THE PANIC PROTOCOL: A FIELD MANUAL FOR WHEN YOUR BODY DECIDES IT IS AN EMERGENCY

Your alarm is not broken. It is calibrated wrong.Anxiety is a smoke detector with the sensitivity set too high. It screams at burnt toast - and every symptom that frightens you is that system doing its job correctly for an emergency that is not occurring.INSIDE- The ninety-second protocol - six steps, one page, large enough to pin up- Breathing, orienting and naming techniques that work on people who think they sound ridiculous- What panic is actually doing to your body, in plain mechanics- The four things that make it worse, and why they feel like help- The come-down: the ten minutes after, and what to do with a wrecked afternoon- Three in the morning, and why nothing you conclude there is admissible in daylight- What to say to the people around you, and pages to hand them- Write-in pages for patterns, avoidance, and the things you have already survived- Sixteen cut-out cards: twelve to carry, four to give awayThis is a book of coping skills, not treatment. It is not therapy, diagnosis or medical advice, and it does not replace a professional who knows you. It is what you reach for while the wave passes.Nothing is wrong with you. Something is loud in you.From Her Royal Madness - a little kingdom for people who never quite fit into ordinary.