Review: Having a normal life would have been worth ten thousand times the cost of a book like this.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 17, 2014
Very few people know what it's like living with panic attacks. I know first-hand the troubles and pain it causes. Not only to those that suffer panic attacks, but to their families as well. My family and I are survivors of this terrible, terrible affliction that can ruin so many lives. Our daughter grew up in a house dominated by the excuses made by all of us to justify the behaviors of the person she adored most... her mother.My wife suffered from panic attacks for the better part of 15 years. It got worse over time... In fact, she suffered so bad from this disorder, she only would leave the house under much duress and when she had no other choices left to avoid it. All in all, over the course of her bout with this curse, she only left home a couple dozen times. To say the least, it made growing up "normal" extremely difficult on our daughter.Our daughter is all grown up now and moved on to her own life. She is quite happy, sparkly and the love of our lives. She seems to have turned out great despite the hell she went through growing up with her mother in such a state for the better part of her childhood.My wife finally beat this scourge on our family just before our daughter's high school graduation. My daughter remembers the day she graduated vividly as the day "Mom" came to her school. The only time she remembers that happening before, was on her first day of kindergarten when Mom rode on the bus with her and Dad followed in the car to make sure she made it safe.How did my wife beat having anxiety and panic attacks? Well she finally ran into some of the same techniques in this book... Meditation, self hypnosis, yoga, eating better, kicking some bad habits and such really helped her with her struggle to "get sane again". (her words, not mine) We all only wish we would have found this kind of information years ago. Having a normal life would have been worth ten thousand times the cost of a book like this.