My Panic Attack Solution

I started reading self help books after having my first panic attack some 8 years ago. I actually wonder if they make problems worse rather than better, I never had anxiety/depression/low self esteem/social anxiety until I started reading self help book. They are generally written by 2 types of people, the medical profession and ex sufferers, the problem with the medical profession is its all theory most have 0 life experience, so they tell you in theory what should work, but when you find out it actually doesn’t it leaves you feeling even more helpless, so you move on to another book, this time by someone who has been through it, you get the usual rags to riches story, “Oh I was house bound and now I’m a multi-millionare flying around the world etc” You think this is it, this is the way out, you get your hopes up again only to discover once again you fall flat on your face, and with every failed effort you get even more frustrated/wound up and depressed feeling even more hopeless,

They’re not necessarily an entire waste of time. You just have to take most of them with a grain of salt. In other words, get what real education you can from them and ignore the rest.

Books can be a valuable resource. Just don’t let them control you. Remember that you are the one in control.