"One in five people, according to the WHO, has had a panic attack in their lives."

Panic attacks are one of the most common problems of our time. Feeling terrified in the middle of a crowd, in open or closed spaces, or seeing a certain animal. They are phobias that can lead to a panic attack: the heartbeat accelerates, the breath becomes panting, the feeling of loss of control dominates, seeking shelter to avoid any risk.

Fear is a fundamental emotion, since it sets in motion mechanisms of attack or flight that can save our lives from danger. What can ruin us, on the other hand, is the fear of fear, the preventive fear of the psychophysiological reactions with which our organism responds to what we perceive as a threat. Therefore, it is necessary to place this emotion in its right perspective to be able to dominate it. How can you get out of the vicious circle of panic?

According to Giorgio Nardone, rather than prolonged psychotherapy, what is really useful is a paradoxical strategy that leads us to face fear, even to increase it to the point of canceling it. In order to cure panic attacks, a brief directed therapy based on the logical language and at the same time suggestive of the therapist is necessary, in tasks that the patient must carry out according to the idea of ​​"putting out the fire adding wood". Through various clinical cases, this book demonstrates that getting rid of panic is simpler and faster than you might imagine. The important thing is to let yourself be helped by who knows how.