This lady changed my life and I remember seeing this more than 30 years ago. RIP Dr. Weekes, you made my life livable and so amazing how you understood the condition.
@@ClixCFC It's amazing how many people find help from her logical approach. She knew the answer because she also suffered. Rather than say I've recovered I would say I have learnt how to control it. Everyone gets anxious but it's how you respond that signifies success. In that respect I've beaten it. The more times you face it and win the more proof you have that it can be controlled. Sounds like you are well on the way and I wish you all the best.
@@ClixCFC My resting heart rate is usually in the high 90's and often 100's and I notice it A LOT. Doctors have never seemed concerned and I've had 48hour heart monitors and seen specialists. I also get a lot of ectopic (missed) beats and they are definitely worse when I'm stressed. It's annoying but I've had it for 40 years so I try to accept that it's just part of me.
@@martingp ok im 19 and have sinus rhythm and arythmia in which the arythmia is from palptations and around 80 90 or even 95 beats and when i stand up it goes to 100 or 110 and sometimes high im overweight around 113 114 kg and 6 ft 1
Dr Weekes' book Hope & Help for Your Nerves helped turn my life around. I had reached a point of never leaving my home due to fear. After reading her book and practicing her method I was able to return to college and earn my degree and then work full time for 30 years. She quite literally saved my life.
I'm so glad Adrienne. Claire makes me feel safe I'm slowly getting better. Anxiety is a terrible disease and very cruel. Logic goes out of the window doesn't it and no matter how much you tell yourself you've experienced this a million times before you think this time it's different. I think that's why Claire came to the conclusion that utter acceptance is the only way because there is no other option. And it really works doesn't it. Hope you're doing well still! :)
If anyone deserved a Nobel Prize, the wonderful Dr Claire did - she's helped so many many people. I had years of panic, general anxiety and depression, and Dr Claire's wonderful, clear, simple advice cured me. I have setbacks of course, but I accept and float through them and get better again.
Hi, I'm so glad to hear you've been cured! I've had panic disorder since at least 2010 after a series of traumas that still haunt me to this day. How exactly do you float through the panic? I own Dr. Claire Weekes' books and find them so helpful. But it's very difficult for me and sometimes I feel I will never be cured.
@@bunnygirlmantra Hi, thank you so much for your kind reply. I 'float', following Dr Claire's advice, by telling my mind to' leave' my body and to watch myself being fooled by this panic attack. The key to this working is (for me and maybe for you) to realise 100% (Dr Claire again) that the panic WILL pass and WILL NOT kill me. When I first had panic attacks I genuinely thought during them that I was about to die, and the more scared I became the longer they lasted. As you may guess (!) I didn't die from them, and won't. I've even reached the stage, which I promise you works amazingly, of, when I'm observing my own panic, LAUGHING at it - all internally of course, I'm not suggesting bursting into loud laughter in, for example, a crowded wedding reception! I think to myself, 'Look at me being a pillock again and letting this panic attack fool me - go on then (to the attack) - get even worse - you can't can you!', and then laugh at it inwardly. The panic attack never' likes' this, and ALWAYS vanishes within seconds - panic attacks love to be dreaded and to be taken very seriously indeed, and when they aren't they slink away. I hope the above doesn't sound tongue in cheek/ frivolous, it's not - it works for me 100% of the time (not even 99% - 100%). Of course it's also good to try to avoid situations you know are triggering, mine include wedding receptions (despite my above example) and crowded places generally - I also have big trouble with queues for some reason - but if they're unavoidable, I use my 'method' from my darling Dr Claire, and everything ALWAYS turns out fine. All the very best, and love, love love xxx.
a doctor said to me years ago...never fight a panic attack...let it happen...just say ok...come on then ....let it take its course...they pass much quicker....ive had them for fifty years....sincere best wishes to all...who suffer...❤x
She was a real life angel on earth ❤ she has helped me so much in my life, and I often find myself turning back to her work when I need the guidance once again. God bless her, Claire weekes left an outstanding legacy 🙏❤⭐️
2:40 THIS WOMAN UNDERSTANDS. I am agoraphobic, i am NOT afraid of the hairdresser i am NOT afriad of going outside, i'm afraid of something happening to me outside, i am afraid i'll drop down dead in the hairdressers or have a heart attack or whatever, or be trapped having a medical episode in a hairdressers chair etc. Why does almost NO doctor understand this in 2021, and think i'm scared of going to the shop? that's not it at all. Rest in peace Claire Weekes
It sad that not many doctor / therapist know this method … in fact when you brig it up to them they have never heard of Dr Claire Weekes. That’s why I’ve found no help with therapistS. Her method is great but I still struggle because it’s true, I’m not scared of going out it’s more being scared and not secure with myself and how my body will react - I guess not trusting myself.
This short explanation is SO key. It is at the heart of dealing with these terrible attacks. "On the other side of fear is recovery". Just practice going limp and let those waves wash over you. It CAN be done in time.
I asked God to guide me through this bad phase of anxiety which I'm experiencing and I was desperate. Someone then told me about this lady. I'm hoping this will help greatly xx
@@zuzanasedlakova1428 it has but its hard to put into action. It needs to be done with a therapist i would say. I struggle with doing the work you are probably stronger than I am. Good luck xx
@@lisashears1399 Thanks for the answer. I would definitely not say that I am stronger than anybody, because the true is that I feel so much weak and sometimes it is hard to believe that someone could be weaker than me. I struggle so much as well .... I wish you a good luck too, we need start to believe that we have the strenght. 🌻
@@zuzanasedlakova1428 I pray that we both have the strength to be able to manage this horrible illness. All the best to you too and God bless. We can do this xx
Whenever my anxiety is getting bad again I read Claires books or listen to her audios. She's an inspiration to me, shes my hero, and I absolutely adore her! How lucky are we to have had her in this world 🌟
I read her book on panic and agoraphobia many years ago which helped me to get pass my panic and start living again. I have the highest praise for her and the little book she wrote many years ago. Be back around 1980. I gave the book to a family friend but never heard if they used it or not.
I am almost recoveres from anxiety / panic disorder now thanks to Claire Weekes (I found her 3 months ago) - AND Sydney Banks, the founder of The Three Principles. These two teachers compliment eachother and the essence is "don't be bluffed by your thoughts and feelings". 💕
How’s it going for you? I just started reading her book and DARE after having panic attacks... I hope you’ve recovered because I’m ready and wanting to too!
uncle louie I had a panic attack while using recreational drugs and all my doctor did was prescribe me more drugs instead of finding out if what I experienced was anxiety or a side effect of the drug I was using.
I needed to hear this. I've been doing everything to get better, diet, exercise, a daily dose of Dr. Weekes. Just recently I was bragging about my progress, then, not two days later, it hit me again. My doctor halved my dose of Clonazapem. (All I was taking was 0.5 mg, once at night.) I think I got it in my head that I would not sleep without my normal dose, so I didn't. It was the first time in awhile that I was able to instantly conjure my usual symptoms. My symptoms today are not as bad as in the beginning, but worse than it has been for awhile. I was feeling teary and defeated. I was trying so hard to "accept", but I'm stuck at work and have tasks to do. I thought that would be a good thing, the distraction, but my fear was mounting. Now I understand better what she means about facing the fear. You have to take the time to let it happen. By not doing that I was resisting.
