Jerry Banfield

I used to think having a panic attack would never happen to me until it did. Would you like to hear the story of the worst one I had and what I learned from it? You might enjoy seeing how I work to prevent panic attacks from being necessary in my life. What causes a the spasms, fit of terror, and disorder that comes with a panic attack? For me, selfishness, fear, and an obsession with the future made me a perfect victim for episodes of anxiety. The opposites of these are service to others, faith, and focusing on what is happening now. Reading self-help books, going to recovery meetings, learning from healthy people around me, counseling, and prayer continue to help me live a life one day at a time where getting into misery is the exception rather than the norm. Today instead of trying to figure out how to stop a panic attack in progress, my work is to see that my panic attacks happened because I needed to learn a lesson from them. A change in behavior based on looking at my values today which are heal