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how can i help my very best friend in the whole world work on his anxiety and panic attacks? i want to do everything i can for him. please write if you have any helpful suggestions.
See if you can find the book, "How to Help Your Loved one Recover from Agoraphobia" by Karen P. Williams Granted it says agoraphobia on the title, but the whole book is really dedicated to panic disorder and panic attacks AND agoraphobia…..it’s a good, solid, informative book especially in explanations to the uninitiated of how PD’ers feel and how our minds operate. Hope this helps KC Cindy
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how can i help my very best friend in the whole world work on his anxiety and panic attacks? i want to do everything i can for him. please write if you have any helpful suggestions.
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how can i help my very best friend in the whole world work on his anxiety and panic attacks? i want to do everything i can for him. please write if you have any helpful suggestions.
Hello, you can help by doing just what you are doing now. You can care and try to find out what to do. You can help by listening to him when he wants to talk, or just being with him if he wants company or is afraid to be alone. You can help by being open with his concerns and not trying to minimize his feelings. Let him feel and then just be there. You can tell him that while you don’t know what he is going through (if you don’t) that you will still be there for him and that you feel bad that he feels bad. You can encourage him to get help if he hasn’t already, then drive him there if you can. You can steer him here and tell him that he will get help and support and a kind shoulder to lean on if he wnats one. You sound like a good friend. — Michelle
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – how can i help my very best friend in the whole world work on his anxiety and panic attacks? i want to do everything i can for him. please write if you have any helpful suggestions. Hello, you can help by doing just what you are doing now. You can care and try to find out what to do. You can help by listening to him when he wants to talk, or just being with him if he wants company or is afraid to be alone. You can help by being open with his concerns and not trying to minimize his feelings. Let him feel and then just be there. You can tell him that while you don’t know what he is going through (if you don’t) that you will still be there for him and that you feel bad that he feels bad. You can encourage him to get help if he hasn’t already, then drive him there if you can. You can steer him here and tell him that he will get help and support and a kind shoulder to lean on if he wnats one. You sound like a good friend.
and don’t keep anything bottled up. i’m just now getting over my bout with panic attacks and although i’m feeling great now my girlfriend left me last week because of them. all the while she said she would stick with me and ride it out, but it seems it was too much on her from the start (a 4 hour wait at the emergency room). oh well, if that makes any sense at all. -joey LEGAL NOTICE: Anyone who sends me unsolicited/COMMERCIAL e-mail will be charged a $500 proofreading fee. Consider this official notification. "By US Code Title 47, Sec.227(a)(2)(B), a computer/modem/printer meets the definition of a telephone fax machine. By Sec.227(b)(1)(C), it is unlawful to send any unsolicited advertisement to such equipment. By Sec.227(b)(3)(C), a violation of the aforementioned Section is punishable by action to recover actual monetary loss, or $500, whichever is greater, for each violation."
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