When Panic Attacks

by Aine Tubridy

When Panic Attacks answers these questions. It explains the psychology and physiology underlying panic. It makes sense of why a sufferer is radically altered after their first panic attack, and how they come to inhabit a new world full of threats, both external and internal. Dr Aine Tubridy gives an understanding of the innermost thoughts of those who panic. She documents their deep sense of alienation from others, and how they feel split off from a body they can't control. Grounded in years of clinical experience and research , Dr Tubridy shows how you can control panic attacks through a variety of skills. She includes muscle relaxation exercises, thought management, changing avoidance behaviors, exercises targeting the charka system, homeopathic remedies and psychotherapy. This book calls for a change in the way society looks at this subject, which has been medicalized for too long, rather than being seen as a personal dilemmas to which there is a unique solution. Accompanying When Panic Attacks is a free CD on which Dr Tubridy guides you through the main points of the book. It also contains an 'emergency drill' for immediate help on the first signs of an attack and 'maintenance exercises', designed to teach you breathing and relaxation techniques,

Genres: Self Help, Nonfiction, Science

304 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2003

Reviews

[Felicia Svensson]

Stark start där jag fann mycket som stod väldigt intressant och givande. Men endast 40 sidor in och jag ger upp boken helt. Kanske är jag lite för trångsynt men har helt enkelt noll intresse av att läsa om att ens tidigare liv (???) och chakras är orsaken till panikattacker. Tack för bra 20 sidor och resterande sidor lämnar jag till någon annan att judge

[Cian]

I was fully onboard for the first bit, but then it took a hard turn when she started talking about chakras and past lives and homeopathic medicine out of absolutely nowhere

[Aidan Hamill]

Dr. Tubridy does an amazing job explaining exactly what's happening to you both physically and psychologically when you're entering and in the midst of a state of panic. The knowledge is an incredibly useful tool for anyone suffering with anxiety/panic.
She does drift from pure science to spiritual later in book, as she warns in the foreword; but really all it is is another means of explaining what's happening and rationalising it for an even wider audience.
If you've ended up here for a relevant reason, I highly recommend this book; it helps.

[Lily]

I like the part about the chakra system. I believe yoga focused on balancing the chakras is very beneficial to those who suffer with panic and anxiety. Informative, but I did not care for the examples. The author should have used real stories. It felt like she wrote them based on what she knows about panic attacks and focusing only on the obvious symptoms that accompany an attack. The examples were just too similar.

[Misty]

Saved my life

There truly isn't a better book on this planet for anxiety sufferers. I adore this book and am so thankful for it.

[Lynda Murphy]

Written by Dr Aine Tubridy who is a medical doctor and psychotherapist, the aim of this book is to help people understand what panic and anxiety really are. Tubridy gives tools for managing them.
Methods covered include?
Muscle relaxation
Managing thoughts
Changing avoidance behaviours
Chakra exercises
Tubridy uses her experience with patients and their stories to explain things. She encourages readers to take control rather than avoid triggers.
If you are expecting a book to solve all of your panic attacks and anxiety I don't know if there is such a thing and if there is maybe this isnt it. I dont know how many people with anxiety are in a mindset to purposely put themselves in situations eg making themselves dizzy, to learn how to fight these symptoms but I am only going by my own experiences.
Tubridy gives a good insight into what panic attacks are and this would be a good read for family or friends of people who suffer. This book may help people who have had minor panic attacks also. I can see this book helping people who feel alone and like this is only happening to them.

[Nicki Kendall]

An informative and helpful book for anyone who suffers from panic/anxiety attacks. The author explains how/why a panic attack occurs and provides numerous methods sufferers can implement to assist in reducing the severity, frequency and length of panic/anxiety attacks. This book is also a great read for anyone wanting to gain a better understanding of panic attacks and how to help people who are suffering from them. #whenpanicattacks #aineturbridy #tea_sipping_bookworm #litsy #goodreads #bookstagram #bookqueen #panicattacks #anxiety #amazon#kindle

[Madli Kents]

Kui vähegi otsid teadmisi, abi või tunned huvi teemast, siis paanikahoogudele saad vastuse siit. Tõsiselt hästi lahti seletatud, sisaldab mõistlikus koguses harjutusi ja lihtne lugemine, pole asja liiga keeruliseks aetud lugejale, kes tahab lihtsalt abi.

[Kristin Schmidt]

Understanding what was happening to me physiologically helped me during a panic attack. This book offered several coping mechanism that were helpful.

[Shiv]

This book has greatly enhanced my life.

[Harriet Shearsmith]

I think there were some useful things but there wasn’t much I a.) didn’t know and b.) that I felt was useful for people experiencing silent panic attacks.

[Kerrie]

Interesting food for thought, touches lightly on spiritualism and scientific methods to improve panic attack responses

[Christopher]

Good apart from some new age hippy nonsense but it can be skipped

[Katys_bookworld]

Panikattacken sind für Betroffene extrem belastend; sie verlieren mit der Zeit immer mehr an Lebensqualität und nutzen vermehrt Vermeidungsstrategien um ja keine neue Attacke zu provozieren. Oft werden sie falsch diagnostiziert und frühzeitig mit Medikamenten behandelt.
Áine Tubridy beschreibt hier Wege aus dem Teufelskreis der Panik und zeigt auf, wie man z. B. Atemtechniken und Konfrontationsübungen richtig anwendet. Auch wird hervorragend erklärt wie eine Panikattacke entsteht, was währenddessen mit dem Körper passiert und wie man lernt damit umzugehen.

Ich finde das Buch sehr hilfreich für alle Menschen, die nicht direkt zur Pillendose greifen wollen. Es kommt ohne Fachchinesisch aus und man fühlt sich wirklich verstanden. Beim Lesen wurde ich regelrecht bestärkt, dass Panikattacken kein Grund für Scham und Verzweiflung sind. Mir persönlich hat es bisher insofern geholfen, dass es mir nicht mehr peinlich ist und ich mit Anderen darüber reden kann.

[Debbie Cox]

I appreciated the information about what is going on during an anxiety attack, but I'm not into chakrahs (sp). The author dealt with this by pointing out that people have different belief systems and keeping that information mostly segregated in its own chapter. There was still helpful information even though I skipped chapter 8. There was also an audio CD in the back. I didn't listen to it, but I can understand how it could help someone train to quietly focus.