Comments on: Anxiety and Public Speaking

By: Jason King

Jason King — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 08:11:38 +0000

Thank you very much Sir Barry! Now i have complete control of my anxiety attacks.
Whenever i feel its coming back again, i encourage it or challenge it in my thoughts “Common! Lets get it on! You cant get the best of me! Your just imaginary non-sense..craft.”
I always tell myself that many people are happy.. so can i. Because like them im perfectly normal.
Thanks Barry. Your an inspiration to a lot of people. Thanks Panic Away! Godspeed on your program.

By: Caroline

Caroline — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 16:27:45 +0000

For the very first time I heard someone else say the fear is being trapped in a situation, which is my fear. Can I just say that for people speaking to a group, I always had a friend in the group who knowing my problem would, at a signal from me, interupt me and ask a question, this immediately broke the stress and I was always fine after and of course eventually just knowing I had that ‘door’ there, I knew I wasn’t trapped in the situation and overcame my fear. But now I am retired new fears arise and it is not always possible to create a ‘door’ but it is just so good to know that my fear is felt by others and I am not going crazy. I would love any information on dealing with this as i am also claustrophobic and this in itself can create problems.

By: Tyrone

Tyrone — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 12:32:23 +0000

I have had general anxiety and panic disorder for over 25 years now. As you would well know, it sounds very suspect to me that something could eliminate panic attacks and general anxiety. And public speaking is out of the question. I will have perspired so much before it is my time to speak until everyone would know that something is definitely wrong. There is nothing worse than knowing that you are capable of doing something but are limited because of this problem. And it affects both my social life and my workplace involvement. Nonetheless, I am all ears and eyes to experience something that could give back that confidence again. Thanks for your articles and your interest in trying to arrest this debilitating disease.

By: Auwal Daneji

Auwal Daneji — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 10:11:45 +0000

Hi Barry , I said you are magician believe you me i cant believe how well your formula works. thank you for bailing me out of the cage of my own captivity.

Thans Yours Auwal Daneji

By: Penedawn

Penedawn — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 07:41:47 +0000

I have had Panice Away since 2007, first in e form and then the book and CD/DVD. I too live in the UK and have had panic attacks for 30 years. I have achieved a great deal with the help of xanax sometimes (especially for travel) but find I can be left with migraines which can be just as debilitating. I used alcohol for many years too in an effort to survive and that nearly killed me, my liver still bears the scars. Life is better without the alcohol and for some time the panic attacks went away, but slowly they crept back and I carry them around like an old suitcase. I try to follow the Panic Away suggestions and sometimes do manage to remember a sentence or two that Barry has mentioned as terror suddenly seems to strike and I am in another frightening world in which I know I will die. For example ‘it will be over in the main after 20 minutes’ or ‘no matter how bad the attack you still survived previous ones intact’ and although I cannot with conviction welcome that world and say ‘it is nice to see you’ so cannot welcome the attack, I did on one occassion manage to put on the CD and start a breathing exercise, and the awful world moved a little further away.

As people have mentioned, our minds can be very devious and will present panic in many forms. It is amazing to think that we can be so clever in this way but often not clever enough to deal effectively with a panic attack. No wonder we search for reasons (a time wasting pursuit) in our past to figure out what caused this to happen to us! As Panic Away is American based – despite close connections with Ireland – I felt somewhat alienated from the support but there is a great deal of help in the UK now, that is beginning to follow this way of dealing with Panic such as ‘No Panic’ who have phone lines and various paperwork that can be followed and voluntary support. Cognitive Behavioiur Therapy has also been rolled out in some areas for free by the NHS as having been proved to be more effective than putting people on medication. The NHS website and Boots’ website have lots of helpful information to keep one a little more grounded. So the nearest they can come to combining their concepts with what Barry offers the more we can all benefit. I would say again that in general 12 step groups can also be very helpful, they provide constant support, and panic has invariably been experienced by those who go to this type of group, for a variety of reason. I personally feel somewhat stuck in a rut at present but am just going into the shed to see if I can find my ladder to get out!