Yes just go through each wave of a panic attack - facing each wave as it comes. Realizing that as you recognize each level of the panic attack, it does not kill you. After a few times of doing this and facing that these levels of panic do not kill you....you can learn to just abort a panic attack by facing your fear of them. Dr Weeks was brilliant. Then just change your thoughts about the panic attacks. Panic is created by fearful thoughts.Thoughts are just words and the words we think can be changed. Louise Hay's book You Can Heal Your Life, is another great way to help yourself. You can do it - you have got this.
@@AdelaTR Sorry....I am not sure I totally understand what you mean. You must read or do any healing when you feel ready to do so. Taking the first step means being brave. In our most frightened anxious state that feels impossible, but we must try.
She was so amazing, she helped me so much through her teaching when I had terrible anxiety years ago, now it's reared it's head again I have found myself turning to her yet again, she does not get the recognition she deserves, I only wish I could've met her. What an absolute gem she was 💎
She is amazing im muslim and someone told me to check her out my symptoms stsrted a week ago i am already recovering any anxious person should watch this its the second fear that causes the attacks not the first
This sounds a lot like facing down a bully, instead of running away all the time. Something I went through, and eventually DID as a young lad And when I did, I gained strength and my control back! So what she is saying makes sense!
I stumbled on her book seemingly by mistake when I was hopeless and didn’t know if I could live much long like this agoraphobia . By the time I read the first chapter in hope and help for your nerves I knew what to do I and a year later because of her book I was back to normal. I didn’t know I could love someone so much that I have never met
As a former panic disorder victim it can tell you her books on the subject brought relief to me when needed most. Then a student of her's Dr. Reed Wilson and his book " Don't Panic " restored me from attacks completely. It's 35 years later now and still holds true. It wasn't overnight and you mustn't have that expectation but as I continued to practice the recommendation of these two people I regained my freedom. I highly recommend their books.
Thank you for the Dr. Reed Wilson recommendation. I'd never heard of him before. I have really bad panic disorder that's been going on since at least 2010 and was made worse during the pandemic. My life has changed completely. I don't work, I rarely go out, I live in fear and panic every day. I take Xanax, pray to God, and listen to Dr. Claire Weekes and the DARE app. I'm not improving though. Not yet.
@bunnygirlmantra For me I got better only after I began to move toward doing things the disorder prevented me from. Even though it felt threatening and increased symptoms I determined to do it and not surrender and back down. From onset of the disorder till finial recovery was about four years total time. Progress was occuring throughout after discovering Dr Weekes books early into my condition then Dr Reid Wilson book "Don't Panic" and putting into practice his recommendations. As a further benefit for myself once my recovery was obvious I began a support group instructing others in these methods.
i love you dr claire you saved me i will forever be greatfull for you i wish i could hug you and tell you i love you in person. you brung me back to life and i owe you everything life now brings me
@@AlisonBryen please help im confused can you explain what she means by acceptance, Say im panicking i have to ne somewhere what do i do wait till my panick stops then go or what im confused once someone tells me this and explains it ill know what to do
@@ClixCFC Try her book "Hope and Help for your nerves". Shes explaining what those panic Symptoms really are and that you dont have to fear them. Nothings gonna happen to you. If you fully understand this and go and confront your fear situations, you have a real chance to get to full recovery.
I have suffered with anxiety and all the dreadful physical symptoms it brings for 29 years when my little boy passed away , it’s horrific, I have had this doctors anxiety book all these years and at some point everyday I need to get it out and read it, and it always helps that I can read the symptoms that I am physically feeling and that makes them a little less frightening, I’ve got some of them right now 20/6/2021 which is why I’m watching this all beit with a racing heart lightheaded and shaking hands
I'm so sorry about your loss and that you're also struggling with anxiety 💔 Someone recommended a channel to me a while ago and if you want to give it a try I can really recommend it, it's called "vacate fear". He talks about Dr. Claire Weekes's advice and does livestreams with a talk in the beginning followed by question time in the live chat
yes ! Scripture,repentance,worship music, and accepting these anxious thoughts allow it to flow , between practicing accepting techniques and keeping my focus on gods word and his promise the process started getting easier because going through a process with out GOD the process hurts and seems much harder !!! Take my word !! Seek him in prayer worship and stay around positive people!! And in Jesus name I declare and decree!!! You SHALL BE FREE AMEN
Love the audible version of Hope and Help for your nerves. Her voice is soothing and uplifts me and gives me hope that maybe just one day I will no longer have this rule my life.
I am so grateful finding this now! I have severe Anxiety and after a seperation from my wife its been going like a constant panic attach 24/7 ...Adrenalin rushes, heart racing, sadness, feeling of lonilness. It is all true what she say. I have dealt with these phase my whole life. After getting used to the pain iot doesnt matter anymore. Hope it works the same with feeling painfully lonely and sad.
her method is the only method to be cured. However it is not easy even though it sounds so simple. The trick is to be out there as much as possible and expose yourself to the panic. Let it shatter you but DO NOT ESCAPE. The moment you do that, you’ve lost the battle.
That is too hard,every time I wake up in the middle of the night from sweat and heartbeat and I fear it is coming,I immediately stand up get ice ,walk around the house.I try to help myself escape the real panic and trembling.And i do,its less trembling.But im scared for the next night I wake up. Will this method really help? Just stay in bed and tremble away?
@@elenilachana1751 getting up for ice, walking around, being scared of it. These are all the things you want to avoid. Lay in bed while the panic comes. Do nothing, don’t distract yourself. Allow the awful symptoms to happen don’t fight them. It’s the hardest thing you’ll ever do, but also the most important
@@dregzz7678 YES!!!! I am not scared anymore :) im stronger than that awful... I stayed in bed and smiled at it...and it stoped...im panic attack free 4 months..ive got control now ;)
I really think This video and information is a Godsend! And I did not just “stumble upon it”; but was LEAD to it! The “no longer mattering is the key!” Thank you from the bottom of my heart for posting it!! 🥰👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🙏🏼
What incredible advice. I’d like to find a way to use this while I’m driving a car. Haven’t figured that out yet. Perhaps just repeating her words in my head while it’s happening.
I read her books when I was suffering severe anxiety at 21. She got me over it. I'm 50 now. I thought I was dying. I'll never forget her. ❤️ Now it's returned I've ordered one of her books again. I already feel better reading her quotes and remembering how much she helped me before - she really understands.
I have the opposite of agoraphobia - I fear being alone in the house.. I used to LOVE being alone (when the rest of my family is out at work or school) but now I DREAD it.. sounds weird maybe but I had my first "attacks" at home. I guess that is the reason. When I have strong symptoms (lump in throat, numb face and limbs, hard time breathing, feeling really frightened) I feel most at ease in a cafe surrounded by other people's chatter and music.. Or walking around a mall. I also developed tinnitus with my attacks which is a huge obstacle as my body reacts to the sound with crippling anxiety. So that is another reason why I dread being home, I want noises and distractions around me. So I guess I am far from acceptance yet 😔 I don't know why I am writing this, but as Claire Weekes says "she used not to be like this!!".
