Priscilla Warner, 70, suffered her first panic attack at the age of 15. Back then, nobody had a word for what she was experiencing, and therapy wasn’t on anyone’s radar. Her doctor prescribed Librium ...
When I first started my clinical training as a psychologist, some of the first techniques I learned were relaxation exercises. These are concrete, specific behaviors that clients can use to reduce the ...
Panic attacks are frightening, but they are temporary, survivable, and treatable. With gentleness, grounding, and connection, ...
Reducing stress over the long term involves eating a nutritious diet, getting adequate exercise and logging sufficient hours of sleep. But when Uncle Joe at the holiday feast is repeating a story that ...
People report that panic attacks make you feel like your going to die. Your heart races, chest tightens, hands tingle, and overwhelming dread convinces you something catastrophic is happening. Yet ...