Selected Comments From Others
(09/26/08)Hey Jeff I just want to say thanks a ton for the website it has already begun to change my life and I just read it. I am a healthy ** year old male who had a bad muscle strain and the pain stressed me out for months because it was in my lower abdomen and I thought it was hernia that would need surgery because it would swell with increased physical exercsion. Although I have taken it easy and barely have any pain anymore I still have the fear of the panic attacks with the giddy feeling, and had an attack last weekend because I got dehydrated to the point of vommiting a few months ago on a hot summer day, I started thinking the same thing was happening to me. The mind is oh soo powerful, usually I love this aspect but right now I can't seem to gain any control, and hope to return to normalcy as soon as possible. I already made an appointment with a physciatrist even though I think with some time I can overcome them on my own I think it would be best for my body and mind to talk to someone in person and make sure I can keep them from happening. I don't want to take meds Iam a big user of natural herbs and I'm also afraid of a dependency as well as the cost and this has not been a condition until just recently. And again I really appreciate the time you spent to make your website Im sure it has helped tons of others and couldn't thank you more. To ensure the information doesn't get lost in cyberspace I printed out all of it!
(05/06/08)Jeff, I just want to say THANK YOU sooooooooooo much for your website! I was in the midst of a panic attack at work (where I usually get them) and stumbled upon your website... After reading it I instantly forgot about my panic attack and was glad to find out that I was not CRAZY! I was seriously questioning my sanity! I was given a prescription for my anxiety but found when I took it would only make it worse... I would then start worrying about the pill I took! I was getting out of control! I really, really appreciate your website and just wanted to let you know.
(04/26/08)I wanted to thank-you for your information. It has been a literal answer to my prayer for healing of my anxiety disorder. I have had success for 2 days now. I have given in several times and it nips the anxiety in the bud each time. I still feel a little scared of the anxiety coming back but less so and I know with continued success with giving in, it will stop being scary at all. I actually have been trying to get it to come so that I can be sure it will work. That seems like a good sign that I am on my way to being done with this nightmare. Thank-you so so so so much.
(04/26/08)just want to offer my thanks for your website and all the help it has provided for me. I am 20 years old and have been suffering from panic attacks for over 2 years. They started right after I got some bad weed and continued even after I stopped smoking all together. I've been looking for ways to get them to stop for years, been to countless doctors and looked for help in all the wrong places. Then tonight while I was having an attack ( which I do every night ) I looked online once again for an answer and I found your site. I read it really fast and thought to myself ah this guy is nuts but what the hell I have nothing to lose. So I did my best to want it to happen, the more I felt things go wrong the more I welcomed them because like you said it wasn't anything that I hadn't felt before. Then I noticed that the more I accepted them the less I felt the effects. Now I don't think I am instantly cured and I'm sure it will take a while to train my brain to react to these things in the proper manor, but I have taken a step in the right direction and it is because of you. So once again, thanks.
(03/04/08)Hello Jeff, I hope you are still reading your emails, I'm sure you must get tons and tons of letters every day thanking you for your great website. I've been a sufferer of panic attacks for about 10 years now, I've been taking medication but even though I'm still taking it seems that some situations are still triggering panic attacks... I came accross your website a few months ago, and I can say that it surely was one of the best days in my life... I felt so liberated to know that the answer to my long time suffering was inside myself... Thanks to you, I felt like a whole world of opportunities opened in front of my eyes, all this time I've let fear rule my life... I only allowed myself to do things or go to places that were 'safe'... I've had only a few episodes of panic since I read your website a few months ago, as opposed to once a day... No medication, or even therapy has been ever so effective as your honest advice... and even though I haven't overcome my fear 100% I'm not letting it control me anymore and I know that eventually I'll get rid of it. You are truly an angel, and hope your life is full of blessings for all the goodness that you have done to many strangers like me that had no hope of ever having a normal life...
(02/09/08)Jeff, I cannot thank you enough for the web site. I am sure you have heard this a million times but THANK YOU! Amazing how the mind controls all. Im so mad that it was so simple and I could not figure it out on my own. I have always been a worry wart since I can remember. I remember being 18 and ending up in the ER cause I couldn't breathe several times. I am so mad that I have wasted so much time and energy on these things. And not doing things I want to do and places I have wanted to go for fear of having an attack. I do not want to go on and on as I could for hours but, thanks for sharing your story. It was soooo on point, I feel better already.