I am in a much better place now thanks to Claire Weekes - AND Sydney Banks, the founder of The Three Principles. These two teachers compliment eachother and the essence is "don't be bluffed by your thoughts and feelings". 💕
I am going through exactly what you did. Never had panic attacks or anxiety to suddenly dealing with anxiety daily. I am usually good if I am not home alone, but I can’t ever not be home alone. I found Claire Weekes a month ago and she was helping me a lot but today I went to see a therapist that a doctor recommended for me a month ago. I should have never gone. I told her about my Claire Weekes books and she had never heard of her and told me people didn’t know as much about anxiety back then as they do today and that a nervous person’s brain is just different from other normal people’s brains and only medication can fix it. She made me feel like it’s out of my control. I was starting to feel in control of my anxiety with Claire Weekes. How can I erase the therapists advice? Thank you.
@@-livi-2181 part of this illness is we are very suggestible, Dr. Abraham Low can answer most questions concerning this illness,his literature is available at Recoveryinc.com.This guy has helped many hopeless cases and reading his books I think you will understand this disease much better.It’s a systematic program in strengthening your will to be self led and not symptom led...give it a try and pass it on.
I've dealt with anxiety much of my life. Dr Weekes' approach helped, along with the book "30 Days to Reduce Anxiety" by Harper Daniels, a small mindfulness meditation guide. I think her book and Harper's are on amz.
From her teachings, I learned that it's your "tensed reaction" and you remove that by floating through it.. Allow it to happen, don't react with fear.. If you can learn to lose the fear, there won't be any tension, only calm and that's when recovery starts as it did for me.. I was totally housebound at one time, not anymore
I'm basically housebound from panic disorder now. How in the world am I to allow myself this feeling of impending doom, unreality, thoughts of sudden death? It's so hard
@@bunnygirlmantra Trust me, I have been in the exact same situation and just so you know, there is hope!! Listen to Claire Weekes "Hope & Help For Your Nerves", listen to it over and over and over until you fully understand it and "get it"! Remember, its going to be the opposite of what your doing now. Your nervous system is currently sensitized so it reacts to thoughts and feelings instantly. LEarn how to desensitize your nerves by allowing those thoughts and feelings to be there, float through them by not reacting to them. If you react to them, you are just feeding them.. It takes time to understand it and learn, it won't happen overnight
thoracic problems , like ancient traumata , trafficaccidents etc can provoke panic when sleeping on the affected side. Nightly nightmares /palpitations...
I never to stop fearing my heart, tachycardia and palpitations are scary but after so many test my heart is healthy. I feel like Gerd makes my anxiety and fears so much worse. I was anxiety/panic attack free for 8 months. This set back can’t determine who i am
I have applied Dr Weekes method every day. It has helped me overcome and manage anxiety effectively. I find listening to her also very reaffirming. Author Judith Hoare has written a book about Dr Weekes called " The Woman who cracked the anxiety code." For anyone who is interested it is worthwhile read. Bless you Dr Weeks and thank you.
Does it work for the chronic pain that anxiety induces in some people? I am suffering from pain all over my body, anxiety and lethargy - I guess all the stress and anxiety tires me out. I am trying to ride through it. However, so far, I haven't seen much progress, just lots of pain and a few moments of minor break through where I was able to accept the anxiety and not let it bother me too much. That was encouraging. I have no choice but to keep on going. I hope that there will be light at the end of the tunnel. This life is hell on earth, but I believe God doesn't want me to live this way.
How does this work with the muscle contractions like the tight throat, Tight esophagus, Tight neck, tight shoulders, into head making me dizzy, tight diaphragm, Tight stomach tight intestines etc. These can all be pretty relentless and last almost all day every day for weeks on end. She says these are the symptoms of anxiety but doesn’t say how to deal with them. Just the panic attach. How do you apply this to Her method?
Great explanation... I used clarie week method to over come. Health anxiety even I have her books and listening RUclips videos with this I took antidepressants for 8 months ..and I was perfectly fine. Left tablet and I was fine without tablet...after few months got back pain started to dig the Google for diagnosis.. and finally became a complete mess.. so after the recovery also we should listen. All these kinds of videos and exercise and diet.. I left everything and now I am back to same running behind doctor's,. Google, and all.. but I have hope.. last time I got cured because of clarie weeks and this time I will over come.. but it will take time ..
Let them be, the more you worry about the symptoms the worse they become. I know from experience of being a hypochondriac, when I first began feeling symptoms I would go to the ER so many times, there was always nothing wrong with me. Except the feelings and just let them be and they will gradually begin to fade.
watch some of the longer claire weekes videos.she explains about these symptoms in more depth..i suffer with most of the symptoms you have described you need to understand your fear is not the awful feelings of tightness in throat/head or chest..its that you think you are going to die from these symptoms..the fear of what will happen next..thats what keeps these feelings alive..i now accept these feelings let them happen.let them be there and tell my self nothing can happen to me..its not easy if was far from home and got these feelings i was terrified..even avoided going places doing things..fearing i was going to suffocate collapse or die..after 20 years of anxiety i am still here ALIVE..nothing you fear is going to happen..ever happens..so relax the best you can
@@johnh.whitleyjr.7814 I know how that feels and then some, at times I felt like my body was trying to kill me. What cured me of anxiety and hypochondria (health anxiety) was to simply bring my awareness to whatever it was that I was doing (being present). At first it seemed impossible but with much practice eventually my negative thoughts stopped and my nerves healed. I feel that with mindfulness meditation you kill two bird with one stone or maybe three.
The way you accept the good days..start accepting bad days. Life is not full of happy days ..its an emotion given by god ..feel it and move on start fresh and accept panic depression everything and focus on work and life..Goodluck
@@Babayagaom thanks for the nice words... Very encouraging 😌... It's Been a year since I posted this comment and I'm feeling much much better comparing to the day that I posted this comment... Yes ofcourse bad days won't last long🙏☺️
Please also check Mary Schiller on youtube, her videos from 2-4 years ago describing how she cured herself from 30 years of ptsd after realizing how she can "not be bluffed by thoughts and feelings", like Claire Weekes says, from an even deeper understanding about the link between our thoughts and feelings. This teaching comes from Sydney Banks and it is called The Three Principles 💕
luna way it’s impossible for a anxiety attack to last more then 20 mins. You’re experiencing repeat panic from fear of the next panic attack. Just let it all happen and don’t resist! A panic attack will not hurt or kill you and you don’t go crazy from a panic attack. Just keep practicing over and over and over. Run towards the roar not away! Treat it like a game where it’s you against your anxiety. If you fight against it it will win. Instead tell it to come on you want some more, and eventually your amygdala will quiet down and stop pumping adrenaline to a false alarm. When you’re doing these practices you’re going to have that fearful voice talking to you in your head saying omg here it comes, I can’t do this, please go away! You need to start responding back oh here’s my anxiety please give me more or this is great I’m having these feelings or come on anxiety I’ve been so good to you I’ve avoided so many things in life and missed so much in life, can you please make my heart beat out of my chest with fear. You’re basically doing the opposite of what anxiety is telling you and that’s welcoming it in, accepting it with open arms. Good luck and keep putting yourself in situations that scare you, practice, practice, practice!!
