I was enjoying a great dinner at a restaurant with some girlfriends the other night that I met through an anxiety support group. One of them brought another friend whom I was just meeting for the first time. She had suffered with anxiety as well. Even thought she was a very pretty girl, but the first thing I noticed was how confident she was – the way she walked in, the way she held herself and her mannerisms were very impressive. I wanted to ask her if the Panic Away Program helped her to become so confident?

By the end of the night we were all talking like we’d known each other for ages and I finally had the courage to ask her what her secret was. She laughed and told me I wouldn’t believe it but not even a year earlier she was a totally different girl. This is what she told me:

After being laid off from her job of 5 years she began to feel overwhelmed with anxiety and was not able to find another job. It became so extreme that it was hard for her to even think she could experience any relief! She said she had such intense anxiety over anything and everything and it began to affect every area of her life. She had always been very nervous, quiet and reserved but after losing her job she began to have horrible self esteem and started to isolate herself from her family and her friends. She covered up her pain by eating and gained 50lbs! She cried every time she looked in the mirror.

She didn’t tell anyone about her fierce anxiety attacks because she was ashamed and embarrassed and she didn’t know how to make it better on her own. She tried a few herbal treatments but still felt no relief.  When she went to the doctor and he suggested medication she didn’t want to take it even though she felt desperate. As more time passed the attacks got worse and she couldn’t bear when the next one would occur.

Her mom, noticing how overwhelmed and stressed she seemed finally approached her and mentioned that she was doing a lot of research and wanted to talk to her about anxiety. As soon as she said the word anxiety she burst into tears, but a part of her was glad it was finally out in the open. She said she came across an anxiety program that she thought could really help -   and that’s when she told her about Barry Joe McDonagh’s Panic Away Program.

That was 10 months ago….she’s lost the 50lbs and she’s won the battle against anxiety! When she starts to feel the odd bout of anxiety she is now able to handle it calmly and it quickly dissipates when she applies the things that she learned through the Panic Away Program. And as an added bonus she has gained a whole new self-acceptance and self confidence!

Now she’s so passionate about helping other people with anxiety and providing them with support and encouragement! If she can do it anybody can – you just have to commit to loving yourself enough too see the journey through!

An anxiety attack can happen to anyone. It is usually sudden and sometimes a very intense occurrence of fear, anxiety and panic. They may have no real triggers and appear pretty random but they are actually the result of a lot of factors. Recurring stresses may be the issue or something traumatic are just a few things that may be causing the attacks. Left untreated it will eventually lead to a devastated person who is afraid of everything and that leaves a foothold for depression to set in. Do you know how many different types of anxiety there are? The following are the most common. Did you know that you can experience more than one of them at the same time?

1. Generalized anxiety disorder (excessive worry for a period of over 6 months)
2. Social anxiety (anxiety in social situations causing considerable distress)
3. Panic disorder (attacks that occur unexpectedly and repeatedly leaving you in fear when the next attack will happen. Most people experience the first attack between 15 and 19yrs old)
4. Phobias (exaggerated and unrealistic fear of a non-threatening situation)
5. Agoraphobia (when a person feels intensely anxious about being trapped in certain situations from which they can’t easily escape)
6. Obsessive compulsive disorder (obsessive thoughts and ritualistic behaviors)

It is estimated that anxiety affects approximately 1 in 10 people and is twice as common in women as in men.  It can begin at any age, even childhood but the average age of onset is 31 years old.

So what does Anxiety feel like?

• Sense of dread or panic
• Heart racing
• Difficulty breathing
• Heart palpitations
• Sweating
• Pale
• Body trembles
• Feeling cold or chilled
• Sense of detachment or things not appearing real
• Sleep disturbances
• Feeling nauseous
• Numbness or tingling
• Chest pains
• Dizziness
• Fear of dying

When experiencing anxiety or panic it’s like a violent attack on our body. A key factor in winning your battle with anxiety is learning how to relax. Try meditation tapes, Barry Joe McDonagh’s Panic Away program, pray, listen to soothing music or find a support group. The most important thing to do is to try something different so that you can get a different result. Nothing will EVER change if you keep doing the same thing or nothing at all!

I found Barry Joe McDonagh’s Panic Away program the most effective, and it was extremely beneficial to incorporate the other things mentioned above to help me overcome anxiety! His techniques are simple to add into your daily routine and he provides a lot of useful  information – being a long time anxiety sufferer himself, he made me feel very comfortable and reassured that he knew what he was talking about and could really relate to what we are all going through.

You don’t have to go through it alone, take the first step, accept the help and learn how to live an anxiety free life!

