This article is based on a technique that demonstrated an 80% success
rate in eliminating symptoms of anxiety panic attack. This is a
description of the third session with the first client named Jane
with whom this technique was discovered. Jane had uprooted her family
and moved from Florida to NJ to be with her sisters and mother six
months prior to the onset of agoraphobia panic attacks. I had in-home
sessions with her as she was house-ridden.
Generally the original source of panic attacks is poor nutrition or a
side effect of medication which was true for Jane. But even after
stopping the offending medication or adjusting the diet, the anxiety
panic attack response often continues as it has become a conditioned
response.
The challenge was to shift Jane and the dozens of clients after her
from the conditioned response of anxiety to freedom. According to
Clara Weekes' book, Healing Your Bad Nerves (out of print), there are
three phases to the anxiety panic attack. Initially there's an alarm.
This is also true of the general adaptation syndrome (GAS). The alarm
is what takes us away from our homeostatic level. It's the stressor.
The next phase is the physical reaction'activation of the
fight/flight. At this point breathing quickens and becomes upper
chest, muscles tighten, extremities become cooler, heart rate
quickens, blood pressure increases... all preparing the individual to
either fight or run. More about stage three later....

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