Panic Attacks –
My Own First Experience
For those of you that suffer from the awful effects of anxiety
or panic attacks, my story is most likely very familiar. At the
time I was 25 years old and an agent for a large insurance company.
I had always noticed symptoms of anxiety at different times in my
life, but never had any idea of what it really was. Well, that was
about to change in a dramatic way.
Our district sales manager would hold meetings for all the
agents in our area at various times. At one of these meetings I had
won an award and knew I would have to get up in front of 50 people
and speak.
Slowly, the fears and anxiety began to creep into my mind. At
first, I just thought it was nerves, kind of like having to get up
in front of the class in school. But this was a bit different. The
feelings became stronger. I noticed that I was starting to break
into a sweat and felt my chest starting to tighten. Next, I started
to have a hard time catching my breath.
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It
seemed the more I thought about what was going on, the greater my
fear became. The panic attack symptoms grew even
stronger. |
At this time I became quite frightened and could not figure out
what was happening to me. All sorts of thoughts were racing through
my mind. Am I having a heart attack? All I could think of next was
how to get this panic attack to stop, but my mind, body and
emotions had a grip on me to where I was out of control.
Suddenly, my name was called to come up and get my award and
speak. It was then that those next to me could see that something
was wrong. All I could do was get up and run out the door, looking
like a total fool.
I went to the doctor and later discovered that I had been
experiencing the effects of an anxiety and panic attack disorder.
My doctor gave me a prescription for some medicine, but it didn't
stop the panic attacks.
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I
can't express to you the feelings of having a panic attack and
wondering how long it will be before the next one comes on. It's
such a hopeless
feeling. |
I can't express to you the feelings of having a panic attack and
wondering how long it will be before the next one comes on. It's
such a hopeless feeling. Yes, the medicine helped lessen the
effects, but it didn't prevent them from coming on. I felt hopeless
that this is how my life was going to be forever.
Then, a friend of mine told me about a treatment program called
Panic Away. Looking for anything that might help, I tried the
program. It was then that I found the "One Move" technique that was
my answer. I was finally able to overcome panic attacks once and
for all.
When I look back on my experiences, I realize that I had
everything I needed within me to stop panic attacks. All I was
lacking was someone to guide me down the right path. Today, anxiety
and panic attacks no longer have a grip on my life. I'm saying this
in hopes that at least one other person will find this helpful and
be cured from their panic attacks and begin living their life free
from fear.
Sincerely,
Zack Fischer
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