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Hi, Thanks for stopping by to read my Driving Fear review. Driving Fear is an anxiety and panic attack self help program that is specifically tailored to people whose anxiety is centered around driving and the fears they experience when the are behind the wheel.

The author of the program is Rich Presta, who was the brains behind the fantastically successful and highly regarded Anxiety Lie program. Click the link to read the Anxiety Lie review on this site.

So why is there a need for such a program? Well, there are millions of people who suffer from anxiety and panic attacks and in a very large percentage of sufferers, driving is one of the central triggers of their anxiety. As such, Presta decided to address this specific aspect of the condition directly. I myself suffered a variant of driving fear where I was terribly afraid that my stick-shift transmission car would roll backwards when I was on a hill, and that I would lose control and not be able to move it. The fear became so bad that I got a new car with an automatic transmission! Needless to say I was interested when I heard about this program.

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As with all good anxiety treatment programs, it focuses on really thinking about your situation logically at length. For some people it is a fear of being on highways or motorways, for others it is being stuck in heavy, slow-moving traffic that terrifies them. No matter the specifics, in all cases it is a groundless fear that ultimately relates to not being in control.

The base of the Driving Fear program is similar to that used by Presta in the Anxiety Lie, where he challenges you to eliminate the negative thought processes from your mind by really focusing on your fears. His approach is simply to re-train your brain. Through your sub-conscious, it has built up a perceived threat that it believes exists when driving and now you have to train it that there is no threat. It really is quite a simple and elegant approach, and the program provides you with all of the tools you need to do it.

Two versions of the program exist, standard and premium.

The standard version features the following elements:

• The Manual: This represents the core of the program where Presta delivers his material and teaches you how to address your anxiety and how you need to alter your thought process to get your brain back on track and thinking rationally.
• The Driving Fear Interviews: An interview series where Presta talks to experts in anxiety and panic to ascertain their views on the fear of driving and how it pertains to anxiety and panic attacks. 
• The Anixety Helix Report: Slightly oddly named, this element of the course is a ready-reckoner in understanding what causes panic attacks and anxiety while driving. It is closely related to some of the material covered in the Anxiety Lie program,
• The Overdrive System: Bonus material to be used by people suffering from the most severe driving anxiety. In a lot of cases, you won't even need this part, but it's good to have it there as a backup and certainly worth listening to if you have time. It features a very interesting audio seminar with a mental health professional who is an expert in anxiety and panic attacks.

The premium edition features the following extras:

• The Audio Version: Essentially the manual in audio format. Very handy for when you're out and about and want to listen to the material. It's particularly helpful to have on while you're actually driving and it's a great, quick way to go through the course material a second time if you need to.
• The Video Series: The same material covered in the book and audio series', but delivered in Quicktime video format by Presta. This is probably the best way to go through the course.
• The S.A.F.E Series: A new treatment, subliminal auditory fear elimination is designed to alleviate your anxiety very quickly by using subliminal techniques.
• The Fast Lane Audio: This series is tailored at the specific fears people have when driving, like the one I mentioned earlier. The series deals with where they stem from and how best to address them.

Overall, you get a huge amount of content for your money, particularly with the premium edition and most importantly the material is top quality and very effective. Given that it costs about the price of one tank of gas and it comes with a full 8 week money back guarantee, it's well, well worth checking out.

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Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for anxiety is becoming more and more common. The main goal is to change the thought processes of the anxiety sufferer, in terms of eradicating dysfunctional negative thinking and changing their responses to situations in life. The techniques used in CBT help the person to identify and react to negative thought processes and emotional responses and change their behavior over time.

Central to the use of cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety is the concept of mindfulness where the sufferer attempts to analyze and understand their thought processes when they begin to feel particularly anxious or feel a panic attack.

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How Does CBT Work?

In the initial stages of the therapy, the well-established negative thought processes will often win out and the sufferer will often give-up, admitting defeat. Like any skill however, it is possible to improve by trying time and time again. For this reason, CBT treatment usually consists of a number of sessions.

When the person begins to feel anxious, they are encouraged to really dwell on what they feel anxious about, and to appraise whether their perceived negative outcome is the most likely one, or indeed if it is anything more than a remote possibility.

In the case of panic attacks for example, a sufferer might say that they refuse to go to the supermarket because they feel like they might have an attack.

The therapist will attempt to help them rationalize this thought process by thinking about the real likelihood of having an attack, and the consequences if they do. Most panic and anxiety sufferers cite public reaction to their attacks as one of the main reasons why they are reluctant to go somewhere they perceive they might have such an attack. The truth however is that in the first instance, although it may not feel like it to the sufferer, most people will not even notice they are having a panic attack as almost all of the symptoms are internal. Secondly, if it does become apparent, the vast majority of people will be helpful and in a public place you are likely to be surrounded by strangers for whom the event will be of little to no consequence.

