I am so proud of myself because I am pretty sure I have been able to finally conquer the sudden panic disorder I developed for two months. I used to hyperventilate, my heart would rush to my head and I was terrified of fainting. When I read the book "DARE" by Barry McDonagh, it changed my life immediately from the first time implementing the technique. Every time I get a scary bodily feeling of panic, I say "Whatever, it's just anxious arousal!" Then I say a few times, "I accept & allow this anxious feeling & surrender control back to my body." At this point, the panic almost always starts to diminish already! If not, I say, "For the next 21 sec, show me the worst you got, Panic!" and count down. Then nothing happens by zero and I say, "You tried to fool me again!" and then I engage in an activity to distract myself. I swear to you, this changed my life! I am so grateful! Now I am working on implementing the same my cardiophobia anxiety. I have so much hope now!
