Panic Attacks and Me

By Kay Hammond

Using her own lifetime experiences, Kay Hammond has written a useful book for others with the same problempanic attacks. In short chapters about situations a panicked person might find themselves in (such as losing keys), Hammond has provided flurries of questions a person might ask themselves, questions that are geared toward helping the person realize that another person has been there and found ways to find a calming solution. She ends each small chapter with a litany of hope and actions to take, plus reassurance that reflects her own strong belief in a God who shows his care for panicked people. The Poems contains several of her positive and uplifting poems.

Lianne Mercer, RN, MSN, CPT

• Language: English
• Publisher: Balboa Press
• Release date: Jun 27, 2012
• ISBN: 9781452553979

Kay Hammond

Kay Hammond is a born and bred Texan, and has never lived anywhere but Texas. She is currently living in the Austin area. Her goal is to see all fifty of the United States. She has gotten pretty far, but she is not finished yet. She is a writer and photographer. The illustrations in the book where done by her.

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Panic Attacks and Me

Kay Hammond

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2012910824

ISBN: 978-1-4525-5398-6 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4525-5397-9 (e)

Balboa Press rev. date: 6/25/2012

Contents

Preface

Chapter 1               Panic Attacks

Chapter 2               Learning Disability

Chapter 3               Money Stresses

Chapter 4               Losing Support by a Move

Chapter 5               Surviving a Disaster

Chapter 6               When People Split

Chapter 7               Needing Surgery

Chapter 8               Keeping Your Health

Chapter 9               Car Care

Chapter 10             Giving to Others

Chapter 11             Finding My Way

Chapter 12             Emergencies

Chapter 13             Trips

Chapter 14             Losing Things

Chapter 15             Organization

Chapter 16             Losing a Pet

Poems

Claustrophobic

Found

Stress

Plan For Me

Dreams

Expectations Met

God Poem

For Mom

Preface

Panic attacks have affected more of us than we realize. I had not realized that was what I was experiencing until I had this story critiqued. I had what I now realize felt like panic attacks. I would crawl up on the den sofa as a child and not be able to move, as my mother would yell at me constantly. It seemed as if I could never do anything right. I could not understand what was expected of me.

I am grateful that there were other neighbors who were not as critical of me as my mother. Eventually I would crawl off the sofa and escape to friendlier places. I have said for a long time that the lady across the street was more of a mother to me then my mother. She always had a kind ear to listen to my problems and make me feel better about myself.

My Dad was also my protector from mother. He had to pick his battles for me with her, as there were many. He was more of a teacher than she was. I could never understand what she was