Continuing in this manner, the sufferer is encouraged to change their thought process about anxiety such that its grip over them begins to loosen.

Increasingly, people are looking to go about curing anxiety naturally, and CBT based techniques provide a platform for this. The techniques have been found to outperform medication in many cases when it comes to generalized anxiety disorder treatment.

For anxiety sufferers with limited capacity to pay a therapist or whose appointments are scheduled far into the future, there are a number of online CBT-based self help programs available. Panic Away is probably the best of these, and you can read our Panic Away Review, or check out our best anxiety treatments page for a comparison of the guides.

The guides represent a cheap and effective way to deal with anxiety in your time and at your own pace.

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The 21-7 technique is the name given to one of the cornerstone techniques for eradicating panic attacks in the Panic Away program by Barry McDonagh. Panic Away is a self help program for panic and anxiety sufferers developed by McDonagh based on research he did while he himself was suffering from panic, anxiety and agoraphobia.

He makes it clear that he's not a doctor or mental health worker, just someone who suffered the misery of a life with chronic anxiety and panic attacks and managed to come through the other side. The technique is best explained by the man himself on the Panic Away website where has an introductory video showing how he came up with the program. Even the video goes some way to re-assuring you and it makes you very confident that he will be able to help you. There's no pushy sales talk, just an explanation of the origin of panic attacks, how difficult life is for panic sufferers, and how difficult it is for other people to understand just how debilitating panic attacks are.

The 21-7 technique takes its name from its effectiveness in eradicating the symptoms of panic and anxiety quickly. If applied correctly, the technique promises to cause a cognitive shift very quickly, which will help you to stop a panic attack with a 21 second countdown and get general anxiety levels under control in 7 minutes with a mental exercise.

In the video below, Barry explains how panic attacks come about for most people, and if you suffer from panic attacks you'll recognise a lot of what he's saying. This video is actually great to show family or friends who have a hard time understanding what you're going through.

Anyone who suffers from panic attacks or indeed general anxiety will know how beneficial to their lives it would be to stop a panic attack so quickly after it starts and how much easier it would be to function without the nagging general anxiety that is characteristic of panic sufferers. Of course, those with panic and anxiety will also be aware that there is no quick fix for the condition, and that any prospective treatment will take a great deal of work before they see results.

The 21-7 technique itself is completely natural and based on self help rather than medication, about changing your thought process in a slow and controlled fashion. All it takes is some training and you should be able to apply both the ‘21’ part and the ‘7’ part very effectively in your own time and to follow it at your own pace. A lot of people would rather cure their anxiety naturally and Panic Away is one of the better resources if you want to go down this road.

Note however that a 'quick fix' shouldn’t be your goal when trying to rid yourself of general anxiety and panic attacks. The 21-7 technique is a remedy not a cure, a 'system' to help you get through the unpleasant feeling associated with panic and anxiety, but not designed to get to the root of the problem In order to completely free yourself from panic and general anxiety you will need to apply yourself to the rest of the Panic Away program and try not to get discouraged in the early stages, as it can take several weeks.

When using the program, I certainly found the 21-7 technique helpful for treating the short term symptoms and alleviating the feeling of tightness and tension that anxiety brings, but I stuck with the rest of the program to ensure that I didn’t have to rely on 21-7 long into the future. It works by programming you to take control back when you start to feel anxious or panicky and by getting your brain to accept the message that your are in no physical danger. The transfer of this message from your conscious to your sub-conscious mind can take a while and this is where the 21-7 technique comes in very handy as a stop gap.

Unfortunately I can’t give you all of the details of the specifics of the technique here without getting into copyright trouble! However, what I can say is that it does provide a great ‘crutch’ and gave me the confidence to get out and about and start doing the things I used to do without having the fear of suffering a panic attack in the back of my mind all the way. The 21 second countdown is a great quick tool which you can lean on as you get back out into the world, and it will rid you of the feeling of fear which you probably currently feel about doing mundane everyday things. Once you have the 21 7 technique to rely on, you begin to feel more and more comfortable and the panic attacks lose their control over you.

I was wary about buying the program initially as there are a lot of scams out there, but the fact that you can get all of your money back for up to 8 weeks after you purchase was enough re-assurance for me to go ahead and make the investment in my mental health. I'm glad to say I didn't have to make use of the refund!

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You can lay the groundwork for beating panic disorder yourself by following the easy to execute techniques outline in this article.

One thing to note is that there is no quick fix. These techniques won't help you immediately but if you stick with them, you'll gradually begin to find relief.

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Visualisation is a great way to rewire your brain and can be a great help with panic disorder. Imagine the situation or situations that make you feel uncomfortable. Now see yourself reacting calmly and feeling completely at ease. Play this little video in your head every day. Try to make it as vivid as possible and really feel the relief of being in control, and see yourself as you would like to be, relaxed, calm and in control.