Power Over Panic Book Chapters
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Chapters
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Chapter Sub Headings
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Forward by one of Australia's leading actors
Garry McDonald
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"As far as I am concerned, Bronwyn Fox gave me back my life. I was struggling to overcome a very public nervous breakdown in 1994..."
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Introduction
by Bronwyn Fox
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"I experienced my first panic attack in October 1980 and it was downhill from that point on until mid 1984. Like all of us my idea of recovery was intangible. All I wanted was to wake up one morning and find the disorder had gone. Finished. Over. Disappeared into the land of nightmares, never to return....."
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Chapter One
Early Intervention
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Prevention - Understanding- Initial fears- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy - Medication - Stress - Self Esteem
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Chapter Two
Anxiety Disorders
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Causes - Panic Attacks - Panic Disorder - Social Phobia - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - Generalised Anxiety Disorder - Symptoms - Depersonalisation - Derealisation - Nocturnal Panic Attacks - Fight and Flight Response
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Chapter Three
Secondary Conditions
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Anxiety - panic attacks - the primary fears - lack of understanding - depression - agoraphobia - alcohol - medication - self absorption - the need to be in control
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Chapter Four
Therapies
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The need to be perfect - treatment - medication - cognitive behavioural therapy - graded exposure - psychotherapy - hypnotherapy - other therapies - an overview
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Chapter Five
Prelude to Recovery
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Self esteem, what will people think ? emotions, emotional development
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Chapter Six
Steps One and Two - Understanding and Acceptance
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Kindness and compassion - stress - the fight and flight response - fear of death - fear of insanity - fear of losing control - feeling faint - acceptance
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Chapter Seven
Step Three Meditation - Why
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Background to meditation - misconceptions - the relaxation response - learning to let go - earning about ourselves - the release of stress - guide to successful meditation
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Chapter Eight
Step Three Meditation- How
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The word technique - the breathing technique - the practice of meditation - stages of meditation
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Chapter Nine
Step Four Developing Mindfulness
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Thinking about it - changing our perception - learning to change our perception - Taking back the POWER - mindfulness - letting go - what if - so what ? - anger - what will people think
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Chapter Ten
Step Five Working through to recovery
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The working through process - patience - our threshold to stress - understanding setbacks - acceptance - taking care of ourselves - relearning - CBT revisited - psychotherapy revisited - motivation
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Chapter Eleven
The Path to Freedom
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Responsibility - anxiety drivers - a time of learning - the path to freedom
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