Burt jennings thanks Burt, most of my problem is a result of secondary fear . Fear of the symptoms of fear. I’m noticing a shift though not a huge one but I’m not as scared of the symptoms and I’m slowly starting to go places I used to avoid. It’s a very slow process for me, I hope to be back walking by the ocean again soon one day , I miss nature since being almost house bound with anxiety . Thanks for the encouragement
luna way you’re welcome! It is a slow process but you’re moving forward! I too had agoraphobia on my second relapse years ago so I know how you feel! This third relapse about three years ago I never missed a day of work! I came to work everyday with the worst fears you could imagine! I think by making myself go to work helped me tremendously! I’ve really been working hard this go round instead of just kicking the can down the road and doing nothing! I want my life back and I’m determined to not let anxiety get in my way! I can pretty much go anywhere and do anything now but that wasn’t the case three years ago! Keep pushing forward and know that there will be some set backs but you just have to keep going! Peace
I understand what I need to do, to let it pass and accept the anxiety and the panic but I just can’t seem to do it. Please someone tell me how they finally accomplished this? My life is literally ruined from this and I’m so tired of crying and being sad because I can’t face anything anymore.
@@breecross6859 ether but still struggling. I have been having chest pains for 4 months now and have to get my heart checked and so I’m constantly scared about that. Thank you for checking in ❤
you can do it there isnt anyone that cant when the panic comes let your body go dont hold on you ewill find that panic always passes sit quietly until it passes and carry on take a deep breath and push your belly out this is the opposite of what you are doing thats all you will get there dont give up this is a cure im living proof 30 years of anxiety on and off and im still here happy linda
@@Rchase83 If you're still struggling, I'm a fellow-struggler with some thoughts. I suggest not "trying" anymore; ie not thinking that your goal is to stop the anxiety / depression, or cure it or anything like that. I understand completely about feeling your life is ruined but no life can be ruined. Your life has been pushed, or shoved in another direction that -- right now -- requires your full attention -- but it's not "ruined." I'm not mocking the feeling -- I've considered my life ruined multiple times since the issue emerged in me over 40 years ago. In fact I'm dealing with a fresh round of it right now, which emerged right after I decided that, as an aging person, it was finally in my past. Well it wasn't, and I'm here again. What I suggest for you is, just for now shifting your focus from the biggest frame -- your life -- to the smallest -- this instant. I'd start with finding tiny instants where you can accept your anxiety and pain. Every time you feel even a microscopic bit better, recognize it and celebrate it. You're not working to get your life back as it was. That's not Job 1. What you're doing right now is working to find a few moments of peace. Accept that during this process you'll have better days and worse days. But choose to believe (even if you don't really) that you are improving. Because I know you will.
This lady changed my life and I remember seeing this more than 30 years ago. RIP Dr. Weekes, you made my life livable and so amazing how you understood the condition.
Have you recovered im recovering already in a week
@@ClixCFC It's amazing how many people find help from her logical approach. She knew the answer because she also suffered.
Rather than say I've recovered I would say I have learnt how to control it. Everyone gets anxious but it's how you respond that signifies success. In that respect I've beaten it.
The more times you face it and win the more proof you have that it can be controlled. Sounds like you are well on the way and I wish you all the best.
@@martingp can i still recover accept if i have sinus tachycardia
@@ClixCFC My resting heart rate is usually in the high 90's and often 100's and I notice it A LOT. Doctors have never seemed concerned and I've had 48hour heart monitors and seen specialists. I also get a lot of ectopic (missed) beats and they are definitely worse when I'm stressed. It's annoying but I've had it for 40 years so I try to accept that it's just part of me.
@@martingp ok im 19 and have sinus rhythm and arythmia in which the arythmia is from palptations and around 80 90 or even 95 beats and when i stand up it goes to 100 or 110 and sometimes high im overweight around 113 114 kg and 6 ft 1
"It is only an electrical discharge, and they must not let their lives be ruined by an electrical discharge"
Amen.
Dr Weekes' book Hope & Help for Your Nerves helped turn my life around. I had reached a point of never leaving my home due to fear.
After reading her book and practicing her method I was able to return to college and earn my degree and then work full time for 30 years.
She quite literally saved my life.
That’s awesome that you were able to move forward. It’s been so long for me … she is awesome though
I'm so glad Adrienne. Claire makes me feel safe I'm slowly getting better. Anxiety is a terrible disease and very cruel. Logic goes out of the window doesn't it and no matter how much you tell yourself you've experienced this a million times before you think this time it's different. I think that's why Claire came to the conclusion that utter acceptance is the only way because there is no other option. And it really works doesn't it. Hope you're doing well still! :)
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@@JoejoeEng It does! Thank God for this woman. ❤
@@JoejoeEngwell said. There's no other option than to accept. I'm far from healed of this horrific illness (panic disorder) but I do understand..
If anyone deserved a Nobel Prize, the wonderful Dr Claire did - she's helped so many many people.
I had years of panic, general anxiety and depression, and Dr Claire's wonderful, clear, simple advice cured me. I have setbacks of course, but I accept and float through them and get better again.
Hi, I'm so glad to hear you've been cured! I've had panic disorder since at least 2010 after a series of traumas that still haunt me to this day. How exactly do you float through the panic? I own Dr. Claire Weekes' books and find them so helpful. But it's very difficult for me and sometimes I feel I will never be cured.
@@bunnygirlmantra Hi, thank you so much for your kind reply.
I 'float', following Dr Claire's advice, by telling my mind to' leave' my body and to watch myself being fooled by this panic attack. The key to this working is (for me and maybe for you) to realise 100% (Dr Claire again) that the panic WILL pass and WILL NOT kill me. When I first had panic attacks I genuinely thought during them that I was about to die, and the more scared I became the longer they lasted. As you may guess (!) I didn't die from them, and won't.
I've even reached the stage, which I promise you works amazingly, of, when I'm observing my own panic, LAUGHING at it - all internally of course, I'm not suggesting bursting into loud laughter in, for example, a crowded wedding reception! I think to myself, 'Look at me being a pillock again and letting this panic attack fool me - go on then (to the attack) - get even worse - you can't can you!', and then laugh at it inwardly. The panic attack never' likes' this, and ALWAYS vanishes within seconds - panic attacks love to be dreaded and to be taken very seriously indeed, and when they aren't they slink away.
I hope the above doesn't sound tongue in cheek/ frivolous, it's not - it works for me 100% of the time (not even 99% - 100%).
Of course it's also good to try to avoid situations you know are triggering, mine include wedding receptions (despite my above example) and crowded places generally - I also have big trouble with queues for some reason - but if they're unavoidable, I use my 'method' from my darling Dr Claire, and everything ALWAYS turns out fine.
All the very best, and love, love love xxx.
a doctor said to me years ago...never fight a panic attack...let it happen...just say ok...come on then ....let it take its course...they pass much quicker....ive had them for fifty years....sincere best wishes to all...who suffer...❤x
This is the first time I've ever heard your words Dr.Weekes and I just decided I'm going to let you cure me.
