so i stayed in there for almost 15 minutes which is preety good for me i think then i went with my friend to talk a walk in the afternnon and it is something i normally don’t do because of my fear,but i did it any way.i’m so glad.
really thank you
feelng a lot better in meself now still away to go but now im just blaming the weather winter s drawng
in. you are so right about the water always carry a bottel of fresh water with me and not long ago i had a funny turn in a bank but soon as got out and had some water it carmed me down and was ready to take on the world. you thnk at first you are the only person in the world this happens to but readng and talkng to people im not and I do have a full tme job and the people I work with are so nice and I have found out 5 people who I work with have them to or have had them and it also puts your mind to ease that you dont have to go through it aloan x x x x
Thank you so much Mr. Barry for all the great advice you give freely. It really helps and I’m very grateful for every message I get from your web site. At first when I suscribed to get more information about anxiety and panick attacks, I thought I’d get a few tips but mostly advertising urging me to take the course right away if I wanted to know anything useful at all. I was actually surprised to find each of your letters very interesting; in fact, they have helped me a lot so far and I really appreciate receiving a new one every day. It shows not only that what you have to say is based on true research and works effectively indeed, but also that you care about the people who need to know all those things. Thanks again!
You are very correct about alcohol and the hangover, its better to avoid it at once if we can. Water, 100% right, I found out that after drinking it I burb, which relieves the fullness in my stomach I always have when I’m anxious.
Thanks and God bless!
U know what ??? the real amazing thing is your details describing the feelings involving general anxiety & panic disorder.. i ve kinda browsed all sites about it and never saw such details except here with u. i mean these details only to begin with gave me such reassuring feeling that this man knows exactly what we’re talking about here ..this alone was such a relief . i didnt buy the program yet and yet reading this made me feel lots better …these glimpses made me sure that the program works magic
I’ve been suffering from anxiety & panic 4 about 25 years! no med pro has ever told me some of the things you’ve told me, i guess there just sooooo clinical, at least thay gave me the right meds ! i’ve always been an extreamly posative person,i will continue to use the tips you gave me.just last night a nasty panic attack hit me like a mac truck,i tryed despreatly to ward it off,but i had to give into the meds, (damn it) i’ve lerrned quickly to practice getting use to not having to use the meds,One attack @ a time.Stick it out everyone,we’ll get there
GOD BLESS!!!!!!!!! JOSEPH……..
MR. BARRY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE INFORMATION. ALREADY, I FEEL LIKE I CAN
BE MY OLD SELF AGAIN. I WILL START DRINKING WATER TODAY BECAUSE I DID NOT REALIZE WATER
WAS VERY IMPORTANT IN OUR LIVES.
I DO THE THINGS YOU ASK US TO TRY AND I COULD NOT BRING ON AN ATTACK. I FEEL BRAVE
NOW AND ONCE AGAIN I AM DRIVING MY CAR ALL BY MYSELF. I AM NOT AFRAID TO BE WITH MY GRANDCHILDREN ALONE BECAUSE I WAS TOO SCARED OF GETTING AN ANXIETY ATTACK.
Thanks Mr. Barry,
Your mini courses are just splendid! I had accepted general anxiety to be part of my personality till I read your first mail. I will like to qoute you here: “SOMETIMES TAKING VERY SMALL STEPS CAN LEAD TO MASSIVE IMPROVEMENTS”
I have seen massive improvements. Thanks.
I just want to say : Thank you Mr.Barry.You give me hope.Thank you!
Rose
still reading,learning and trying out your metods against my generalized /social anxiety.it works!
keep it up!
beautiful article . many facts I ignored about water but the habit has kicked in me ever since the trouble started. so true about the feeling of saciation and diet promoting properties. thank you so much for your helpful and interesting tips.
thankyou barry ive suffered for 12yrs and youve given me more helpful info in 5 blogs than any doctor or book in that time. thankyou i wil be regularly checking in and practising these exercises it sounds plain and simple i’m sure i can do it thankyou thankyou thankyou
Thank you for your emails, they are giving me hope that I will be able to return to a normal life again after two years and to realise I am not alone in suffering from this hellish and debilitating condition
Just off to start on my first of eight glasses of water!
