Panic Attack
One of the seminal books that changed my perspective on so-called mental illness and its treatment was the book entitled “The Myth of Mental Illness” by Thomas Szasz. This book is probably out of print now but you may be able to pick up a copy on Amazon The process of actually [...]
When anxiety becomes so severe that panic attacks ruin your life, don’t despair. Changing your thoughts can change the way you face stressful situations. Australian psychotherapist Carole Kelly offers advice to the panic-stricken on her website, based on her years of work with people suffering from anxiety and panic. She says, once people learn to deal with [...]
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What is a panic attack? Here is a link to an article we ran on this site that answers this question. Do you know the difference between an anxiety attack and a panic attack? You may want to check out this article we ran about this issue. Finally, here is a list of the symptoms [...]
Here are some recent developments in treating anxiety and panic attacks without drugs. One of the things to always keep in mind is that you are responsible to communicate with the person treating you. You must tell them your preferences and if you do not want drugs you need to let them know. Do not [...]
Stop Panicking! There is an effective way to stop panicking. Have you ever gone for a job interview only to change your mind in the car because of fear and not show up? Can you think of other times that you should have done something but you didn’t do it because of irrational fear? There [...]
Anxiety or panic attacks are sudden periods of intense anxiety, fear and discomfort. While these attacks might seem to happen for no reason, theyre actually the bodys response to what it perceives as the need for fight or flight . The attacks usually last about ten minutes, but can be as short as one minute. In [...]
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There are some inherent problems with the way the mental health system currently operates in our country. Back in the 1960′s a psychiatrist blew the whistle on the system and wrote a provocative book called, “The Myth of Mental Illness”, his name was Thomas Szasz. Here is an excerpt from an article he wrote around [...]
