Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis. Aaron Beck, the father of cognitive therapy. Sometimes people ask me why I spend so much time on what generates panic attacks. My usual response is, beyond my natural curiosity, I simply don’t see how one can manage something if one doesn’t fully understand just what that something is. [...]
Panic Attacks, Anxiety, and Uncertainty
You’d certainly get no argument from most anyone that we’re living in very uncertain times. Though I suppose that’s been the case since humans graced the planet, it sure appears to be a lead-pipe-cinch these days. I mean, you name it, the economy, unemployment, political unrest, terrorism; the list of uncertainty goes on and on. [...]
Panic Attacks & the Limbic System: The Paradox of Protection
So this is the actual physical manifestation of fear that panic sufferers know all to well. See, the amygdala doesn’t care if it’s right or wrong, justified or not; it receives input and fires. We need to learn how to bring the cortex back into play.
