My cousin found and recommended your program after I was suffering from crippling anxiety attacks following a traumatic death of a friend. I found her in her home. The anxiety expressed itself in severe shaking, difficulty breathing, chest pains and claustrophobia. I was afraid to sleep, eat the wrong thing, travel in a car, a plane, to live. Absolutely everything was frightening, but especially nightfall because it was one step closer to having to go to bed where it was always the worst. I would go for long walks when everyone else was asleep to escape the bed & hypnic jerks. I spent the whole day fluctuating between severe panic attacks and fear for the next one. It was at least once an hour. IT WAS EXHAUSTING. I felt like a slave to the anxiety and a zombie from lack of sleep. My work suffered and my friendships were put on hold. It went on like this for months. My family didn’t understand what was happening to me and tried getting me to take medication, wanting me healthy again as badly as I did. I felt it would be further enslavement to the anxiety and not answer its root cause. My boyfriend didn’t understand the anxiety attacks having never had one, but had compassion for me due to their effects on me, and supported me and my efforts to face it and find a solution that didn’t involve medication. I knew there had to be one. I prayed and prayed. Then, my uncle found your program and my cousin bought it for me. I read your book in one sitting.

The first time I implemented the One Move I was terrified to do it, but tried it anyway because I figured everything was terrifying, anyway, so why not? It was so simple and straightforward. I was in the car with my boyfriend and felt the anxiety building yet again and decided that was the time to give the One Move a shot. I let him know what I was going to do: invite the panic attack to do its worst number on me and join us on this hiking trip with us. I didn’t need him to help- it was not a battle, just my move to make. I sat with the One Move and a few minutes later I said: “oh WOW, that worked. And I did it!” My boyfriend was impressed. He noticed a relative peace and strength I thought I lost and the trip was panic free (and fun). That was the first stretch of time in months that I felt free in a very long time. I had more panic attacks after that, but those subsequent panic attacks diminished in strength and frequency over the next few weeks, and were interrupted by the One Move. 3 weeks to the day of reading your book, I had my last panic attack. It was so mild, I actually shrugged and went on with my day.

It has been 10 months since I have had a panic attack at all. Not one. I sleep soundly again & am not a slave to anxiety anymore, all without medication and in the midst of greiving. My friendships have been restored, and my boyfriend boasts about my strength in facing the anxiety. I sometimes invite a panic attack, like you would invite an old friend to dinner that you haven’t seen in a while, but at this point it’s for the fun of it. It never shows up.

Your book helped me understand that I should try operating from a place of faith instead of fear, which is exactly what trying to have a panic attack is all about (in the midst of a panic attack, it takes faith to understand it won’t kill you, and faith to just go with it.). It made me realize that I am bigger than the anxiety.

I have since passed on the information to a girl I work with who would have to leave work in a state of acute anxiety. As you can imagine, this put her job in jeopardy. It would drive her to harm herself in other ways, too. Since reading your book and implementing the techniques, she hasn’t had to escape from any situation due to anxiety, much less miss work. She’s still working with me and has recently reported that a)she’s not harming herself anymore and b) she hasn’t had a panic attack in 6 months!

Thank you so much for publishing this. It is sincerely empowering & above all else, effective.

The emotion used in this demonstration is anger, it is transformed into what it really is, compassion. However, the process is the same for anxiety but it is tranformed into what it really is, excitement.

Please let me know what you think.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gb9NEd1ScU