She saved my sanity..I cried when I read her books in the 60's..I still get panic attacks but not half as bad
She was a real life angel on earth ❤ she has helped me so much in my life, and I often find myself turning back to her work when I need the guidance once again. God bless her, Claire weekes left an outstanding legacy 🙏❤⭐️
Thank you for this beautiful comment. Yes, she does seem like an angel
Wow she knew exactly what she was talking about! The best of all in my opinion, on anxiety.
Yes
Have you recovered from this
"The woman who cracked the anxiety code" is a beautiful biography about Dr Claire Weekes by Australian journalist Judith Hoare, published in 2019!
This woman saved my life and my sanity. I cannot say enough good things about her.
2:40 THIS WOMAN UNDERSTANDS. I am agoraphobic, i am NOT afraid of the hairdresser i am NOT afriad of going outside, i'm afraid of something happening to me outside, i am afraid i'll drop down dead in the hairdressers or have a heart attack or whatever, or be trapped having a medical episode in a hairdressers chair etc. Why does almost NO doctor understand this in 2021, and think i'm scared of going to the shop? that's not it at all. Rest in peace Claire Weekes
you are not alone thinking this way. :) Have courage and keep going!
It sad that not many doctor / therapist know this method … in fact when you brig it up to them they have never heard of Dr Claire Weekes. That’s why I’ve found no help with therapistS. Her method is great but I still struggle because it’s true, I’m not scared of going out it’s more being scared and not secure with myself and how my body will react - I guess not trusting myself.
You are not alone … I feel the same
I’ve been feeling this way too especially rn, most of my anxiety/thoughts comes from the symptoms I get it’s so weird I jus wanna feel normal
Same for me
Her books have thrown me a lifeline on several occasions. They are amongst my most treasured possessions!
John Barnes hope and help for your nerves and A simple Effective Treatment to Agoraphobia.
@@rtbt12 I am reading "Self Help for Your Nerves" at the moment and it's really good, haven't read any of the others yet.
I read it recently and it offers so much hope. I re-read certain sections when I'm having a particularly tough time.
@تلاوات القران - Tilawat Al-Quran Much better than when I originally wrote this, thank you. 😊
I'm not a medical professional so can't say but any break from one's symptoms is a real good thing. 👍
This short explanation is SO key. It is at the heart of dealing with these terrible attacks. "On the other side of fear is recovery". Just practice going limp and let those waves wash over you. It CAN be done in time.
A perfect example of the phrase, " The only thing to fear, is fear itself. "
The perfect example of a doctor who has never experienced the condition herself but deems herself an expert....
@@chipbuttytime3396 she herself suffered from panic attacks in her life and developed this method of coping.
I asked God to guide me through this bad phase of anxiety which I'm experiencing and I was desperate. Someone then told me about this lady. I'm hoping this will help greatly xx
May I ask you if it helped?
I asked God for help aswell and I found this lady and her book.
@@zuzanasedlakova1428 it has but its hard to put into action. It needs to be done with a therapist i would say. I struggle with doing the work you are probably stronger than I am. Good luck xx
@@lisashears1399 Thanks for the answer. I would definitely not say that I am stronger than anybody, because the true is that I feel so much weak and sometimes it is hard to believe that someone could be weaker than me. I struggle so much as well .... I wish you a good luck too, we need start to believe that we have the strenght. 🌻
@@zuzanasedlakova1428 I pray that we both have the strength to be able to manage this horrible illness. All the best to you too and God bless. We can do this xx
Whenever my anxiety is getting bad again I read Claires books or listen to her audios. She's an inspiration to me, shes my hero, and I absolutely adore her! How lucky are we to have had her in this world 🌟
Could I ask a big favor?? Could you send a book of this woman to me in Greece??, 🙏🙏🙏😭😭😭
@@ΣτεφανιαΠιτσακη-δ4ω I have it on PDF if you want it
I remember carrying her small paperback with me to work. I was never without it.
I read her book on panic and agoraphobia many years ago which helped me to get pass my panic and start living again. I have the highest praise for her and the little book she wrote many years ago. Be back around 1980. I gave the book to a family friend but never heard if they used it or not.
I am almost recoveres from anxiety / panic disorder now thanks to Claire Weekes (I found her 3 months ago) - AND Sydney Banks, the founder of The Three Principles. These two teachers compliment eachother and the essence is "don't be bluffed by your thoughts and feelings". 💕
How’s it going for you? I just started reading her book and DARE after having panic attacks... I hope you’ve recovered because I’m ready and wanting to too!
She is an absolute legend. RIP.
"it is never inpossible to bear"
Thank you Dr. Weekes
Just heard about her through someone’s comment and I know why I came across her for a reason 🙏🙏
I also heard about her through a comment and she has already helped me and this is only my second video. Haha
Same!!
It’s only an electrical discharge 🙏🏽
Wow yes that makes so much sense
@@cozyverbena1574 im sayin right
@@Alllrise yes
So do i let the first come and not add second fear
@@ClixCFC 🛎 🛎 🛎 you have figure it out
CLAIRE WEEKS IS "THE BEST". IF MD'S WOULD READ HER BOOKS THEY "MIGHT" LEARN SOMETHING.
uncle louie I had a panic attack while using recreational drugs and all my doctor did was prescribe me more drugs instead of finding out if what I experienced was anxiety or a side effect of the drug I was using.
They can't learn because they believe they know it ALL already
How do you recover im depressed HELP
I needed to hear this. I've been doing everything to get better, diet, exercise, a daily dose of Dr. Weekes. Just recently I was bragging about my progress, then, not two days later, it hit me again. My doctor halved my dose of Clonazapem. (All I was taking was 0.5 mg, once at night.) I think I got it in my head that I would not sleep without my normal dose, so I didn't. It was the first time in awhile that I was able to instantly conjure my usual symptoms. My symptoms today are not as bad as in the beginning, but worse than it has been for awhile. I was feeling teary and defeated. I was trying so hard to "accept", but I'm stuck at work and have tasks to do. I thought that would be a good thing, the distraction, but my fear was mounting. Now I understand better what she means about facing the fear. You have to take the time to let it happen. By not doing that I was resisting.
Yes just go through each wave of a panic attack - facing each wave as it comes. Realizing that as you recognize each level of the panic attack, it does not kill you. After a few times of doing this and facing that these levels of panic do not kill you....you can learn to just abort a panic attack by facing your fear of them. Dr Weeks was brilliant. Then just change your thoughts about the panic attacks. Panic is created by fearful thoughts.Thoughts are just words and the words we think can be changed. Louise Hay's book You Can Heal Your Life, is another great way to help yourself. You can do it - you have got this.
Help, I don't think I can do this
@@operadoc yes you can
@@helenabythelake3893 when you are in a right state reading a book is overwhelming xx
@@AdelaTR Sorry....I am not sure I totally understand what you mean. You must read or do any healing when you feel ready to do so. Taking the first step means being brave. In our most frightened anxious state that feels impossible, but we must try.
She was so amazing, she helped me so much through her teaching when I had terrible anxiety years ago, now it's reared it's head again I have found myself turning to her yet again, she does not get the recognition she deserves, I only wish I could've met her. What an absolute gem she was 💎
She is amazing im muslim and someone told me to check her out my symptoms stsrted a week ago i am already recovering any anxious person should watch this its the second fear that causes the attacks not the first
Exactly same with me ...she cured me in the 70s...and I'm hoping she will again now ...wonderful woman ...