Hi,
I am so thankful that I ran into your sight. I felt better today except for 2 times. the first time a coworker really irritated me so I just tryed to forget it at first and then I almost had a attack while I was driving home because the coworker made me mad and when I felt the tightening in my chest and a little bit of tingling, I just told the attack to stop and that it doesnt scare me anymore it STOPPED. even my dizzyness when away. lol I get dizzyness with mine. and then I was washing the floors in my kitchen and after I was done I was feeling a little bit anxious that could of turned into me paceing the floor but I just turned on the computer and started into my email and it went away as well as the dizzyness. Maybe it was the smell of the pinesole that made me anxious? who knows. Anyway I beleive this is part of gods plan to heal me of this miserable condition. thank you so much. Last week I couldn’t even function. I missed work due to 2 panic attacks. I am still in AWW over how well this is working. I am not 100% cured but I beleive if I just keep working at it with the lord I will be.
may god bless you in so many ways
vicki
Thank you so much! I felt so hopeless until I discovered your site. I really didn’t know where to turn. My anxiety began while being sick with upper respiratory infection. I didn’t realize so many others were experiencing the same feelings. I tried the Belly breathing excercizes and got relief right away. I also will be drinking more water. I look forward to your emails every day.
Thank you for all your help and advice- at fifty years of age I thought I had just about been through everything that could scare me rigid – and then I “discovered” panic attacks…! Strewth! Being human really sucks sometimes doesn’t it??
Thank God for the internet and you!
To all my brothers and sisters out there fighting your seemingly own demons – you are not alone and you WILL survive! Fall down seven times – get up eight!
God Bless
Hi – The five articles you have sent me have been absolutely wonderful – and have helped me enormously. I cannot believe how fortunate I was to have found your website – it is truly amazing and most of all it works! I have suffered panic attacks since what seems like forever – and the leading up to them as much as experiencing them has been horrendous. I feel a different person through reading and absorbing everything you have sent – and my fears seem to have evaporated already and more than that I feel in control!!!! Your ‘Water Helps Ease General Anxiety’ comments I can attest to – as I’ve never been able to travel anywhere without a bottle in my bag – and wherever I am I always have one close to hand. I know it has always helped me.
Thank you so much again!
Thanks for the mini-series on Managing Panic. I’ve learned something valuable from each lesson. I suffer from severe Generalized Anxiety, and worry about EVERYTHING. Lots of pessimistic thinking that I can’t seem to control. I enjoy your brief lessons, and will surely be looking them over again. I especially liked today’s lesson on water-drinking. I always have a water bottle in my hand, and aside from the biological advantages of ingesting water, holding the bottle also gives me something constructive to do with my hands. Thanks for all your wise words.
Thanks so much for allowing yourself to be used to educate and help people like me. I have heard so much about water, but never knew dehydration is a contributing factor to anxiety and nervousness. Water indeed is a great quencher of anxiety. TRY IT AND YOU WILL SEE THE MAGIC. May God richly bless you and replenish whatever is lost in this great journey of yours.
Thank you so much for the great advice. You make it all sound so simple and it is but your sound approach and ways of getting your advice across is what makes me believe I am on the road to recovery. I have suffered with anxiety and panic attacks for just over 4 months now but it feels like a lifetime . I am really positive your techniques will help me and i am really grateful for the mini course, the best knowledge i have had yet. The water idea is simple and i will certainly increase my intake now and in the future
Thank you SO SO MUCHHH. I feel much different. I was going to get a counselor for my anxiety…but now I don’t think I need one. I only found this website out of the blue on friday and already I feel a sense of hope. SO THANK YOUUUUUUUU!!!
Hi There,
I just wanted to let you know how greatful I am to have found your program. I’ve only suffered a few panic attacks in my life but have been dealing with the general feeling of anxiety for about 2 years. I have had panic attacks while driving and actually had one today. I pulled my car over and did the one move technique. I actually spoke out loud to myself and told the sensations to grow stronger… and they didn’t! It was like a light bulb went off and the anxiety was actually “offended” that it couldn’t get any worse. I couldn’t believe it. If there are any skeptics out there, trust me…it works! Thank you so much!
Brittney
u are really a gift of God.. keep it up continue sending me the program I really need it, I suffer this emotional disorder for 18 years started when I entered in a soldiery, I suffer anxiety all along if I encounter problem such volume of work load which should not be the case… by the way million tanks for the program it really works….
I agree with all the comments people have made , thanking you ,I have only read a couple of you e mails my mam has just passed away and it has effected me very badly to the point I am really feeling Iam ill , I believe reading more of your articles will help me as it does so many others , thanks again .
Sharon.
HI!, this program is really helping me out alot. Alot of the things said on here really are helping me. I have noticed not drinking enough water effects you and your anxiety to become alot worse, so i been drinking more water and it helps. Thanks for all the helpful e mails!
