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Zusatztext "Filled with hope and wisdom! this unique book combines a compassionate understanding of the inner experience of panic with the latest in modern brain biology."--Robert L. DuPont! M.D.! Georgetown University School of Medicine Informationen zum Autor Jerilyn Ross, MA, was one of the nation’s leading experts on anxiety disorders and the author of One Less Thing to Worry About: Uncommon Wisdom for Coping with Common Anxieties . Ross received the 2004 Patient Advocacy Award from the American Psychiatric Association, the 2001 Anxiety Disorder Initiative Award from the World Council on Anxiety and the World Psychiatric Association, a 2000 Telly Award, and a 1994 Distinguished Humanitarian Award from the American Association of Applied and Preventive Psychology. She died in 2010. Klappentext The National Institute of Mental Health calls anxiety disorders the most common mental health problem in America. They are also among the most treatable. Yet tens of millions of people struggle with hidden fears and restricted lives because they have not received proper diagnosis and treatment. Triumph Over Fear combines Jerilyn Ross's firsthand account of overcoming her own disabling phobia with inspiring case histories of recovery from other forms of anxiety, including panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder; an post-traumatic stress disorder. State-of-the-art information is combined with powerful self-help techniques, together with clear indications of when to seek additional professional help and/or medication. Also included is the latest research on anxiety disorders in children, plus advice for dealing with family members and employers.Preface: The Most Common Mental Health Problem At the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, the calls and the letters pour in. “I saw you on that program,” says a woman who is calling from California. “The person you were describing—the one who couldn’t sign her name in public—that’s me! I began crying—I couldn’t stop—I had to call you.” “I’ve been terrified to leave my house,” writes a man from New York. “I was so afraid. I couldn’t tell anybody.” (His handwritten letter goes on for twelve pages.) “When the attacks first began, I was in terrible shape,” another letter begins. “I didn’t know what was happening to me. I tried to explain my feelings to my doctor; he didn’t understand and told me I was fine. I truly thought I was losing my mind.” Another writes: “My phobias have been a very serious problem for the last fifteen years and have progressively gotten worse as the years go by. I have gone to all kinds of doctors and have even spent some time in the hospital to try and find out what the symptoms are or what is causing them. The frustrating part is when I am told that it is only nerves.…” “No one could tell me what was wrong,” says a caller. “I’m one of those people who has to keep checking. It sometimes takes me two hours to leave the house in the morning; I check the stove, the lights, the doors. I have to keep going back.…” And almost everyone says something like “No one understands how I feel. I feel so frightened. I’m missing out on so much. I have no self-esteem left.” Their symptoms differ, but all of these people suffer from an anxiety disorder. Over the past fifteen years I have worked with several thousand men and women with similar problems. They are some of the bravest people I have ever met. Every day they face situations that feel as physically and emotionally terrifying and draining as walking in front of a speeding car, jumping from an airplane without a parachute, or being trapped in a burning building. To someone who has not experienced an anxiety disorder, the terror, discomfort, and irrationality associated with these conditions will seem incomprehensible. Having l...