@@ClixCFC what do you mean second fear. I listen to this over and over and I still have anxiety all day from mourning to night for 20 years
@@davida7559 that's the whole point, Acceping the anxiety is how it works, The second fear is the fear of anxiety itself🙂
This sounds a lot like facing down a bully, instead of running away all the time.
Something I went through, and eventually DID as a young lad And when I did, I gained strength and my control back!
So what she is saying makes sense!
Claire Weekes was a genius, and way ahead of her time and the only way as she has said is face the fear head on and go through it... god bless her.
I stumbled on her book seemingly by mistake when I was hopeless and didn’t know if I could live much long like this agoraphobia . By the time I read the first chapter in hope and help for your nerves I knew what to do I and a year later because of her book I was back to normal. I didn’t know I could love someone so much that I have never met
How did you do it?
@@elise97 read the book too much to write here
She was amazing. Lovely woman
As a former panic disorder victim it can tell you her books on the subject brought relief to me when needed most. Then a student of her's Dr. Reed Wilson and his book " Don't Panic " restored me from attacks completely. It's 35 years later now and still holds true. It wasn't overnight and you mustn't have that expectation but as I continued to practice the recommendation of these two people I regained my freedom. I highly recommend their books.
Thank you for the Dr. Reed Wilson recommendation. I'd never heard of him before. I have really bad panic disorder that's been going on since at least 2010 and was made worse during the pandemic. My life has changed completely. I don't work, I rarely go out, I live in fear and panic every day. I take Xanax, pray to God, and listen to Dr. Claire Weekes and the DARE app. I'm not improving though. Not yet.
@bunnygirlmantra For me I got better only after I began to move toward doing things the disorder prevented me from. Even though it felt threatening and increased symptoms I determined to do it and not surrender and back down. From onset of the disorder till finial recovery was about four years total time. Progress was occuring throughout after discovering Dr Weekes books early into my condition then Dr Reid Wilson book "Don't Panic" and putting into practice his recommendations. As a further benefit for myself once my recovery was obvious I began a support group instructing others in these methods.
i love you dr claire you saved me i will forever be greatfull for you i wish i could hug you and tell you i love you in person. you brung me back to life and i owe you everything life now brings me
Claire Weekes is a life saver! Watched her videos religiously to escape an agoraphobic rut.
"It is the second fear that is keeping the first fear alive." - C Weekes
Lovely woman has helped. People. Mental health issues. That's fantastic helpful to All. Thank you 🇬🇧👍❤️🙏
I wish I could find this whole series of interviews
Her teachings are beyond beautiful.
This has me in tears...
Same!! I’m going through it so bad right now I’m so glad I found her !
@@violetgarcia622 hang in there! If you need to reach out to someone let me know. I’ve gotten much better since that last post. ❤️
@@WillCarrot well do !! :) and I’m glad to hear !
She has changed my flipppppin lifeeeeeee
Can I ask how you changed what was it a book by Claire weeks. Thank you. X
Same. Essential Help For Your Nerves changed my life.
"Recovery lies in the places you fear.." .
@@AlisonBryen please help im confused can you explain what she means by acceptance, Say im panicking i have to ne somewhere what do i do wait till my panick stops then go or what im confused once someone tells me this and explains it ill know what to do
@@ClixCFC Try her book "Hope and Help for your nerves". Shes explaining what those panic Symptoms really are and that you dont have to fear them. Nothings gonna happen to you. If you fully understand this and go and confront your fear situations, you have a real chance to get to full recovery.
@@1994earl46 i ve read her book and i have a pdf fpr free so i can read freely 😊
I have suffered with anxiety and all the dreadful physical symptoms it brings for 29 years when my little boy passed away , it’s horrific, I have had this doctors anxiety book all these years and at some point everyday I need to get it out and read it, and it always helps that I can read the symptoms that I am physically feeling and that makes them a little less frightening, I’ve got some of them right now 20/6/2021 which is why I’m watching this all beit with a racing heart lightheaded and shaking hands
I'm so sorry about your loss and that you're also struggling with anxiety 💔 Someone recommended a channel to me a while ago and if you want to give it a try I can really recommend it, it's called "vacate fear". He talks about Dr. Claire Weekes's advice and does livestreams with a talk in the beginning followed by question time in the live chat
Im sorry to hear that .. What other symptoms do you have for me I get dpdr
@@kelvinlopez4792I have dpdr too
I am so so sorry for your loss!! God be with you and bring you peace. ❤
@@bunnygirlmantraameen
DR. CLAIRE WEEKS JUST GOT IT! Not like doctors today who look at you like you have 3 eyes!
yes ! Scripture,repentance,worship music, and accepting these anxious thoughts allow it to flow , between practicing accepting techniques and keeping my focus on gods word and his promise the process started getting easier because going through a process with out GOD the process hurts and seems much harder !!! Take my word !!
Seek him in prayer worship and stay around positive people!! And in Jesus name I declare and decree!!! You SHALL BE FREE AMEN
Amen
Amen 🙏🏻🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
pray for me please
Amen.
Love the audible version of Hope and Help for your nerves. Her voice is soothing and uplifts me and gives me hope that maybe just one day I will no longer have this rule my life.
I am so grateful finding this now! I have severe Anxiety and after a seperation from my wife its been going like a constant panic attach 24/7 ...Adrenalin rushes, heart racing, sadness, feeling of lonilness.
It is all true what she say. I have dealt with these phase my whole life. After getting used to the pain iot doesnt matter anymore. Hope it works the same with feeling painfully lonely and sad.
What an amazing lady. So ahead of her time. Almost as if she knew the direction society was heading.
Claire Weekes was an amazing lady. Her books have helped me so much over the years
Hello, did you manage to read any of her books? @Tilawat Al Quran - تلاوات القران
@Tilawat Al Quran - تلاوات القران good! What’s your PDF on?
My lifesaver. Literally!
her method is the only method to be cured. However it is not easy even though it sounds so simple. The trick is to be out there as much as possible and expose yourself to the panic. Let it shatter you but DO NOT ESCAPE. The moment you do that, you’ve lost the battle.
That is too hard,every time I wake up in the middle of the night from sweat and heartbeat and I fear it is coming,I immediately stand up get ice ,walk around the house.I try to help myself escape the real panic and trembling.And i do,its less trembling.But im scared for the next night I wake up.
Will this method really help? Just stay in bed and tremble away?
Nderim Zenuni have you tried this method to not escape the panic coming?
@تلاوات القران - Tilawat Al-Quran yes
@@elenilachana1751 getting up for ice, walking around, being scared of it. These are all the things you want to avoid. Lay in bed while the panic comes. Do nothing, don’t distract yourself. Allow the awful symptoms to happen don’t fight them. It’s the hardest thing you’ll ever do, but also the most important
@@dregzz7678 YES!!!! I am not scared anymore :) im stronger than that awful... I stayed in bed and smiled at it...and it stoped...im panic attack free 4 months..ive got control now ;)
I just found her. What gems. What a wonderful person, may she Rest In Peace with all the angels.