(01/31/08)Your website is the greatest thing I've ever read. I suffered with anxiety and panic for years, still dealing with it actually. However, I agree with every word you're saying. I just allow myself to get too stressed from time to time for some reason. Bad habits die hard. I'll read your page though and work on it some more! I did the Lucinda Bassett program and I came to the exact same conclusion you did about a year ago. I know people who have anxiety, because more people have it then I ever realized, who are actually still spending tons of money on false diagnosis' and medication. I try and try to tell them. I don't think they want to believe that they are the problem, and more astonishingly, the answer. Very good stuff! Thank you very much.
(01/18/08)Hello jeff.I have just read your words on how to deal with a panic attack. You are right! I am 24 years of age, living in the united kingdom and I suffer quite severe panic attacks, some more extreme than others.its so reassuring that I am not alone. I really did think I was losing my mind and I had forgotten who I am. Every night I thought was going to be my last as I couldn’t breathe, I thought I was going to die. I am suffering with them still but I will focus on what you have wrote as I think this will overcome my panic disorder. Thankyou for relating to everything I am going through. You are an inspiration to other panic attack sufferers. I will put your theory to the test and I will let you know how I get on. Here goes…..!
(01/11/08)I can't believe you give that information on your site for free! It is SO frustrating to think you have found answers only to find out that the person just wants to sell you the solution. The information that you have conveyed to me has found me at absolute rock bottom. And now I feel so free and FEARLESS!!!! I haven't tried the technique yet but I have so much faith in it because I KNOW it's going to work! I have always known but I would never let myself get past the "going to die'' point . It makes so much sense! Even though I have not tried it yet I feel absolutely FEARLESS right now!!!!! Because I know that I am going to whoop the shit out of this thing the next time it comes, if it even ever does again!! You have lifted the fear man and I just really want to extend a very sincere and heartfelt thank you for making this information so easily accessible to someone like me. Truly, thank you for lifting this burden.
(01/07/08)I'm so impressed by your website. It's the first one I've come across (dealing with panic attacks) that presents helpful information and that isn't trying to sell a product or make money with ads.
(12/20/07)hi, i just stumbled upon your site tonight when i was looking for encouragement. i have been suffering from anxiety and unreality/depersonalization for about a year after suffering a panic attack out of nowhere on a plane flight. it was so awesome to see someone else write exactly what i have been experiencing. so many times the only way i can properly explain the way i feel is to tell my girlfriend or family members that i feel stoned. i have felt for the past year like i have just smoked out of a ten foot bong, and i haven't smoked pot in years. my vision gets blurry, eyes get sensitive, i feel like i am walking about a foot behind my face/body (very similar to the feeling i would have when i was younger and would get high but had no problems with anxiety. this connection you made to the feelings of unreality and the feelings brought on by thc has really made me feel more hopeful that i really do only have anxiety and that this feeling is normal and can go away.
(12/09/07)Hello Jeff just wanted to thank you for being there.You website has changed my life for the better.Thanks you are the greatest!
(11/22/07)Hi Jeff-I'm sure you have gotten a hundred emails like this.....But I have to say a BIG THANK YOU!! You were used to save my life!!!! I have had panic attacks for about 6-7 months now. They got to a point where I had them all day. I would get the chest tension, shortness of breath, the fear, and the losing control feelings, vomiting, and pretty much the whole nine yards. I thought I was having a nervous breakdown until I came across your website. I prayed for a way out and GOD used you as his instrument for me. I am getting through them much better now.... I know now what they are all about.THANK YOU, You are truly an angel!!! Keep putting your experience out there!!!!
(10/31/07)I just got through reading your website. I've been searching the internet like crazy looking for people out there, who suffer like me. You're right, I felt like I was going crazy! I have yet to challenge my fear, now i'm just waiting for another attack to face it head on! I have been suffering with these for the past 3 months, and I feel like i've been a horrible mother and wife. I want to overcome them, and be a better mom and wife. AND LIVE A NORMAL LIFE! I'm young, only 22. Thank you SO SO SO very much for your site. I already feel better.
