Hope and Help for Your Nerves

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Summary: Dr. Weekes is extraordinarily compassionate and insightful
Review: There are many self help books on the market, but none are written with more compassion and insight than Dr. Weekes does in this wonderfully supportive book. Dr.Weekes, the renowned Australian pioneer in Panic Disorders and Agoraphobia, has a special way of relating to her readers- a way of talking as if she was sitting there besides you. Anxiety in it's many forms, can be a lonely, isolating illness. And the sufferer well knows how difficult it is for one other than himself to understand what they are going through. Dr. Weekes though, truly understands and appreciates the mind of the sufferer.On page after page she articulates feelings and thoughts only vaguely aware to the sufferer themselves. This connection -the awareness that Dr. Weekes really understands you- lays the groundwork for acceptance of the method that Dr. Weekes then enunciates. A simple, yet ultimately profound, 4 step approach to Panic Disorders and Phobias, that effectively deals with the devilishly paradoxical nature of the diso

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Summary: Amazing!
Review: This book is a real "must" for those suffering from panic attacks. If I had not read it, I'd probably be medicated and not really dealing with the fear. I still have a long way to go but this was a life saving book for me.

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Summary: Hope And Help For Your Nerves
Review: This book, along with Dr. Weekes other titles have been the most helpful to me. I had my first panic attack at age 15. I lived in fear on and off for the next 3 years until I finally sought help from a therapist who recommended this book. After reading the book, I have never had the same intensity of anxiety, and I was able to recover and enjoy life again. I am now 32 years old and have lived anxiety free for the most part. When I do have an occasional setback, and slip into the old patterns, I reach for this book and gain the reassurance and refresh myself on the ways to reverse the anxiety cycle.