Pure gold!!
I really think This video and information is a Godsend! And I did not just “stumble upon it”; but was LEAD to it!
The “no longer mattering is the key!”
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for posting it!! 🥰👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🙏🏼
Thank you! It's great to see that people benefit from her work!
Love the analogy of "when a big wave comes, the best thing to do is go under it". Don't fight it but go with it.
God bless her
What incredible advice. I’d like to find a way to use this while I’m driving a car. Haven’t figured that out yet. Perhaps just repeating her words in my head while it’s happening.
Thankgod for this woman , her book self help for nerves is my bible
I love this woman, I wish I was from her time and could have met her. She died when I was little, way before my panic days.
Thank you so much Claire❤ you are a legend. thank you so much for the work you have done
I read her books when I was suffering severe anxiety at 21.
She got me over it. I'm 50 now. I thought I was dying.
I'll never forget her. ❤️
Now it's returned I've ordered one of her books again. I already feel better reading her quotes and remembering how much she helped me before - she really understands.
The dr is an angel ❤
She’s the most wonderful women ….. I have a life thanks to her.
So 100 procent spot on...
genius - St. Claire Weekes
Love this lady. Just discovered her xx
CBT, Mindfulness and ACT in a nutshell. The Lady was a genius.
I have the opposite of agoraphobia - I fear being alone in the house.. I used to LOVE being alone (when the rest of my family is out at work or school) but now I DREAD it.. sounds weird maybe but I had my first "attacks" at home. I guess that is the reason. When I have strong symptoms (lump in throat, numb face and limbs, hard time breathing, feeling really frightened) I feel most at ease in a cafe surrounded by other people's chatter and music.. Or walking around a mall. I also developed tinnitus with my attacks which is a huge obstacle as my body reacts to the sound with crippling anxiety. So that is another reason why I dread being home, I want noises and distractions around me. So I guess I am far from acceptance yet 😔 I don't know why I am writing this, but as Claire Weekes says "she used not to be like this!!".
I am in a much better place now thanks to Claire Weekes - AND Sydney Banks, the founder of The Three Principles. These two teachers compliment eachother and the essence is "don't be bluffed by your thoughts and feelings". 💕
@@laisa. Im happy that you are better now 💗
I am going through exactly what you did. Never had panic attacks or anxiety to suddenly dealing with anxiety daily. I am usually good if I am not home alone, but I can’t ever not be home alone. I found Claire Weekes a month ago and she was helping me a lot but today I went to see a therapist that a doctor recommended for me a month ago. I should have never gone. I told her about my Claire Weekes books and she had never heard of her and told me people didn’t know as much about anxiety back then as they do today and that a nervous person’s brain is just different from other normal people’s brains and only medication can fix it. She made me feel like it’s out of my control. I was starting to feel in control of my anxiety with Claire Weekes. How can I erase the therapists advice? Thank you.
@@-livi-2181 ignore them
@@-livi-2181 part of this illness is we are very suggestible, Dr. Abraham Low can answer most questions concerning this illness,his literature is available at Recoveryinc.com.This guy has helped many hopeless cases and reading his books I think you will understand this disease much better.It’s a systematic program in strengthening your will to be self led and not symptom led...give it a try and pass it on.
Thank you for posting
No problem! :)
I’m housebound with anxiety but I’m working on it slowly
Life changing! 🙏
Im.so thankful for this video.Really helpful❤
Wonderful woman
This has changed my life. Thank you!
A brilliant lady whose advice helped tens of thousands of suffering people to turn their lives around, RIP.
I've dealt with anxiety much of my life. Dr Weekes' approach helped, along with the book "30 Days to Reduce Anxiety" by Harper Daniels, a small mindfulness meditation guide. I think her book and Harper's are on amz.
Her books are amazing! What a genius!
From her teachings, I learned that it's your "tensed reaction" and you remove that by floating through it.. Allow it to happen, don't react with fear.. If you can learn to lose the fear, there won't be any tension, only calm and that's when recovery starts as it did for me.. I was totally housebound at one time, not anymore
I'm basically housebound from panic disorder now. How in the world am I to allow myself this feeling of impending doom, unreality, thoughts of sudden death? It's so hard
@@bunnygirlmantra Trust me, I have been in the exact same situation and just so you know, there is hope!! Listen to Claire Weekes "Hope & Help For Your Nerves", listen to it over and over and over until you fully understand it and "get it"! Remember, its going to be the opposite of what your doing now. Your nervous system is currently sensitized so it reacts to thoughts and feelings instantly. LEarn how to desensitize your nerves by allowing those thoughts and feelings to be there, float through them by not reacting to them. If you react to them, you are just feeding them.. It takes time to understand it and learn, it won't happen overnight
Anyone else think this sounds like Robin Williams' Mrs. Doubtfire?
Theresa Lent Nieman she really does lol
Why did you have to write this? I can no longer unhear it
I wish I knew her in person!
I had one for 3 hours once I mean they are not fun
Her book is a classic
thoracic problems , like ancient traumata , trafficaccidents etc can provoke panic when sleeping on the affected side. Nightly nightmares /palpitations...
Dr Weekes book "Hope and help for your nerves" is the only effective method on earth to cure you of this disorder
I've just ordered one of her books from eBay!
Isnt anxiety different from panic attacks though. I suffer from anxiety and i feel this way all the time so how do i get through this
I never to stop fearing my heart, tachycardia and palpitations are scary but after so many test my heart is healthy. I feel like Gerd makes my anxiety and fears so much worse. I was anxiety/panic attack free for 8 months. This set back can’t determine who i am
Dw keep accepting that's the only way out 🥂. You are on right track. Setback itself is a proof that you are recovering
I have applied Dr Weekes method every day. It has helped me overcome and manage anxiety effectively. I find listening to her also very reaffirming. Author Judith Hoare has written a book about Dr Weekes called " The Woman who cracked the anxiety code." For anyone who is interested it is worthwhile read. Bless you Dr Weeks and thank you.
Hi i have eye problems and don't sleep good at night so hard to read how do you applied method wish I could read the book it's in possible
Does it work for the chronic pain that anxiety induces in some people? I am suffering from pain all over my body, anxiety and lethargy - I guess all the stress and anxiety tires me out. I am trying to ride through it. However, so far, I haven't seen much progress, just lots of pain and a few moments of minor break through where I was able to accept the anxiety and not let it bother me too much. That was encouraging. I have no choice but to keep on going. I hope that there will be light at the end of the tunnel. This life is hell on earth, but I believe God doesn't want me to live this way.
yes
This is Buddha's vipassana meditation! The greatest discovery anyone can make in their life!
Accept. Accept. Accept.
How does this work with the muscle contractions like the tight throat, Tight esophagus, Tight neck, tight shoulders, into head making me dizzy, tight diaphragm, Tight stomach tight intestines etc. These can all be pretty relentless and last almost all day every day for weeks on end. She says these are the symptoms of anxiety but doesn’t say how to deal with them. Just the panic attach. How do you apply this to Her method?
