I had met some lovely girlfriends for dinner the other night that I met from my anxiety support group. One of them brought another friend whom I was just meeting for the first time. She had suffered with anxiety as well. I was very impressed by her self confidence when she came into the room, she was very pretty but it wasn’t that it was the way she held herself. 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 laughed and told me I wouldn’t believe it but not even a year earlier she was a totally 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. She said her anxiety became so intense that it began to affect every single area of her life! Eventually it came to the point where she thought she would never be able to experience 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 had no idea how to make her anxiety go away on her own, she was ashamed, embarrassed and wouldn’t open up to anyone. She still felt no relief even after trying a few herbal treatments. She woudn’t take the medication her doctor suggested 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 had been doing a ton of research on ‘anxiety’ finally approached her after noticing how stressed out she seemed. 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!