Hi jmo,

Ask anyone with panic disorder what they would like and they will say. "I want it to stop. I want a cast iron guarantee that I will never get another panic attack."

I've been dealing with this stuff for as long as I can remember and the truth is that my breakthrough came when I stopped wishing for that.

My mantra is now different. I say to myself "I will be OK if I don't get another panic attack, and I will be OK if I do get another panic attack." After this, my next mantra is, "panic attacks, intrusive thoughts, paranoid feelings, all that stuff, are not the reason for my existence - I have other things to do with my life."

I didn't ask to have it this hard, but I'm as sure as hell not going to let it take me!

Gosh, I sound like I need some boxing gloves.

good thoughts to you, Myzen