Great explanation... I used clarie week method to over come. Health anxiety even I have her books and listening RUclips videos with this I took antidepressants for 8 months ..and I was perfectly fine. Left tablet and I was fine without tablet...after few months got back pain started to dig the Google for diagnosis.. and finally became a complete mess.. so after the recovery also we should listen. All these kinds of videos and exercise and diet.. I left everything and now I am back to same running behind doctor's,. Google, and all.. but I have hope.. last time I got cured because of clarie weeks and this time I will over come.. but it will take time ..
Let them be, the more you worry about the symptoms the worse they become.
I know from experience of being a hypochondriac, when I first began feeling symptoms I would go to the ER so many times, there was always nothing wrong with me.
Except the feelings and just let them be and they will gradually begin to fade.
watch some of the longer claire weekes videos.she explains about these symptoms in more depth..i suffer with most of the symptoms you have described you need to understand your fear is not the awful feelings of tightness in throat/head or chest..its that you think you are going to die from these symptoms..the fear of what will happen next..thats what keeps these feelings alive..i now accept these feelings let them happen.let them be there and tell my self nothing can happen to me..its not easy if was far from home and got these feelings i was terrified..even avoided going places doing things..fearing i was going to suffocate collapse or die..after 20 years of anxiety i am still here ALIVE..nothing you fear is going to happen..ever happens..so relax the best you can
@@TheFracturedfuture I get scared of that high blood pressure feeling. Like I might have a heart attack.
@@johnh.whitleyjr.7814 I know how that feels and then some, at times I felt like my body was trying to kill me.
What cured me of anxiety and hypochondria (health anxiety) was to simply bring my awareness to whatever it was that I was doing (being present).
At first it seemed impossible but with much practice eventually my negative thoughts stopped and my nerves healed. I feel that with mindfulness meditation you kill two bird with one stone or maybe three.
Wonderful intelligent woman. Really helped me. Panic Attacks can be aborted easily with her methods.
She was the predecessor of DBT
My question is how to cope up with the depression that comes after a panic attack???
The way you accept the good days..start accepting bad days. Life is not full of happy days ..its an emotion given by god ..feel it and move on start fresh and accept panic depression everything and focus on work and life..Goodluck
@@Babayagaom thanks for the nice words... Very encouraging 😌... It's Been a year since I posted this comment and I'm feeling much much better comparing to the day that I posted this comment... Yes ofcourse bad days won't last long🙏☺️
How on earth can i overcome my anxiety driving ? Im afraid of having a panic attack during driving
I'm trying to accept but it's so hard
Please also check Mary Schiller on youtube, her videos from 2-4 years ago describing how she cured herself from 30 years of ptsd after realizing how she can "not be bluffed by thoughts and feelings", like Claire Weekes says, from an even deeper understanding about the link between our thoughts and feelings. This teaching comes from Sydney Banks and it is called The Three Principles 💕
You make it hard its not
Why i have anxiety / adrenaline attach which wakes me up in middle of night and than i cant sleep anymore?
Because your mind is tired due to rumination and figuring it out. Let it go and stop figuring out the solution just accept and move on
Iron lady🔥
sadly i lose consciousness when i panic and its hard not to be afraid - it happens so quickly and ive gotten seriously hurt.
My biggest fear. It’s so scary. Bless you my friend! We gotta continue to work on it.
You take life too seriously that is why you worry. We all have the same fate we must learn to accept it.
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What about when an anxiety attack goes on for over a day ??
luna way it’s impossible for a anxiety attack to last more then 20 mins. You’re experiencing repeat panic from fear of the next panic attack. Just let it all happen and don’t resist! A panic attack will not hurt or kill you and you don’t go crazy from a panic attack. Just keep practicing over and over and over. Run towards the roar not away! Treat it like a game where it’s you against your anxiety. If you fight against it it will win. Instead tell it to come on you want some more, and eventually your amygdala will quiet down and stop pumping adrenaline to a false alarm. When you’re doing these practices you’re going to have that fearful voice talking to you in your head saying omg here it comes, I can’t do this, please go away! You need to start responding back oh here’s my anxiety please give me more or this is great I’m having these feelings or come on anxiety I’ve been so good to you I’ve avoided so many things in life and missed so much in life, can you please make my heart beat out of my chest with fear. You’re basically doing the opposite of what anxiety is telling you and that’s welcoming it in, accepting it with open arms. Good luck and keep putting yourself in situations that scare you, practice, practice, practice!!
Burt jennings thanks Burt, most of my problem is a result of secondary fear . Fear of the symptoms of fear. I’m noticing a shift though not a huge one but I’m not as scared of the symptoms and I’m slowly starting to go places I used to avoid. It’s a very slow process for me, I hope to be back walking by the ocean again soon one day , I miss nature since being almost house bound with anxiety . Thanks for the encouragement
luna way you’re welcome! It is a slow process but you’re moving forward! I too had agoraphobia on my second relapse years ago so I know how you feel! This third relapse about three years ago I never missed a day of work! I came to work everyday with the worst fears you could imagine! I think by making myself go to work helped me tremendously! I’ve really been working hard this go round instead of just kicking the can down the road and doing nothing! I want my life back and I’m determined to not let anxiety get in my way! I can pretty much go anywhere and do anything now but that wasn’t the case three years ago! Keep pushing forward and know that there will be some set backs but you just have to keep going! Peace
Luna,burt is right..what we resist only persists
@@albertalvarez3172 True and I love the way you worded that.
I understand what I need to do, to let it pass and accept the anxiety and the panic but I just can’t seem to do it. Please someone tell me how they finally accomplished this? My life is literally ruined from this and I’m so tired of crying and being sad because I can’t face anything anymore.
How are you going now?
@@breecross6859 ether but still struggling. I have been having chest pains for 4 months now and have to get my heart checked and so I’m constantly scared about that. Thank you for checking in ❤
@@Rchase83 ahhh man that’s not good. I’m back to how I was before, I’m going out, back to full time work etc.
you can do it there isnt anyone that cant when the panic comes let your body go dont hold on you ewill find that panic always passes sit quietly until it passes and carry on take a deep breath and push your belly out this is the opposite of what you are doing thats all you will get there dont give up this is a cure im living proof 30 years of anxiety on and off and im still here happy linda
@@Rchase83 If you're still struggling, I'm a fellow-struggler with some thoughts. I suggest not "trying" anymore; ie not thinking that your goal is to stop the anxiety / depression, or cure it or anything like that. I understand completely about feeling your life is ruined but no life can be ruined. Your life has been pushed, or shoved in another direction that -- right now -- requires your full attention -- but it's not "ruined." I'm not mocking the feeling -- I've considered my life ruined multiple times since the issue emerged in me over 40 years ago. In fact I'm dealing with a fresh round of it right now, which emerged right after I decided that, as an aging person, it was finally in my past. Well it wasn't, and I'm here again. What I suggest for you is, just for now shifting your focus from the biggest frame -- your life -- to the smallest -- this instant. I'd start with finding tiny instants where you can accept your anxiety and pain. Every time you feel even a microscopic bit better, recognize it and celebrate it. You're not working to get your life back as it was. That's not Job 1. What you're doing right now is working to find a few moments of peace. Accept that during this process you'll have better days and worse days. But choose to believe (even if you don't really) that you are improving. Because I know you will.
Sometimes she sounds South African. Or Australian. Where was she from?
Australia