I’m finding your emails very helpful.. I have lived my life full of panic attacks. And your second email, changed it a lot. I was able to use it immediately. thank you.
Thanks a lot . It helps my feelings. God bless. I like to receive your email everydat. It eases my bad feelings. Thank you so much. Liza
Dear Mr. Barry,
Thanks a lot for the mini course, it was a blessing. I really consider myself being very lucky as I found this web by chance, yet it brought miracles in my life. Thak you very much about the useful/helpful information. Like others I really apreciate your advice. Thank you again and may God bless you.
I am very thankful for the mini course that you are sending me…I feel a lot better now when I started reading your mini course. After a long years of suffering from anxiety I thougt there is no more cure but now that I found your website it really helps a lot and I am very alive. Thanks a lot and more power to your website.
I am getting a lot of great helpful info on the mini series. Thanks for all your effort in helping us all to over come anxiety. I am practicing the mini series and carry it with me where ever I go. Thanks again and God Bless.
I thank God for people like you who care to help others that you may never meet face to face.I am greatly encouraged.will put your lessons into practice.
Thank you fot the free mini series. I suffer with anxiety on a daily basis and pills nor conselling seem to work for me. I’m planning to buy the full programme if the mini sereis works for me. So… fingers crossed!!
Thank you for the mini series, they are giving me hope! I look forward to the mini courses you’ve been sending me. There starting to make me see the light where i thought was not possible.
Thank you.
Hello there all..Well i am very very happy i found your site…Well i been suffering from very bad anxiety for a year and a half now, i lost my job, and it put a strain on my relationship because I did not go out much any more because i was afraid of having panic attacks. But now i see a light at the end of this dreadful tunnel. It is really a misunderstood disorder because doctors really had no good advice for me except to take pills. Now myself i do not like pills and have been looking for another way to help myself, and i think i found it. Thanks alot and God bless
I second all that has been said i all the blogs! I do however need to made a point about, water. Water is excellent, but bottled water or filtered water is what everyone should be drinking. Our, especially South African, tap water is filled with so many chemicals that it (and I’d love someone to confirm this if possible) can cause cancer. I can actually taste the difference between filtered and unfiltered water.
Thanks for all your wonderful guidance with our “disorder”, Just a pity you don’t live in South Africa. I’d be in your office everyday! I’m a great believer in communication, and that may be the source of all our problems, even from childhood, our parents didn’t communicate enough with us!
This is the first time I ever heard that drinking water can help and that there is hope from having anxiety and panic attacks. Thank you for all the advise I can not afford a doctor or anything expensive. I have already put some of these excersises into practice. I really can’t thank you enough.
I would to thank you for sending me the mini course.I honestly started to look at my panic attack from adifferent point of view and it has been a great help in reducing my anxiety. I don’t have panic attack during the day,only occurs at night following a bad dream, mainly about close space,being shut in a small room or tunnel,unable to breathe and desperate to get out. Thank you
Thnx god ! in the course of 10 years i couldnt hav got such a useful advise,i am gradually geting release from the pressure of anxiety.I think after all it is curable and have started to dream for abroad study.
Really this works along with it began to have Yoga also friends
I think this is the only thing that I have found that seems like it could work and fast. Thankyou so much for all the mini courses, I conitnue to read and practice the techniques. I am finally starting to see that there may be an end to all of this
Like many others i am so glad that i found this site.I have been having panic attacks on and off for 16 years, they are very sporadic i can go for 2 months without one and then out of the blue WHAM .. IT COMES ON it starts with a burning in my stomach then i get very breathlesss and a dry mouth.This starts a visous circle and i know a lot of it is in my head.I FELT ONE COMING ON TONIGHT AND I HAD NOT LONG READ YOUR LETTER ABOUT COUNTING TO TWENTY I TRIED IT AND IT DID HELP, I USUALLY REACH FOR THE VALIUM AS THIS IS THE ONLY THING THAT SEEMS TO NUMB MY MIND.nO VALIUM TONIGHT., my thoughts are irrational and because i get so tense i end up with a stiff neck
Though I have just read two of your mini courses but seems it works well for reducing my stress level. These courses are working like panacea for me as I am not getting anything as reference material to understand the various dimensions of mental phenomena. I have been suffering from these mental distresses and combating to bring good moods in me and for this purpose these courses are really contributing a lot.
wow i have had anxiety for 7 years and it has been concstant with the fog this site mentions and slowly but surly its goin away i though i would never be normal again thank you guys sooooooooo much
your the answer of my prayers….a millions thanks for sending your articles….every time i read your article i feel relaxed and fearless…i do hope that ur articles help me to be happy again.godbless you!!
thank you from the bottom of my heart!!
i am 100% exstatic about your program Barry..the panic and anxiety i have had for the past 11 years is finally something i can cope with. I actually feel like there is hope. as i know it is gonna take practice, i actually cant wait until i can purchase your whole program..thank you sooo much for a new outlook and hope !!!
