When panic attacks
by David D. Burns · first published 2006
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Why HN recommends it
Practical, drug-free CBT guide for panic attacks; helps readers recognize a panic attack and understand it isn't dangerous, which many say calmed them most. Suits people with panic or social anxiety.
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Are you plagued by fears, phobias, or panic attacks? Do you toss and turn at night with a knot in your stomach, worrying about your job, your family, work, your health, or relationships? Do you suffer from crippling shyness, obsessive doubts, or feelings of insecurity?What you may not realize is that these fears are almost never based on reality. Anxiety is one of the world's oldest cons. When you're anxious, you're actually fooling yourself. You are telling yourself things that simply aren't true. See if you can recognize yourself in any of these distortions:All-or-Nothing Thinking: "My mind
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…can't comment on the whole situation, since I live outside of the USA, but I can give you some advice about Problem #1. There are great books by David Burns: "Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy" and "When Panic Attacks". Both are available at amazon kindle: http://amzn.com/0380810336 and http://amzn.com/076792083X The "Feeling Good" book is focused primarily on depression issues and "When Panic Attacs" (as its name…
on “I Knew a Programmer Who Went Completely Insane” ↗…result of a panic attack. It's hard to convince yourself of this during one but having that knowledge at the back of your mind helps to prevent you worrying about that outcome and escalating things. Try "When Panic Attacks" by Dr David Burns or some of his other books for some sensible advice on this topic. The CBT stuff is based on logically addressing irrational thought processes like "I never succeed at anything" and…
on “Ask HN: How do you deal with stress, panic attacks, and that evil voice?” ↗…more practical advice, I will quote myself from another recent HN thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5575144 "There are great books by David Burns: "Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy" and "When Panic Attacks". Both are available at amazon kindle: http://amzn.com/0380810336 and http://amzn.com/076792083X The "Feeling Good" book is focused primarily on depression issues and "When Panic Attacs" (as its name…
on “Ask HN: I am programmer, i wan't to die, what can i do?” ↗…contains lots of advice on that by more knowledgeable people than me. So. OP and other depressed or anxious people, there are self-help books by David Burns: "Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy" and "When Panic Attacks". Both are available on amazon kindle: http://amzn.com/0380810336 and http://amzn.com/076792083X What's good about them? First, they contain various scales for deprssion and anxiety. If you like to…
on “I spend a lot of time thinking about myself” ↗I second, "Feeling Good" is great. BTW, there is another book by the same author(David Burns) -- "When Panic Attacks" [1]. It is focused on anxiety, not depression, but these two conditions often go hand in hand. [1] http://amzn.com/076792083X
on “Founder Depression” ↗I'm a founder that has struggled with this (but it's basically been solved for a while). When Panic Attacks (https://www.amazon.co.uk/When-Panic-Attacks-drug-free-therap...) is a great book. Just being able to identify it and know it's not dangerous helped me the most. I loved his anecdote of doing jumping…
on “Panic Attacks” ↗Working on anxiety can be life changing. I highly recommend the book "When Panic Attacks" by Dr. David Burns. In fact just the other day Dr. Burns had as a guest on his "Feel Good" podcast a tech guy who was rebuilding his web site (https://feelinggood.com/) in exchange for help with his…
on “We ran the numbers, and there really is a pipeline problem in engineering hiring” ↗Have you checked out the book "When Panic Attacks" by Dr David Burns? It's a book that's helped a few friends of mine with severe social anxiety. It's CBT, but you may benefit from a book more tailored towards anxiety, as opposed to more generalised…
on “Anxiety is in your body, not your mind” ↗Reading a great book on this right now (When Panic Attacks). Before that, I didn't realize that is was possible to do CBT without a therapist.
on “Ask HN: What's the best self-help resource you've found for overcoming anxiety?” ↗Yeah I recently read When Panic Attacks by David Burns, which is all about CBT, and while I see the value in what he is saying it really didn't change my mindset about things. There is a separation between what is rational and what is mental/emotional.…
on “How Airline Pilots Lost the Basic Skills” ↗