From Panic to Power: Proven Techniques to Calm Your Anxieties, Conquer Your Fears, and Put You in Control of Your Life
by Lucinda Bassett
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Author: Lucinda BassettEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1996-12-19
ISBN: 0060927585
Number of pages: 288
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
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Book Review: "From Panic to Power" is one of my favorite books
Summary: 4 Stars
on stress and anxiety. I liked Lucinda's book because it was the first that gave me hope as a sufferer of anxiety disorder/agoraphobia. I saw there was someone who suffered through agoraphobia and had actually recovered completely.
I'd spent years in psychotherapy with doctors who treated me more as an object than a patient. My therapists really didn't do much to help me to recover, because most didn't understand what it was like to have anxiety disorder. Talking about problems regarding anxiety can only do so much if you don't have the skills to recover. And drug therapy, as beneficial as it is, is not always the solution to long-term recovery. I've known people who have been on a variety of anxiety-reducing medications for decades at a time.
Lucinda's book initially helped me to return to graduate school. This was big for someone who had panic attacks every three to four minutes, and who couldn't even read a novel, watch t.v., or go out places without a panic attack. But I admit I relapsed. But, it's only because I stopped using the techniques she outlines in the book. (When I had moved, I left her book at home.) Funnily enough, I relapsed after I started going to therapy at school believing that this would help me recover. My anxiety problems only grew worse and I became agoraphobic. For a few years afterward, I hated going inside grocery stores at all -- but, since I was alone -- I drove to them at an early hour to avoid as many people as possible. I also avoided shopping. I was homebound in my house for several years as well. I rediscovered Lucinda's book this year and purchased her tape series.
Lucinda's approach is cognitive/behavioral therapy in psychojargon. I'm not sure you'd get that from this book, but on the tapes she does so. She has users keep a written record of all their negative thoughts and then has them write replacement, positive thoughts. She also suggest relaxation, nutrition therapy, and exposure therapy. Her book isn't perfect, however. Her tape series is much better. I agree with some that the advice is too general in this book. I think she saves most of her better advice for her tape series. You might find some of the techniques she outlines in Edmund Bourne's "The Anxiety and Panic Attack Work book" which I liked. It has a more specific list of treatments, meditation, etc;. You'll probably have to use supplemental books like Shad Helmstetter's "Self Talk solution" and other books to learn how to restructure negative thinking.
The most helpful notion in Lucinda's book is that I'm responsible, in part, for creating my anxiety. It's not to assign blame, or to say that I'm a bad person. It just means that I'm prone to/addicted to negative thinking. It just helps me see that I have some control over how I respond in certain situations. I did not believe this in the past -- but, just by doing my own exposure therapy (keeping a record of what negative expectations I had prior to going, fears, etc; and then going to those places with a friend or someone for a few minutes, then writing down the experiences helped immensely along with drug treatment.
I'm drug-free now, however. I am doing things I didn't do in the past -- I drive on the highway, I shop in crowded stores at different times of the day, and I'm looking for full-time employment. I still have fears from time to time and symptoms. She says that negative thinking is an addiction and it takes time to recover from its effects...and like any addiction, it's a day to day struggle. I still feel that I've made more progress in my life using the methods that Lucinda Bassett outlines in her tapes and her books than I have without them.
ETA UPDATE: It's 4 years later, and now I am doing 1500 percent better thanks Ms. Bassett. I have held full-time employment as a reporter/writer for the past four years - covering stories and interviewing people off and on camera. I still suffer from anxiety, but I'm managing it 75 percent better. For me, as a former agoraphobic, just thinking about a full-time job would have been impossible. I also shop! There are still problem spots I have (mainly clothes stores, movie theaters and restaurants), but even these are proving to be less challenging. I have no more panic attacks while watching t.v. and reading, or even doing grocery shopping. For me, this is miraculous. Thanks Ms. Bassett.
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Summary of From Panic to Power: Proven Techniques to Calm Your Anxieties, Conquer Your Fears, and Put You in Control of Your Life
From Panic to Power is Lucinda Bassett's inspiring account of the proven techniques she used to overcome anxiety disorder and regain control of her life.
A bestseller with more than 72,000 hardcover copies sold, From Panic to Power offers techniques and skills to the ever?growing number of people who are adversely affected by today's overwhelmingly stressful environment. Lucinda Bassett's effective program, which teaches people how to think differently and respond in a less anxious way, is enabling hundreds of thousands all over the world to transform their draining doubts, fears, and anxieties into positive energy and newfound freedom. Her methods allow sufferers to gain a new understanding of themselves and their challenges when dealing with anxiety and teach effective skills to help transform negative self?talk and destructive worry habits into recently discovered compassion and confidence.
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