It is wonderful. It is really helpful to reduce one’s anxiety and panic disorders. God bless you for your valuable support.
Thanks,
Arup
thank you so much for your help I am trying to relieve my stress and depression and thanks to your aid I am hoping I will be getting on top of it regards Ted
I just started on your mini courses and I must say they have really helped!
I have re-read the first three several times this week and I’m soooooo much better. I’m actually becoming in control of the panic attacks! Thanks so much and I will continue to welcome your advice.
I thought I was going to experience this anxiety for the rest of my life,,,, but thanks to you.!!!! I feel comfortable now…
Hello Barry
Thank you so much for everything. I have been rereading the letters over and over again. I have been fallowing the advices and guess what, i’m happy to say i have had 2 days of me feeling better. Today i had kinda stressful day and not for once my heart was racing. I am so greatful, I wish i knew you for real so i could hold you real tight.
All the best
Maya
thankyou im drinking water right now
Hi, Thank you for sending me the free Panic Away courses. I am glad you are dealing with everybody who is turning to you for help. I was lucky I found your website. My real problem is not with general sudden panic attacks but with trembling hands when is required to sign something in front of people (e.i.post office, banks etc.) I suffer for nearly 30 years but I believe your courses will help me a lot. Thank you and God bless you! Klara
For a long time I had these episodic feeling of unease & restlessness, waking up from sleep feeling breathless which I later came to know were panic attacks probably in its mild form. Drinking water always seemed to help me get over that. Thanks for confirming that and for all the newsletters that are invaluable for those who are looking for techniques to cope with this rather than medication.
Thank you ever so much for being so caring and generous in sending the daily e-mails free of cost. They are very simple to follow and I’m sure will make a real difference before long
I just found this site couple of days ago and it has made a believer outta of me.So far I still have my attacks and know going to try my water attack on the panic for the first time I will let all of you Know how the water and good thoughts works Thank you very much My family and spouse deserve to have me back and living again all of us can do this I know believe.Thank you god first for leading me to this direction and thank you all for your comments here as I know im not alone!!!
thank you so much for your information. im currently on ativan .05MG one in the morning and one at nite. i have taken days off of work because my doctor wants to put me on Paxil and i dont want to take more medication. im going to try to make it without Paxil and just have my ativan on the side for assurance. I love your advice and im going to drink alot of water from now on. thank you and all you people out there that are going through the same thing im going through im with you !!!!!! i know what it feels like and were going to make it!!!!!!!! god bless you and thank you for your supports!!!!!
Since I got your mails I have gone a week without a panic attack. Just now I had one very big. I had to deal with insurance because they stole my laptop. (for the second time) And I actually didn’t want to deal with the guy. He gave me the impression that I let them steal in my own home. But right now I feel much better. I used the 20 seconds technique, but it was to full blown so I had to take meds. But to calm down I kept on using your methods. Thank you very much and God bless you.
I don’t have to imagine what everyone on here is going through because I know first hand for the past month, I have had the multiple ER visits normal ekg, normal x-rays, doctors telling me I am fine that I just have Generalized anxiety, This has to be the most hardest thing I have been through in my 23 years of life, Thank you for giving us hope Barry, but we need to be extremely strong and fight these ill feelings. It’s all in our head and we are the ones who have control like Barry said. I am still struggling and I will not give up. because if we were normal before this, then we will be normal and happy again…..
This is so true about water being the quencher for anxiety. I alwatys suspected this in my heart and it was good to have you validate this. The day I had my first and worst panic attack I had forgotten to put water in the cup holder of my car. If I had had water, I’m sure I would have been able to semi-control or at least minimize the attack and not end up in the ER. Before I ran inside the ER I managed to find a warm bottle of ginger ale in my car and gulp it down –and it offered some relief. (better than nothing). and got the trembling to subside. After I wrote my burial wishes (on a scrap of paper in strange, sloppier than usual handwriting), I managed to crawl my way into the ER. How I wished I had a nice cold drink of water with me! I am taking a class in fitness of the brain, and the teacher insists we bring water to class. He says water helps us think better too. We tend to get dehydrated, especially as we age, which can bring on memory problems. Glad to know it helps anxiety too. I’ll never be without a bottle of fresh water in my car again!
