| Do you currently live your life plagued with everyday | | | | Mary has just come out of her interview for a |
| worries? Do you spend most of your nights with a | | | | promotion that recently became available in her |
| knot in your stomach crippled by your fears, work, | | | | company. The promotion goes to a colleague of hers |
| relationships etc? Then this article will help you | | | | that is more experienced. Mary really wanted this job |
| overcome these anxieties through an effective panic | | | | and feels that she will never get promoted and begins |
| attack therapy designed to work regardless of how | | | | to think that she is a total failure and will never get |
| long you have suffered with panic disorders known as | | | | promoted in her career. |
| Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. | | | | Your doctor/therapist would then guide you on how to |
| Cognitive Behavioural Therapy - What Is It? | | | | practice eliminating these "thoughts" whenever you feel |
| Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is an effective drug | | | | a panic attack coming on. |
| free therapy treatment used for overcoming anxiety | | | | Another exercise technique used in CBT is based on |
| attacks. It is proven to be effective in changing the | | | | behaviours. If the anxiety attack is triggered by a |
| way a person thinks about and responds to feelings | | | | certain event or object then the patient is exposed to |
| such anxiety, sadness and anger. | | | | these triggers. It encourages the patient to approach |
| A common practice would be for a patient to | | | | the panic attack head on rather than relying on drugs |
| recognise and outline the thoughts that usually triggers | | | | for overcoming it. |
| their anxiety attacks. Your therapist would then try and | | | | This panic attack therapy method is so successful that |
| explain how these thoughts were more than likely | | | | over 75% of patients who try this technique show an |
| unrealistic. | | | | amazing decrease in panic and phobia frequencies in |
| You see worries and fears are almost never based | | | | just 3 months from commencing treatment. CBT is a |
| on reality. So when you are fearful, you are in fact | | | | powerful drug-free treatment that can be as effective |
| fooling yourself, giving rise to faulty thought patterns | | | | as most drugs available for anxiety disorders but |
| that can bring on anxieties, depression, feelings of | | | | without any of the dangerous side effects often |
| insecurity, obsessive thoughts and panic. | | | | associated with some of these medications. |
| Here is an example: | | | | |