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Marie, I can only say to you what I replied to Stephanie. I am so sorry that you are in this situation. None of us deserve to be here in this terrible mess of anxiety. Please read what I wrote to Stephanie, because I meant to write it to you, too. Not that I know anything or am helpful, or have magi...

Stephanie, I am so sorry to hear about your trouble. I have been there, and am still there sometimes. I wasn't lucky enough to have a Mom to come sit with me, but if she would have, I would have done it in a heart-beat. I have cried many times to my Mom on the phone and begged for someone to be with...

HI, thanks so much for your words of encouragement, Amanda, I appreciate you sharing your story. It is important to know that others are "making progress" with this disorder. I have been wanting to respond for a while, but things are just so busy with the holidays. I would like to respond better, bu...

Hi Wormlady, thanks so much for your reply. When I was 16, I went through a period of time where I couldn't leave my home. I couldn't even open the front door to get the mail even though the mailbox was attached to the house and I could reach it without even coming out of the doorway. I think at 16,...

Hi Denise, thanks for responding. I appreciate that you took the time to write to encourage me. I am glad the interview went OK, but I am not happy that I had such a reaction for so many days afterward. Today, I am just glad that I am feeling better and that I can focus on positive things. I am just...

I have been going through the program and have found many of the tools helpful to me. I have found the insight that Lucinda has, to be just perfect. I have recommended the program to my primary Doctor and she is going to buy it. However, I feel that I might never recover. I am still having a lot of ...

I want to clarify something. When I talked about breathing correctly, I meant that I breath correctly, by making sure my abdomen moves and not my chest. Sometimes I even make my abdomen move in an exaggerated fashion, because it helps me some. Anyway, sorry if I was confusing.

Hi, I am on tape # 4. I think tape # 8 talks about anticipatory anxiety. I have had problems with driving a lot in my life. It was so bad, at one point that I wouldn't leave the house at all. And there were several times when I would try to go somewhere and end up pulling over ever few minutes and l...