To calm a panic attack is to ‘let-go’
of it. But to ‘let-go’ of such a high degree of
fear you need to be exceptionally precise in your actions.
As part of my ‘five step programme’ I explain
those actions; what they are, how they work, when to put them
into practice and how to put them into practice, I also forewarn
and forearm you against the potential pit-falls. Having said
that, this is the beginning of your recovery, the starting
place and the first rung on the ladder to your freedom, in
which case, like many people, your approach to recovery might
be filled with the impatience to finish. So at this point
I will explain that my work is to help you make a full and
permanent recovery from panic attacks, thereby allowing you
to be free of not only panic attacks but also all fear of
them. Accordingly, during my programme you will not find a
‘quick fix’ out of panic attacks but rather, I
will purposefully take you through each step very slowly indeed.
When recovering from panic attacks via my
programme you will go through five stages, these are your
‘Five Steps To Freedom’ …
This step invites you to come in from the
cold, sit down, warm yourself and see where you are really
up to; for you are now with someone who truly knows how
you are feeling and how to help you - it offers you a few
initial word of reassurance and comfort - it lists over
100 natural and normal physical, mental and emotional symptoms
that any stress sufferer can expect to experience - it explains
the differences between anxiety attacks, panic attacks and
phobic attacks - it covers your own likely descent into
panic attacks - it reminds you that despite your wish to
keep your panic attacks a secret, a trouble shared can often
be a trouble halved - and it gives a brief re-cap covering
your first step to freedom. … This step is preparing
the ground for your recovery, and whilst its usefulness
might not be immediately apparent, it is nevertheless absolutely
crucial.
This step is the foundation of recovery
and takes you to a point of understanding the fundamental
elements of what is happening to you, for it was your misunderstanding
of these elements that caused you to suffer panic attacks
in the first place. This step explains why all humans experience
arousal and how it is made within the body - it describes
arousal in action - it explains, in detail, the physical,
emotional and mental effects of prolonged arousal - and
it gives a brief re-cap covering your second step to freedom.
... This step lays the foundation footings of your recovery,
it is the strength, the element that everything else rests
on and without its understanding, any so-called recovery
will certainly crumble.
This step is the pinnacle of the programme;
your plan of action begins here! This step - explains exactly
what you are doing wrong when a panic attacks strikes; thereby
fuelling it - it explains precisely how to deal with a panic
attack correctly; thereby calming it - it offers an extremely
effective stress-buster routine - if you are suffering mental
symptoms of stress, it shows you how to gain 'mind rest'
- and it gives a brief re-cap covering your third step to
freedom... This step will take you to where you are physically
and mentally laying your first brick of recovery; very rewarding.
Whilst, for some people, recovery from
panic attacks can be virtually instantaneous, for most it
takes a little while. So this step - explains your need
to repeat the process learned in Step Three - it explains
‘re-balancing’ and gives forewarning of the
potential 'boulders of recovery' - it explains how your
current life is likely to be similar to a roller-coaster
ride of good-days/bad-days and it offers tried and tested
ways of getting through the bad-days - it offers an insight
into the ‘golden moments of recovery’ - it covers
your possible feelings of guilt for suffering a ‘mind
problem’ and explains why such feelings do not belong
to you - it explains why the current trends in treatment
so often fail panic attack sufferers and which might have
failed you - and it gives a brief re-cap covering your fourth
step to freedom. … This step involves you reprogramming
your brain, building up confidence and applying your new
found ability, and whilst you will possibly find it hard
work, you will also find it tremendously empowering.
By this step you will no longer be running
scared of panic attacks therefore - it invites you to actually
search out all those places and situations where, up to
now, you have avoided due to panic attacks - it asks you
to evaluate and adapt your stress-buster routine - it reminds
you to give yourself time to heal - it offers help with
medication withdrawal as recommended by the British Medical
Association and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great
Britain - it explains how freedom from panic attacks can
be the beginning, the starting place, the open door to 'life'
and the opportunity to become the person you were really
born to be; for your freedom is only freedom if you embrace
it, otherwise you are still holding yourself in bondage
- and it gives a brief re-cap covering your fifth step to
freedom. … This step invites you to fully and finally
claim back your life from panic attacks, for now you are
standing on very solid and well-protected ground.
Whilst I do understand your one desire
is to stop the panic attacks immediately, I nevertheless
ask you to realise that the information in this book is
not simply about general stress and panic attacks but rather,
it is a programme out of panic attacks. And similar to any
programme, if you try to short cut it (by flicking through
the pages or beginning at the back of the book, reading
the last chapter, then making your conclusions from that)
you then risk jumping to the wrong conclusion, or overlooking
the one piece of information that may be necessary for your
recovery or you might even break the sequence of recovery,
in which case, much of the benefit can then be lost. So
please, give yourself the most effective help out of panic
attacks that I have ever encountered by applying yourself
to this programme as it is presented.
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