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Pass Through Panic: Freeing Yourself From Anxiety and Fear

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Dr. Weekes' "Pass Through Panic" audio tapes provide a useful follow-up to her two exceptional books on panic and nervous suffering. I discovered the availability of the tapes years after I had read the books over and over again. I do recommend using Dr. Weekes' materials in that order: books first, and then the tapes. The tapes repeat, in a most personalized way, much of the material in the books. But, here you have the advantage of her strong, decisive but always reassuring, calm voice. Panic need not rule one's life. Dr. Weekes says as much with great authority and experience in the treatment of the problem. Always with warmth (much firmness, too), she builds the listener's confidence, urging every sufferer to heed her words and knowledge. A pioneer in what we now know as cognitive therapy, Dr. Weekes dispells the commonly held fears that assail the panic-stricken person. "Listen to me," she seems to command in a rich alto voice that delivers the messages of "acceptance," "floating," and "glimpsing" that will soon become familiar, helpful terms in coping with, and coming out of, states of nervous anxiety. Here are two wonderful tools to pack with a small tape player in one's purse or suitcase on that short or long trip...just in case.

I have dealt with anxiety disorder for many years, most of those in an abject misery of non-living, until finally a counselor recommended Dr Weekes to me. Whereas a pill can help deaden the sensations, Dr Weekes has taught me how to turn off the panic button inside of myself. I still have moments of anxiety, but she has taught me how to stop the sudden rush of adrenalin from turning into blinding panic. This has given me my life, and she has my eternal gratitude. I recommend her techniques to everyone that i know who suffers from anxiety issues, I only hope that someday someone will listen to me, a person who's first recorded anxiety attack was at the age of 3; a person who knows that this is the real answer.

If anyone out there has panic attacks, and agoraphobia (fear of leaving the house, traveling, sitting through movies, restaurants, etc - feeling trapped), you must read all Dr. Weekes's books and listen to her tapes. She understands how to get over panic. I did using her books. Panic is just the "second" fear that people start adding to harmless adrenaline physical symptoms in your body. It develops into a habit that can be unlearned. I know personally at least 5 other people cured by her method of face and accept the strange feelings, because they are harmless adrenaline that you are adding your own fear to - then eventually you stop escalating it into a panic attack. It is hard but is takes practice. Her books REALLY help. I cannot promote them enough. They saved me from agoraphobia and being virtually housebound.

These tapes have helped me understand the anxiety and panic that I'm feeling. Dr. Weekes has a wonderful way of emphasizing her points and making you feel like you can conquer this illness. Her legacy is helping me and hundreds of others like me and for that I am grateful. Her methods and beliefs really do help to soothe the sensitized nerves of an anxious sufferer. These tapes are WELL worth the price.

...it is listening to her audio cassettes! Dr. Weekes is such a great speaker, and she speaks very firmly, yet remains very comforting... it's like getting an audio tape from your mother (if your mother is a world-renouned doctor! lol). Hope and Help for Your Nerves is also a great book to read, by Dr. Weekes, but I would almost recommend the tapes over the book for starters, just because you can put it in and feel like she is right there with you, helping you through your anxiety. A must-hear!

The main argument that Claire Weekes makes in these talks is that fighting the feelings that are upsetting you actually prolongs them. Having suffered from anxiety and depression on and off throughout my life, I immediately knew that what she was saying was 100% true. When you're experiencing feelings that are painful and uncomfortable, your first response is to try to do whatever you can to make the feelings go away. But, since you can't, your sense of discomfort increases with your sense of desperation (why won't these feelings go away?) and a vicious cycle begins. The only solution is to accept what you're feeling, remind yourself that the feelings will not last forever, and go on with your life as usual as best you can. This may not seem like "brilliant" advice, but for those who have experienced this cycle firsthand, they'll recognize immediately just how right and insightful she is. Dr. Weekes goes into some detail about what brings on these feelings in the first place, why, no matter what we do, they don't always go away immediately, and how to best deal with this situation. Her words are very reassuring and right on target.

Definitely recommended.

For those marooned in the deep dark trap of panic disorder, Claire Weekes is the kind of guide you pray for to get you out. A commanding yet reassurring voice that knows how to address THE SOUL in a way that will make it listen. Although there may be updates in research since this was recorded, there has been NO SPEAKER on this subject that comes close to the power of Weekes. If you have been listening for a voice to bring you out of the wilderness instead of taking you further in then EXPERIENCE Claire Weekes in Pass Through Panic!!

Winston Churchill called it the "black dog" when he suffered from clinical depression. Abraham Lincoln is reported to have had periods of depression as well... Some have called depression the "common cold" of psychology, but those who have suffered from clinical depression know that such a comparison doesn't even come close to describing the terrible emotional and mental pain of clinical depression. Sufferers have a tremendous need for relief. Much research has been done on depression, but a lot of ignorance still seems to exist on the essentials. With so much information in the literature, it can be confusing sorting it all out. Claire Weekes probably boiled it all down most succinctly in her book, "Peace from Nervous Suffering," and her audio cassette tape set, "Pass Through Panic : Freeing Yourself from Anxiety and Fear." She explains that depression is really depletion, usually from fatigue or exhaustion. Just as an over-used muscle becomes depleted of energy and therefore exhausted, so does the overused brain (as can hormone-producing glands). Just as the tired muscle is depleted of the biochemicals that provide energy, so the tired mind is depleted of the biochemicals, called neurotransmitters, that allow proper brain function. The "spark" is gone, and nothing seems interesting or enjoyable. If pessimism takes hold, a downhill spiral can result. Dr. Weekes explains how to break the cycle of anxiety, depletion, depression, more anxiety, etc.

I just love Dr. Weekes's work. I first had my Panic Attacks(PA) /Agoraphobia in the early 70's. That was a time when PA, in my city were unheard of. I was very lucky because I was led to her books called Peace From Nervous Suffering, Hope and Help for your Nerves and at that time she had produced records..tapes were to be made available to me a bit later. I used to iron clothes and try to do housework listening to these records and reading the books. By 1977 I had enough glimpses to give me insite into what was happening. Once I purchased her tapes Good Morning, Goodnite, Going on Holiday, Nervous Fatigue etc. I made even more progress. By learning about myself through her books, records and tapes I was able to return to school..(at the time I had 3 children in school)..and upgrade myself from a Grade X education to a University Degree. It took me 7 years and even tho I had 3 children I looked good and not much older than most of the grads. I was also chosen Validictorian at the Graduation Class. Sometimes I would be very tired and would need to spend some time listening to Dr. Weekes because occassionally my body would still react. Gradually, if I had symptoms heart pulpations I had come so far with the Dr. Weekes that I could go through in short time. Lately, out of curiosity I purchased her tapes (thru Amason.com) on Pass Through Panic. It is just wonderful. Some say she is too authoritian!... To me she is kind and reassuring. She knows what's she talking about. I wanted help and I had to find it for myself. I realized early in my PA that there was no "magic chair". I highly recommend her to anyone who wants to recover. She is right it is possible.

I have been reading Dr. Weekes' books for years now. I have read other books by different authors on the same subject matter, but this book, as well as her others, is right on the money. I am so glad that her books are still published, as they have helped millions of people, me being one of them. She helped give me back control of my life.