How the Panic Away Program Made My Confidence Soar to New Heights
February 8th, 2010 | by zoe |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. When she walked into the room she held herself so beautifully, her confidence radiated and I wanted whatever it was that made her that way. I wanted to ask her if the Panic Away Program helped her to become so confident? I finally had the courage to ask her what her secret was after we’d been talking all night. 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. She said her anxiety became so intense that it began to affect every single area of her life! Eventually it came to the point where she thought she would never be able to experience any relief.. Her self esteem dropped even more when she lost her job, she had always been more of a nervous, quiet and reserved type but now she was isolating herself from family and friends. She covered up her pain by eating and gained 50lbs! She cried every time she looked in the mirror.
Her horrible anxiety attacks left her feeling so ashamed and embarrassed, she didn’t talk about it with anyone and had no clue how to make it better by herself. She tried a few herbal treatments but still felt no relief. Her doctor suggested that she take medication but as desperate as she was she said no. As more time passed the attacks got worse and she couldn’t bear when the next one would occur.
Her mom had been doing a ton of research on ‘anxiety’ finally approached her after noticing how stressed out she seemed. 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….now 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 wants to provide support and encouragement to others living with anxiety! There is help, you need to commit and see it through to the end….healing is there for you!