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Panic Free : Eliminate Anxiety / Panic Attacks Without Drugs and Take Control of Your Life

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I've been having anxiety attacks for years, and have tried so many strategies to cope. Reading this book was the first time I felt things really start to change for real. It seems like Dr. Freeman has put a lot of very thorough research into it, but also there is real compassion in the way she addresses the reader. It's an easy read, but at the same time it's not that empty pop-psychology stuff. She gives hundreds of practical methods to overcome your anxiety. I like the fact that her stance on medication is pretty much neutral because although I'm on medication now, I don't want to rely on it for the rest of my life. This book gives me hope for my future. I would recommend that if anyone has a loved one who suffers from Panic Disorder, this book would make a much-needed and appreciated gift.

Soon after being diagnosed with diabetes, I started having panic attacks with regularity. The last thing I wanted were more drugs, so this book truly gave me insight and the tools I needed to combat these attacks without drugs. Anyone with anxiety should definitely buy this book and share it with family and friends so they can understand what living with fear can do. <ml>

I've suffered from anxiety for many years and always felt uncomfortable with medications as a solution. This book offers alternative approaches for people like me who need help but don't want to take drugs. Panic Free is an excellent book that provides very comprehensive tools that really work! I would recommened this over any other book on anxiety.

This book helped me understand what was going on and how to treat it.Simple and fun to read it's clear enough for us the non science lovers though extremely complete.

This writer really hits the nail on the head when she talks about the
whole cycle of panic i.e., you freak out that you're going to have
a panic attack, which makes you have a panic attack, which makes you
avoid dealing with it, which makes you feel like a loser, which makes you
try to deal with it, which makes you freak out that you're going to
have a panic attack, which, duh, makes you have another panic attack!
But then there are actually some cool techniques to get OUT of the damn
cycle. So I recommend this book!

Ninety-nine percent of the books I've read that were supposedly going to help me with my panic attacks have been (to put it charitably) so NOT helpful. Mostly they tend to skip out on the hard-core practical advice, hoping that your doctor and/or therapist will fill in all the difficult blanks. But Panic Free rocked my world. Even though it's easy to read (I found the writing style kind of entertaining!) all the info is there, and it makes sense, and -- best of all-- it is user-friendly.
In order to feel like any book is helping me get better, I really need proof it's working. Since there are exercises to do in here -- and since they are totally working for me -- I feel way more confident that I can recover FOR GOOD.
In all, I highly recommend this book.

I highly recommend "Panic Free" for anyone with anxiety. Dr. Freeman presents a unique perspective. This expert is different from other writers of books on panic and anxiety in that she has suffered from panic attacks herself. This provides "Panic Free" an insight into how to recover which is the best I have read. She is also very savvy about medications, and helps to clarify how to work with your doctor or psychiatrist, or how to work without one. The book is very informative, and gives clear steps to help get over the feeling of being trapped. Try this one, it actually works.

this book is good but I felt as though I was just reading parts of other books I have already read on the subject. It was lacking in the personal touch some of the other books have had. I would have liked more info on the authors history in dealing with the problem. We merely are told that she did it without any personal accounts. Granted the info in the book can help you, though it is kind of light in content, but if I had to recommend just one book to a panic disorder sufferer, this may not be the one.

I am a professional in the healing arts, and over the years I've treated many clients who suffer from one form of anxiety disorder or another. Last year, one of my regulars got her hands on this book, and wow! She really showed tremendous improvement. She asked me if I would recommend it to my other clients, so I read it, and thought enough of it to suggest it to a few other clients with anxiety-related issues. So far, the word back has been totally positive. I'm embarassed to say it's taken me almost a year to get around to writing this review, but if it helps even one person with what I can vouch for being a particularly difficult problem to overcome, I've done my job.

So far, I've read the book three times, gleaning more from it each time.

Panic Free is an easy read. It addresses a very complex subject simply, yet comprehensively, and I'm happy to report that Dr. Freeman isn't "selling" any particular treatment or "easy fix".

The author's unique perspective as both a clinician AND a patient provides remarkable, yet practical, insights into dealing with panic/anxiety attacks, regardless of source.

Since I'm reluctant to lend my copy of the book to others for fear it might disappear, I plan to purchase several more copies to give to select friends. This is a very valuable book.