Panic Workbook for Teens

Abitbol, Kathi F., Cohen, Bari Goldman, Kissen, Debra

• Publisher: Instant Help
• Year: 2015
• Print ISBN: 9781626252219
• eBook ISBN: 9781626252233

Panic attacks are scary, and can make you feel like you've lost control—leading to more anxiety, stress, fear, and even depression. This easy-to-use workbook provides step-by-step instructions to help you identify anxiety-inducing thoughts, mindfully observe them, and stop the cycle of panic, once and for all.

If you're like many other teens with a panic disorder, you may sometimes feel like walls are closing in on you, or that something dreadful is about to happen. The most frustrating thing about panic attacks is that they can happen anytime, anywhere—sometimes when you least expect them—and you may go through your day fearing another attack. So, how can you start managing your panic before it gets in the way of school, friends, and your life?

In The Panic Workbook for Teens, three anxiety specialists will show you how to identify anxiety-causing thoughts and behaviors, mindfully observe your panic attacks instead of struggling against them, and experience sensations associated with panic until you discover that these sensations may be uncomfortable—but not dangerous.

No matter what situation you find yourself in, by learning how to objectively monitor your panic attacks, you'll gain a sense of control and learn to work through even the toughest moments of extreme anxiety—whether you're taking a test, on a first date, or at a job interview.

Table of contents

• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• panic 101
• reading about panic makes me panic
• the body on panic
• body awareness
• life through panic-colored glasses
• the flip side of panic is excitement
• it’s only a false alarm
• from panic to panic disorder
• mindfully attending to panic thoughts
• the panic cycle
• tracking panic
• reward yourself
• healthy competition
• the dreaded party guest
• no pain, no gain
• the cost of untreated panic
• don’t go at it alone
• create a panic-fighting mantra
• catastrophic thinking
• from catastrophic to realistic thinking
• it is not only what you say but how you say it
• growing bored of panic
• discomfort vs. anxiety
• help from the sidelines: calling all panic coaches
• what is your panic recipe?
• reward check-in
• time to head to the panic gym
• leaning in to the panic
• are you starting to feel anxious? good!
• adjust your breathing, adjust your panic
• distress-busting exercises
• what do you want your life to be about?
• exposing yourself to valued living
• track your progress
• playing hide-and-seek with panic
• define your remaining steps past panic
• when all else fails, do the opposite
• when the going gets good, panic gets going
• an exposure a day keeps the panic away
• advice to and from fellow travelers