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Summary: Anxiety Be-GONE!
Review: I am only 21 years old. I have delt with anxiety as far as I can remember. Family trips to amusement parks, college, and clubs were always my hardest. I have been on both sides of the spectrum of medicine, paxil and zoloft which made my problems worse, gave me jitters, eating problems and sleeping problems, to xanax and prozac that do not prevent, just stop. My panic attacks are so sudden I do not want to have to wait 30-45 minutes to calm down. I personally passout before medication starts working. Antidepressants do not work and xanax does not prevent them, it just makes them ago away. I do not know how many times I have not had medicine with me. THEN WHAT! Buy this book! There is no quick fix and I can contest to that, but this book will teach you what you need to know to combat your fears! I cannot stress how much this book has changed my life. College, friends, family, and relationships are all suddenly possible again. This book picked me up from an attempted suicide and seriously put me on the right path. I promise it will be the best money you have ever spent. Think of it as one co-payment for xanax. Please read this book!
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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 is a Great Help to Anyone Suffering from Anxiety
Review: Do yourself a huge favor and get this book if you are having problems with anxiety and panic attacks. I was terrified by my first panic attack at an airport a few weeks ago and found this book by reading the reviews here on Amazon. I was desparately looking for anything to tell me what these attacks were all about, and more importantly, how I could stop them! I felt so relieved after reading the first few chapters because the author does a great job of sharing her own experiances and letting you know you will be ok! I am done with the book and feel much better, understand what was happening and now know that I am in control of my anxiety. Read this book - it will help!
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Summary: Excellent for Everyone
Review: This is an excellent book, applicable to Men,Women,Teens and Children. It is clearly written, reassuring, offers genuine workable strategies for coping with and handling and yes, even eventually conquering anxiety at any level. Ms.Bassett is reassuring, calming and knows where she is coming from. It is non-judgmental, confidence boosting and the best book I have read on the subject. It is particularly useful for teens because it lets them see that so many things they feel are normal, and reassures them that they are not alone, but special for having sensitive, creative personalities. It is useful for adults both trying to help their children cope with their feelings, and coping with their own anxieties. This is a great book!
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Summary: I Thought I was Alone!
Review: After experiencing panic attacks, I started researching the web and came across this book right here on Amazon. Since most people gave it a good review, I bought it. It was the best [money] I ever spent. The book showed me that I was not alone with these crazy panic attacks, reassured me that I wasn't going to die or pass out, and gave me the strength to talk myself out of them when I start having one. Before I would get nervous just getting a haircut, and although that sounds silly, it was very serious to me. My heart was start beating rapidly, my hands and feet would go numb, and I would just want to get the hell out of there. Well, tonight I went and got a haircut, and although I did start to have a panic attack, I followed Lucinda's suggestions for calming myself down, and it felt GREAT! Excellent Book! Sorry this was so long, but I cannot say enought about this book.
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Summary: Excellent 'Kick Start' Book
Review: I was very skeptical of Lucinda Bassett. I was annoyed at her many commercials on TV & the radio promoting her tapes. I figured she was much more concerned with money than helping people. And after having anxiety disorder for 18+ years, I'm pretty much skeptical of everyone....But let me tell you, Lucinda Bassett is a 'real person' from a very difficult background of anxiety & panic and everything that goes with it. I felt really connected to her and her background. Her book has motivated me significantly. The book is wonderful! It has recharged my batteries, but more important, let me know that I am responsible for myself, and I have the tools and techniques and attitude to successfully deal with my anxiety and my life.
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Summary: This book is my Bible!
Review: I have been a panic attack/IBS sufferer all my life but moreso in the past 8 months. This book changed my life and outlook regarding my well-being. And it's wonderfully written from someone who experienced Anxiety. Whenever I feel myself getting anxious, I just flip to the pages that I have all marked as significant in banishing my anticipatory thoughts and am instantly brought back down to Earth. This book is a must-have for panic attack sufferers.
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Summary: Thanks for helping me get my life back!!
Review: That's all I can say !! This book helped me get out of bed, get back into life and enjoy being alive. I have learned so much about myself and grown as a person. I can even have attacks (which I haven't had in months) and still function without thinking I'm a failure. This is a must have book.
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Summary: Tthe Best of The Best
Review: The author takes the reader into a journey to discover the things that are behind common anxiety and does not leave you puzzled in the end. Lucinda Bassett great provides suggestions on eliminating your anxiety.
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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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