From Panic to Power

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Summary: Ready for a change
Review: I bought the book "From Panic to Power" while I was waiting for the Attacking Anxiety program to arrive. I had had all I could take of being anxious and depressed all of the time. I had decided that this was it, and a change would have to take place. With that in mind, I literally ate every word in the book and put to use every tool that applied to my situation and my daily life. I highly recommend the book and the Attacking Anxiety program for anyone who has made a definite decision to change their lives and reduce/eliminate anxiety and depression. It really made me realize that I had all of the control over my situation, my thoughts, my attitude and ultimately my destiny. I have passed the book on to others that I know are having similar difficulties with anxiety and they have also provided positive feedback.

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Summary: Finally...The Road to Recovery!
Review: I have suffered from anxiety/panic attacks for almost a year now. I am currently on Xanax, but am hoping -- with the help of Lucinda's advise -- to learn her techniques to deal with the real issues for my anxiety and get off taking medication forever. I appreciate the fact that she's been where we are all trying to go -- THE ROAD TO RECOVERY! When I first started experiencing these horrible symptoms, I truly thought something was horribly wrong with me. No one around me, not even my husband or close family members, understood the horror that was going on. The pounding heart, the tight chest, the lump in the throat, the dizzyness, the feelings of doom, the terror that came crashing in on me out of the blue -- finally, someone has described and truly knows what we are going through. Like Lucinda, I too, feel like my prayer was answered by God when I asked for some sort of sign to lead me to the right path to heal myself. I went to the bookstore and almost instantly spotted Lucinda's book. To anyone who knows what extreme fear from these attacks feels like -- please, do your heart, your life and your soul a favor -- BUY THIS BOOK or borrow it from someone you know. I'm on the last chapter. Already I'm using the positive self-talk techniques Lucinda talks about in her book and it really works! My prayers are to all those who continue to suffer. There is a way to heal the cause of these attacks, not simply medicate the symptoms!

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Summary: This book saved my life!
Review: I read "Panic to Power" about 4 years ago.....I couldn't believe that others were going through the same things that I was...I thought I was going nuts!!! Believing that I was going to pass-out-----have a heart-attack or just plain lose control..... I think what makes this book unique is Lucinda's honesty....allowing us to see her own weakness and life experiences)......She says........WE can control our own thoughts, weaknesses, strengths, and ultimately our own destiny..... And she doesn't push throwing a pill down your throat...... I still feel panic trying to take control of my mind and body at times, as if its' a separate entity, but I take control and scream >>>>No WAy!!!! I have passed "Panic to Power" on to many others.....It's pages are now highlighted and well used..... And I know that the fingerprints on her pages have grown into individuals who have finally taken CONTROL over their unwelcome anxiety....... FREEDOM IS BEAUTIFUL!

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Summary: Same Old Useless Rhetoric
Review: If you have a serious anxiety problem, you won't find help in this book.

First of all, the author seems to be more interested in telling her own story than addressing ways of overcoming anxiety, and her anxiety was minimal. She fusses about being afraid of taking a plane trip to Mexico with a boyfriend (while working full time). Anyone with truly severe anxiety isn't working full time and couldn't consider a trip out of the country.

Second, the author repeats herself over and over again.

Third, the information in this book is old. If you've read a book about anxiety during the past thirty-five years or so, you already know everything found here. Everything. There is nothing new.

I've had anxiety disorder since I was a child, and I'm now fifty-five years old. Because of a series of family losses, heart disease, and other recent traumas, I now also have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

This book just added to my anxiety by irritating me with its sophomoric rhetoric.

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Summary: you hold the power to heal and be happy
Review: lucindas book is really inspiring, passionate and healing read. She writes from true personal experience and is not afraid to share it with us, in the hopes that her own tried and true methods will help and heal. She is a compassionate soul, as most of us are who suffer with panic, she is also very intelligent, sensitive and analytical, all common traits that could be used against us or for us. lucinda puts them to good use in creating a truly inspired and intutive read. From panic to power is the only way to truly free your self from obssessive thoughts, life halting fears, and mind numbing phobias. In the process of reading this book and subsequently applying the knowledge and methods to my life, I have found my true strengths and faced and accepted my weaknesses, mainly my thinking patterns: all of which I have changed and thus changed my life. I am a happy, loving ( of self and others) spiritual woman who credits Lucinda and myself with the wisdom and strength to find the truth and the path within my pain. God bless. suffered for 24 yrs

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Summary: An author who has lived through it...FINALLY!!!
Review: When it comes to panic attacks, no one knows what they are talking about unless they have lived through it. The examples Bassett gives of her own panic in this book are frightenly similiar to my own. This book has helped me to break down the symptoms in my life that have lead me to panic attacks. Being newly aware of these symptoms, I am now using Bassett's plan of attack for overcoming low self esteem, guilt, anticipatory anxiety, body symptoms and negative self talk. This book didn't save my life, it helped ME to save my OWN life. Give it a try, you have nothing to lose and everything to gain.