Most women experience anxiety but men experience it too! I had dinner with a male friend a couple of weeks ago and we talked a lot about our lives. He is a very successful salesman but underneath it all he suffers a lot of anxiety. He has a lot of pressure in his sales job and constantly strives to be more and more successful. I understand that men have a lot of pressure to bring home the bacon whether for themselves or their family but when he confided in me that he suffers panic attacks when at home by himself I really wanted to help him. He told me that if numbers are down, his sense of worth takes a fall as well. He constantly measures his value by how much he sells. When he’s up he’s really up but when he’s down he’s really down. You wouldn’t know it to look at him, he appears very confident, handsome and self assured. He has a huge house, numerous friends, donates to a lot of important charities and goes to many social functions. But he admitted those quiet nights at home can be terrifying. The thoughts that swirl around his head are “what if I lose it all?” He came from a very poor upbringing and worked hard to be where he is but with sales it’s never a sure thing. To him losing it all sends him into a state of frenzy. He feels sick to his stomach and gets so wound up that he told me on several occasions he has literally trembled with crazy thoughts going through his mind like “what if I die?”

I introduced the Panic Away program to my friend and I have to admit he was a little hesitant. He said he wanted to deal with it on his own but when I asked him what he has done to try and help himself he couldn’t answer. I reassured him that Barry Joe McDonaugh’s program and His One Move Technique has helped many, many people and to just give it a try. In the end he agreed because he doesn’t want to go through it alone anymore, he wants to deal with it and is willing to take the steps to do it! Awesome!

Being a single mom is not an easy job, especially when it comes to re-entering the dating field.

I always dread the “first date” because I always feel stricken with panic.  Will he even want a 2^nd date? Will he meet my expectations? Will a guy want to date me with kids? Will he really learn to love and care for my children? When should the kids meet him? Will the kids like him?  Does he have kids? Will everyone like each other? And do I even have the time to date? Or what if I never find somebody? The list goes on and on. With so many things to consider it really can leave me feeling anxious and unsure.

Upon meeting a date, one anxious thought turns into another and before I know it I experience horrible anxiety, my heart beats fast, I get so flustered and light headed and my breathing speeds up.  My hands get so sweaty and I know my voice is trembling with each word I speak, there have even been times where I’ve even had to excuse myself and quickly exit to the washroom to try and calm myself down.

I thought with the more dates I had it would eventually get easier, but it hasn’t. These anxiety attacks have been very difficult to deal with. However, I’m now at a point where I really want to do something about it.  I want to appear much more relaxed on my dates and not worry so much about the “big” picture but just take it one step at a time and have a little fun. I am hopeful that I can beat this anxiety and experience a good time on dates again!

After hanging out with my boyfriend’s daughters and a few of their friends, it was decided that one of their top fears that caused them the most anxiety was getting up to speak in the front of their class: some even resorted to taking a “zero” instead of doing the assignment. I asked each one of them why they had such intense fear that would literally stop them from doing it at all; here are some of their answers:

1. What if I don’t look pretty enough up there.
2. What if my clothes aren’t nice enough.
3. Forget it, I have a pimple.
4. Way too many eyes are on me at once.
5. There’s a boy I like in my class and I’ll be too embarrassed.
6. I’m too shy.
7. What if I don’t sound smart enough?
8. I will be so nervous my voice will tremble and I’ll sound like an idiot.
9. What if they don’t understand what I’m saying?
10. What if someone laughs at me?

For these teen girls these are very real, debilitating circumstances. For those who followed through they couldn’t remember a word they said.  They concluded that their heart was beating so loud that they couldn’t hear themselves think, their body was shaking uncontrollably, they felt slightly dizzy and off balance and extremely nauseous. The girls admitted feeling extremely anxious to the point of feeling paralyzed by their fear and surprisingly they didn’t even know that it could be an anxiety or panic attack.

This may not seem like a big surprise, a lot of people suffer from stage fright, but when it constantly affects you each and every time and gets worse instead of easier, leaving you feeling hopeless, discouraged and exhausted it’s time to take a look at anxiety and/or panic attacks and find a way to fight back! These panic and anxiety attacks are keeping teen girls from believing in themselves and being the confident young ladies they were created to be.

I asked the girls, “If I gave you information on how to stop this fear from being so destructive and leave you feeling more relaxed and sure of yourself, would you take it?” They exclaimed, “Yes!”

They are just starting to read Barry Joe McDonagh’s Panic Away Program and said that so far it is very straight forward and easy to understand. I know that this is going to help the girls tremendously!

My girlfriend called the other day and said to me, “I’m a little embarrassed to mention this but I have to tell someone. When I make a friend request on Facebook it’s amazing how much anxiety I feel over whether they will confirm me as a friend or not. I wait with such anxious thoughts….what if they just ignore it…what if they don’t even want to be my friend? What if they don’t think I’m worthy enough?  And if they do accept and see that I only have 50-60 friends do I look like a failure because they might have 200, 300, 400?” These are not just passing thoughts, but something that she dwells on and consumes her almost every day. She said, “I can work myself into such a state that I seriously think I’m having a panic attack. The more I think about it, I can feel my heart beating faster, my hands get all sweaty, I feel so jittery and  light headed that I have to sit down. The worst part is that I don’t know how to calm myself down”. Oh, at that very moment I was so thankful to introduce her to the Panic Away Program! My dear friend had silently suffered with this for quite a long time because she was too embarrassed to talk about it….until now.