Thank you Barry for coming to my rescue just at the time when i had almost given up in life. I had become a nervous wreck always afraid of being alone at home or stepping out of the house , travel in a tube / car. Thanks to all the emails that you have sent so far. They have helped me look at my situation as something that I can deal in a better way now . I am quite hopeful of having a normal life , free of panic attacks and anxiety very soon. God bless You !!
I am only 25 yrs old and have suffered from panic attacks for many years. I actually think i’m going crazy sometimes. The hangover statement is very true. I turned to alcohol for several months trying to avoid my anxiety and the next day was awful everytime so I would just drink again. It got out of control for a little while and then I got pregnant with my 2nd child. Now that I am pregnant my doctor only wants me to take lexapro and no xanax or ativan of any kind…IT IS VERY HARD TO DEAL WITH A PANIC ATTACK WITHOUT A CHILL PILL!!! But, just reading these other comments and ur mini chapters help so much and make me remember that I AM NOT CRAZY AND AM NOT THE ONLY ONE SUFFERING FROM THIS AWFUL FEAR!!! Thank u so much and I look foward to more of your emails……..,crystal
God-sent website. I’ve been in combat for this anxious feeling for moe than two years now. It started few months after I delivered my son, and still now I always have frequent attacks. The comments and experiences I have read from this website are all so familiar to me, like the feeling of having heart attacks and other serious illnesses. I have been taking anxiolytic drugs for almost two years now, as advised by my doctor. It helped me for quite sometime. But I personally stopped taking them because I’ve been having frequent headaches for 5 months now which are most of the time not relieved by pain killers. Now I am SUFFERING from these panic attacks 4-5 times a week and I sometimes found myself taking the medication again just to help myself. The feeling is so troublesome that it really hinders my plans for my future. I want to regain my old self! I used to be a very energetic, fearless person, but I was changed since the start of my panic attacks. I’m so relieved to have read all the comments here, coz I’ve got to realize that I’m not alone in this dreaded disease and that I am still normal. Thanks so much for your website. Starting today, I will definitely take 8 glasses of water a day. I Hope that this will gradually slow down my attacks. Will keep you posted of my progress.
wow, icant belive what you have done for me; been suffering for 30years. wow i feel good. thank you so much
I look forward to more emails from you..to say the least I am normally not a water drinker..BUT if it’ll help
Then I am There… thank you again, God bless
thank you very much im really thankful for these emails bout panic away i been feeling lot better since i heard of this thank you !!!
I can relate to the hangover feeling, as it is one that can be worse with a panic attack episode. I have been suffering from depression since 5th grade (1995) and panic attacks since 2007. It has not been an easy journey for a young person to go through as i feel i have missed out on the essence of growing up and being carefree..my introvertness was mistaken for being a respectful little girl who just liked watching tv rather than go out with friends (not that I had many). only to find a more emotionally distressed person struggling to fit in each day due to panic attacks. Alcohol abuse becomes natural as you try and take away the fear of another attack but only makes you prone to having another episode. i have really been battling with my attacks recently as i seem to be fine at home but as soon as i go to work it all starts… . I just want to thank you Barry for giving us an opportunity to share eachothers experiences as im sure most of us initially thought we were alone in this. but more importantly helping us find ways to eliminate this horrible “illness” if i may call it that.i am definately using your techniques and have also found that a good nights rest and lots of water is an excellent way to begin. I have found control in myself and have minimized the use of alcahol, so i can function healthily with the rest of the world – I AM 25YRS OLD AND IN CONTROL… !!!
I just turned 18 when I had my first child and 2 months after that I had my first anxiety or panic attack. I thought I was having a stroke.My face went numb or at least I thought it was and I freaked out. Went to the doctor and got lots of tests done including going to a heart doctor. Everything was fine! Now five years later Im still scared. What if their wrong? What if they missed something?What if I die and my daughters have no mother? Now I have a beer when I get anxious so it doesn’t go to panic and I’m realizing thats not the solution. I have to be here for my girls,mind and body, thats why I’m here. These newsletters make me feel that I’m not alone with this.Can’t wait to read more!Thanks!
i think its working…… o god i dont believe. i had the best presentation today. i really appreciated the art of gratitude. i think i am gaining back my confidence.