Important update: Best-selling creator of Panic Away now has an updated program I recommend instead of Panic Away, called DARE Academy. This is a new way to overcome anxiety and panic for good. The below review is still relevant as all the methods taught in Panic Away are also taught in DARE Academy, but you get so much more with DARE.
Confession time: I’ve never been a big believer in “tips” and “tricks” when it comes to getting rid of anxiety and panic attacks. Until I found this technique I’m going to tell you about today in my Panic Away program review…
I believe the real way to manage anxiety disorders is through lifestyle changes.
BUT, when you’re in the midst of a panic attack, it feels like you’re gasping for air, or swimming faster and faster just so you can break the surface.
All you’re thinking of is “Can this be over already!?”
It’s terrifying. I know, I’ve been there.
In those moments, you want something that’s going to help you right away.
Thankfully, when I was going through my worst bouts of panic attacks about 5 years ago, I stumbled on my secret weapon.
A technique or “trick” I will always recommend because it gets rid of my panic attacks in 21 seconds without fail.
It’s not a breathing technique or attention diversion…
But before I get into the juicy details, let me tell you a story…
This is me, Tamryn, at the end of 2014.
I look pretty happy, don’t I?
Despite the smile I’m hiding behind, it was one of the toughest years of my life.
I had lived that whole year with anxiety and panic attacks, which not unlike the Grim Reaper himself… seemed to want to take over my life.
I was quite literally on the verge of becoming agoraphobic, never leaving my apartment.
And the reason for this was simply because every time (without fail) I’d get ready to go somewhere, or be somewhere, I’d break out in sweats, my heart would try to make a break out of my chest, and my head would spin faster than a record going right-round-round-round.
But let’s rewind a little.
I didn’t know it, but at the start of 2014 I was about to embark on a knowledge-filled journey… one that would first begin with the most awful anxiety advice (from a Dr no less) and resulted in terrible consequences.
Ultimately though, this led me to the discovery of Panic Away which I’m not exaggerating by saying it left me speechless at how effective it was.
I will get to how it helped me of course, but first, that awful advice…
My panic attacks had also gotten so bad that my boss had noticed and placed me on mandatory leave.
Frustrated at how panic attacks were taking over my life, I went to (more like ran to) the closest walk-in clinic.
Surely, the doctor would know how to stop them and get me back to living my life.
Boy, was I wrong.
Barely looking at me in the white on white tiny, impersonal room, he asked me only a couple questions before his “Aha!” moment came.
… he deduced that I needed medication for anxiety.
And so I left with a prescription for anti-anxiety medication.
I’d be lying if I said it didn’t help… the panic attacks stopped alright, but they also turned me into a zombie.
I didn’t feel like myself at all, I was just kind of “existing” in the world, nothing bothering me, nothing exciting me, nothing doing anything for me.
Typically a pretty emotional and happy person, I decided this wasn’t the right thing for me.
I ended up coming off the pills later in the year.
And my panic attacks came back worse than ever.
The medication was simply a band-aid effect. It wasn’t really helping me after all.
Determined to find a secret weapon for stopping panic attacks from ruining my life, I became my own researcher. I became obsessed with self-help.
It didn’t take me long to learn that in order to get rid of my panic attacks, I must first understand that I shouldn’t be looking for a way to just “manage” it like I was doing with the medication.
Instead, I needed to learn how to approach my panic and anxiety in a different way.
This is where Panic Away came into my life.
How Does The Panic Away Program Work?
I read about this guy, Barry McDonagh, who himself was a long-term anxiety sufferer and had once found himself like I had… unable to leave his house due to panic attacks.
After similar advice I received (go on medication and live with anxiety), Barry instead developed a unique technique that ended up working for him.
He found that instead of fighting his panic and anxiety, he would instead look at it differently.
He would NOT fight them and see what happens.
According to Barry, everyone who experiences anxiety and panic attacks, go through a Panic Loop which looks something like this:
His key to stopping the panic was simply to interrupt this loop (which makes 100% sense btw).
After successfully using this technique to interrupt the panic loop on himself, Panic Away was born.
Thanks to the 21-7 Technique™, the new loop looks like this:
This is all taught in what I must say are quite entertaining cartoon videos and audios that talk you through the techniques.
Oh, and Barry’s Irish accent is quite calming as well!
Once I started putting into use what I was learning in the Panic Away Program, the change in how I was dealing with my panic attacks was quick.
After just a few times working through what Barry was teaching me, I found I was no longer scared to go out (Costco was a big trigger for me by the way).
I was also no longer afraid of getting a panic attack because I now knew how to get rid of them.
I felt confident again.
I started feeling more and more like myself; the person I had missed for the last year.
Oh, and for what it’s worth, it definitely isn’t just me who believes Panic Away is the best definitely-does-what-it-promises anxiety help program… possibly of all time.
Reviews of Panic Away/DARE Academy founder, Barry:
Turns out more than 150,000 people in over 32 countries have tried and had similar results as I have.
150,000 people… That’s huge!
Join 1000’s of people in finally getting rid of your panic attacks and anxiety for good.
Even therapists and doctors have been known to recommend this program to their patients.
If Panic Away doesn’t work for you, they’ve got a money-back guarantee. And they even let you keep the program.
So you don’t have to worry.
If you’re like me, you’ll consider it some of the best money you’ve ever spent.
If you’re like me, you believe that your health is one of the most (if not the most) important things to spend your money on.
In fact, Gandhi once said, “Your health is your real wealth”
I couldn’t agree more.
What’s Included In DARE Academy?
When you sign up for DARE Academy, you instantly get access to a complete library of over 5 hours video content that will help you transform how you respond to anxiety and panic.
This step by step program covers:
- Physical and mental sensations experienced with anxiety
- Generalized anxiety
- Panic Attacks and Panic Disorder
- Situation anxiety and Phobias
- Health anxiety
- Intrusive thoughts and existential anxiety
- Insomnia
- Depersonalization and Derealization
By the way… in addition to the full program which you get lifetime updates for free, you also get access to DARE’s private social networks, where you can connect with and share with people going through the exact same thing as you.
Update: The incredible team at DARE is offering a $50 off limited-time offer to my readers. Follow this link to get DARE Academy for $50 off.
*Important note – If you are currently on medication for panic or anxiety, do not stop without your doctor’s help. DARE Academy is not meant as a replacement for professional medical help.
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