It`s so easy to compare yourself to others and there’s so much pressure that we place on ourselves to be perfect and successful.  We seem to be obsessed about how “good” we appear to other people. While we each need to practice our own self-acceptance these irrational thoughts would come at her so fast that it was impossible for her to stop the feelings and sensations….simply because she didn`t have the tools on how.

Barry Joe McDonagh’s Panic Away Program is teaching her how to stop these thoughts when they come into her mind so that she doesn`t experience the full blown panic attacks any longer!  She is so relieved!

Oh no, no…here we go again, I could feel the fear grip me. This time I was sitting at my desk at work. No, not here I thought ….all morning I was thinking a lot about my life. Who was I? Where did I want to be? Why did my job have to be so boring? Should I go back to school? How could I afford it? Why wasn’t I married yet? What about children?

I desperately wanted children, how come I didn’t have them yet, what if I never do? With all of these overwhelming feelings, I suddenly started to notice a tingling sensation start in my arm which automatically frightened me. My heart was racing so fast, I put my finger up to my neck to count the pulses, my palms were clammy and sweaty, and I felt a strange sense of it all being so surreal. Why was this happening again?

I knew that it was an anxiety attack, I had already experienced them for several years, but surprisingly every time it happened I thought I was going to die. One of the co-workers came up to me and noticed that I was looking very nervous. I told him I needed to be taken to Emergency right away and that maybe I was having a heart attack. Well we spent several hours there, and several tests once again confirmed that it was just a panic attack. I clearly thought I must be losing my mind and now my co-workers did too!

I was 18 years old sitting at home in my basement watching Tv when I experienced my first one. I remember sitting there thinking, now that I’m out of high school what am I going to do with my life, so many questions starting running through my head. Then all of a sudden I felt extremely light headed, dizzy and faint. I bent down and put my head between my legs, my dad asked, “What are you doing?” My heart began to race, I felt my chest tighten, which made me cry out to my dad, “Dad something’s wrong my chest is really hurting, maybe I’m having a heart attack!” Then my body started to shake uncontrollably, and I thought that’s it, it’s over…..

My dad rushed me to the emergency room and after many hours the doctor came back, “you’re fine, he said, too much stress…. panic attack…just relax.” Many doctors throughout the years prescribed me all sorts of medication and my family had always encouraged me to take them. And even though I would always fill out the prescription it sat in my cupboard, unopened.

Fast forward 10 years, now I was married, I had two beautiful boys but was still experiencing debilitating attacks. I recall spending several late nights on the phone with friends, who always tried to calm me down and re-assure me that I was going to live through the night. I secretly wondered if they thought I was going crazy too. Have you ever suffered from these anxiety attack symptoms?

Then my marriage ended 5 years later, I had now entered the single mommy role and with that came a whole bunch of new pressures! Being a perfectionist by nature and constantly striving, and striving and striving, I told myself I could not give in to the drugs, I was determined to conquer this on my own.

I finally got so tired, so exhausted, I dreaded the onset of anymore anxiety…I knew I needed to do something and I needed to be strong for my kids.

When I came across Joe Barry’s Panic away Program, I wept with delight! Let’s face it, life has it share of stress and pressures, fear will still come…but with Joe’s Panic Away, anxiety will no longer hold you in bondage. You will learn what causes an anxiety or panic attack, fears, anxiety sensations, how to stop it in its tracks, eliminating anxiety attacks with the “one move technique” along with mental and physical exercises to get you back to a state of “calm”.

Shortly after adopting all of Joe’s natural treatments for anxiety I can honestly say after being an anxiety sufferer for 17 years, I am now a strong, single mother who lives almost anxiety/panic free! I really can’t believe how much better I feel! Why did I suffer with it for 17 years? Because I really had no information about it, other than, “Here take this pill, it will make you feel better”.

No longer let it be an anxiety attack…..Attack Anxiety and finally get your life back!

I love Joe’s Panic Away program. Don’t suffer with it any longer! His program is the tool you need! You can be in control of your anxiety!

This program is such an amazing gift to all of us who finally want to experience true freedom! Are you ready to be free?

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Adding a bit of exercise to your morning routine can cut down on your stress and anxiety plus give you a more positive outlook for the day ahead. When we do any form of physical activity the oxygen flow in our bodies increases and stimulates the nervous system. This helps put us in a relaxed state of calm and makes it easier to deal with stressful and anxious situations.

We need as little as 10 minutes of moderate exercise to release those wonderful endorphins that help eliminate stress and anxiety. Endorphins are hormones that help give us a mental state of well-being. This can also help us have a more positive self-image, provide a diversion from stress or anxiety, and help motivate us to be more positive.

Some tips to get going:

• Choose an activity you enjoy, that way you won’t dread doing it
• Make it a social thing, you’re less likely to talk yourself out of it
• Start slow and build up as your fitness increases
• Try to do it at least 3-4 times a week, you’ll soon be reaping the benefits of feeling less stressed and anxious!

If you can’t make it part of a routine then simply get outside and walk a bit. Sometimes just some fresh air and a bit of walking will help that anxiety from creeping up and taking over.

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