(09/04/07)Hi Jeff, I cannot thank you enough for your web site. I thank God an email pal led me to your site. I have had generalized anxiety for several years...but was dealing with it pretty well. I am a positive person..so certain things did not bother me that much. Recently, my husband and I were having some serious financial problems. Also, I ended up on high blood pressure medicine. These things made my anxiety a lot worst. I was having a very HARD time relaxing and was having anxiety attacks and generalized anxiety. After going to your site...I am waiting for the next panic attack and try your method. I went to a physical therapist because my neck, shoulder and jaw area was VERY tensed. Of course it did not do any good because I continued to tense my body fearing the next anxiety attack, dizzy and anxious feeling. The anxiousness comes a LOT. I went to see a psychiatrist...of course he prescribed medication... which does help me relax. Whenever I am feeling anxious I grab my medication. As I am sitting down typing this to you...I am saying "come on anxious feeling, come on anxiety attack" of course...nothing happens. I do know the old saying...there is nothing to fear but fear itself. I really wanted to cry when I saw you had wrote: Nothing SIGNIFICANTLY wrong other than that you are sensitive to some recent stressors. I was wondering why every little thing was getting to me...I could not even watch the news on television. I did not want to hear bad news. Your statement REALLY made me understand why....I was sensitive to some recent stressors. I will be sharing this email with my anxiety/panic buddies. THANKS AGAIN!!!
(08/02/07)I just wanted to thank you again for the website and message board. In the past few weeks, things have really "sunk in" and it is as though something has "clicked". I "get it". I am thankful for this. As such, my generalized anxiety has dropped way way down and any residual symptoms pretty much just make me laugh (sometimes literally). It is as though I know they are they, but I just dont care. I finally get the whole "second fear" concept.
(07/22/07)I think of myself as a fairly rational person. I have, after a dream with a panic attack in it, been afraid of exactly what your message board has been talking about. It happened last week ( I was on a plane in the dream and felt out of control fear) I have been on hyper alert now. I have quit smoking (which is good) after 14 years in order to see if it would help. I have felt the total unreal "holy fin sH$T I going nuts" feeling. The first real attack came when I was 21 and a boy dumped me. I thought I may have some weird repressed abandonment issues but it seemed unlikely, in addition to the fact that NOBODY likes being dumped. I'd been avoiding real relationships and drinking alot. All in order to keep control. Anyway Jeff, I think your awesome and I am ...feeling sappy and like a T.V. movie on lifetime:) I am actually crying tears of joy because I have found someone else who "Gets it" Thank man
(07/14/07)I been dealing with panic attack's for 8 years now. And I always just tried to control them or fight them off thinking I was stronger then it, but it the end they keep coming and seemed like they were getting stronger. As of last week I decided to look to the net to see if there was something I can do. This is where I stumbled upon your website. Since then my panic attacks are coming but there not lasting long because all I do is let it run its course and just release my thoughts and let it go. So though there still coming there not lasting as long and soon I hope they stop coming altogether. But I am happy with the baby step progress that I already have made in a weeks time with your help. Though you don't know me I just wanted to tell you thanks for everything!
(06/19/07)I must say that you have described exactly how I have been feeling. I want to thank you for sharing this with the world. Even though I have not yet come to the state where you are (well, I have been there but feel back into the panic) it is very reassuring to read something that describes my symptoms so perfectly. I don't think even my psychiatrist understands me to that level, she keeps bringing up other issues that I definitely feel I have overcome and have let go. Until recently I did not know what panic attacks were and once I first heard the term I thought that there was no way I had a panic disorder -I have a great job, life and girlfriend. But every often had the feelings that you described. I just realized that what I feel is exactly the fear of being afraid again. I paralyze and feed of the cycle of fear. It's a pretty subjective thing to try to solve but I will try to do what you suggest. I am also not so fond of pills but I think that at this point I am so caught up in the fear cycle that it would maybe help. I feel that I have absolutely no control over my fear and the medicine may help. I have also been suffering for about 10 years now but just in the last couple of week realized that's my diagnosis and trying to cope. THANK YOU for your website and good vibes to you.
(06/19/07)I also think that while one is in deep consternation and despair and alone in his room and is looking for some warm (I've found your audio message very warm and beautiful, very affectionate, even the acoustic guitar is nice: it reminded me of the rooster who plays the guitar in Walt Disney's Robin Hood cartoon, I loved it when I was a kid) and empathic words and thoughts it could be very good and useful what you have written, at least to gain a bit of confidence in battling and defeating this awful disorder.
(06/08/07)hey jeff.if i didnt find your webside i would really think i am crazy.. you gave me hope..you made me feel i m not alone anymore.