Chapter 1. Dealing with Panic

Short Description

This clip examines fear, panic, and an alternative therapy that may be helpful in treating these feelings when they become disorders.

Long Description

This clip examines fear, panic, and an alternative therapy that may be helpful in treating these feelings when they become disorders. Donna has an intense fear of driving. She vividly describes the panic attacks that force her to the side of the road. She temporarily calms herself but back on the road the overwhelming fear returns and she pulls off again. Donna begins the novel anxiety treatment of EMDR (eye movement desensitization reprocessing). The therapist suggests that we sometimes experience a disconnect between what we know and what we feel and that EMDR somehow connects the two. In a therapy session, as Donna's eyes follows the moving green lights, the therapist asks her to remember the last time she had a panic attack while driving. At the end of the session Donna seems more relaxed. The therapy, she explains, seems to give her the ability to switch off her fear.

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