Listen free for 30 days
Listen with offer
-
Un-Agoraphobic
- Overcome Anxiety, Panic Attacks, and Agoraphobia for Good: A Step-by-Step Plan
- Narrated by: Jeff Cummings
- Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
Failed to add items
Add to basket failed.
Add to wishlist failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
99p for the first 3 months
Un-Agoraphobic
Buy Now for £17.99
No valid payment method on file.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Listeners also enjoyed...
Summary
Un-Agoraphobic offers a comprehensive, step-by-step self-help program for overcoming agoraphobia and panic attacks. Since overcoming his own disorder twenty years ago, Mathew has been leading support groups and recovery programs for people with agoraphobia. He understands what agoraphobes need and how to deliver it.
No one knows exactly what causes agoraphobia or panic attacks, but it clearly involves some misfirings in the brain. The good news is that recent neuroscience research suggests the brain is retrainable - at any age.
The basis for any recovery plan for anxiety disorders is a highly structured approach each day. Mathew provides a daily schedule that lays out a clear set of steps and considerations for conquering this affliction, including:
- writing every day
- cultivating present-moment thinking
- taking a new approach to food and eating
- choosing a therapist
- starting a peer support group
- using visualization techniques specifically designed for overcoming anxiety and panic
- taking medications, if appropriate
- dealing with children, spouse, parents, friends, coworkers, teachers, bosses, and more
- taking your first trip out of the house
Mathew includes FAQs, general survival tips, and a special chapter on tips for spouses and loved ones.
Un-Agoraphobic is candid, funny, prescriptive, and spot on for panic disorders - by an author with a lot of life experience under his belt.
More from the same
Narrator
What listeners say about Un-Agoraphobic
Average customer ratingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story4 out of 5 stars
- Sarah
- 30-08-17
Interesting stuff
there was some new ways of thinking here - stage 1 2 and 3 agoraphobes for example. and I love the hope and upbeat tone of the book. it is useful to hear things said in a different way. and from life experiences not just book learning
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Jeffiner Mitchell
- 08-11-20
Excellent ideas
Some excellent ideas here that I haven't heard/read elsewhere before, that I'm looking forward to implementing into my own daily routine. Peppered with laugh-out-loud moments, and "heck yeah" positive comments that I can actually get behind, you definitely get the sense of being in the company of someone who has been there. I've ordered a paper copy of the book to give to family, and one to lend to friends as I work on my own recovery in the hope of getting support from others.
One small caveat: the author is not a medical professional (there are scientific keyword errors in the chapter about medication), and comes across as 'anti-meds'. If you are struggling with any mental health distress, please discuss these with a trusted medical professional, and don't ever allow someone to make you feel bad for taking any kind of meds for any length of time. Although the eventual goal is mental health recovery is to be able to thrive without therapy or meds, you should only come off meds when you are comfortable to do so. Don't believe that you have to come off of medication before you can do important therapeutic work and therefore come off them prematurely. You deserve to thrive, so do what you need to get there.
Apart from that little "eh," I would recommend this book. All the best in your recovery, friends!
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall1 out of 5 stars
-
Performance1 out of 5 stars
-
Story1 out of 5 stars
- Coffee please
- 09-08-16
Sorry but very disappointed!
Any additional comments?
I read some good reviews for this book so I had high hopes for it. I shelled out for the rather expensive price and listened to it all - very disappointed. Even thought i would give it a chance and give it a second listen but still hated it. Very very patronising and unhelpful. Made me feel worse.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
2 people found this helpful