The other night I met a great group of girls from my anxiety support group for dinner. 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? After talking all night I finally felt comfortable enough to ask her what her secret was. She giggled and said I wouldn’t believe it but less than a year earlier she was a completely 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. Beginning to affect every area of her life her anxiety became so extreme and intense that it was hard for her to think she’d ever get any relief!. After losing her job her self esteem dropped remarkably, she had always been quiet and reserved but now she started to shy away from friends and family. She covered up her pain by eating and gained 50lbs! She cried every time she looked in the mirror.

She felt so embarrassed and ashamed of her anxiety attacks, she wouldn’t tell anybody about them and she didn’t know how to make it better . She still felt no relief even after trying a few herbal treatments. When she went to the doctor and he suggested medication she didn’t want to take it even though she felt desperate. As more time passed the attacks got worse and she couldn’t bear when the next one would occur.

Her mom noticing how overwhelmed and stressed she seemed finally approached her and mentioned that she was doing a lot of research and wanted to talk to her about anxiety. 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!

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