Anchors for Panic Disorder: A Stability Guide for Living Through Panic Without Losing Your Life - Couverture souple

Carr, Cindy H.

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ISBN 10 : 1971192333 ISBN 13 : 9781971192338

Editeur : CHC Connect, 2026

Synopsis

Anchors for Panic Disorder: A Stability Guide for Living Through Panic Without Losing Your Life presents a framework for reclaiming stability when panic has taken ground. Rather than reducing a person to “just anxiety,” the book treats Panic Disorder as an alarm system that learned to fire too easily and then learned to fear the firing itself. It names the bodily experience of panic and challenges the belief that willpower, shame, or reassurance can replace retraining. Instead, it introduces the metaphor of an anchor. Anchors do not prevent waves, but they keep you oriented when sensations surge. The focus is practical and rooted in dignity.

At the heart of the book is the conviction that panic changes through learning, not isolation. Readers are guided toward a care team that can include medical evaluation, support, and supporters who coach strength rather than rescue fear. The book maps the fear-of-fear cycle, helping readers distinguish triggers, sensations, catastrophic meanings, and safety behaviors that keep the loop alive. When the pattern is visible, care shifts from reactive avoidance to proactive practice.

Body-based anchors are treated as foundations for change. The book teaches what to do in the moment so you do not accidentally reinforce panic, then moves into exposure. Readers learn to work with sensations through interoceptive exposure, building confidence with dizziness, racing heart, and unreality instead of treating them as danger. It also offers guidance for reducing avoidance and expanding your world step by step, including agoraphobia ladders and work with anticipatory anxiety. Relationships are addressed through boundaries that support courage without feeding reassurance loops.

Ultimately, Anchors for Panic Disorder guides readers toward a life that stays open even when fear returns. It offers thresholds for when to seek care, tools for distinguishing medical fear from practice opportunities, and a long-term plan for relapse resistance and self-trust. With a concise one-page stability plan, a Quick Start for hard weeks, and printable exercises for ongoing use, the book equips readers to live with courage and connection, anchored in practice and hope.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CHC Connect
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1971192333
• ISBN 13: 9781971192338
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 183
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