Panic Disorder: Stories of Hope

HELLO, I’M WILLARD SCOTT. USUALLY WHEN I APPEAR
IN FRONT OF A CAMERA, IT’S TO GIVE THE WEATHER REPORT
OR DELIVER BIRTHDAY GREETINGS TO ONE OF OUR MOST SENIOR CITIZENS. TODAY I’M HERE FOR
A VERY DIFFERENT REASON. YOU SEE,
ABOUT THIRTY YEARS AGO, DRIVING ACROSS A
BRIDGE IN SOUTH CAROLINA, I HAD AN EXPERIENCE THAT HAD
AN ENORMOUS IMPACT ON MY LIFE. I WAS A
RELATIVELY YOUNG MAN, I HAD A GREAT JOB,
A DEVOTED FAMILY, AND I WAS IN
GOOD PHYSICAL HEALTH. BUT SUDDENLY,
DRIVING OVER THAT BRIDGE, I WAS FILLED
WITH TERROR, CONVINCED I WAS
HAVING A HEART ATTACK.

IT WASN’T THE FIRST TIME
THIS HAD HAPPENED TO ME, BUT THIS TIME
I KNEW THAT SOMETHING POWERFUL WAS GOING ON. SHORTLY AFTER THAT,
I LEARNED I WAS HAVING PANIC ATTACKS, AND THAT I WAS
SUFFERING FROM PANIC DISORDER. I ALSO FOUND
THE HELP I NEEDED, AND I’VE LEARNED TO
MANAGE PANIC ATTACKS SO THEY DON’T
INTERFERE WITH MY LIFE. I’VE ALSO LEARNED THAT
MILLIONS OF OTHER PEOPLE SUFFER FROM PANIC DISORDER. LIKE ME ON THAT BRIDGE ALMOST
THIRTY YEARS AGO, MANY OF THEM KNOW THAT SOMETHING
IS WRONG, BUT THEY DON’T
KNOW QUITE WHAT IT IS. THREE PEOPLE WITH
PANIC DISORDER APPEARS IN THIS VIDEO TO
TELL THEIR STORIES. IF THEIR STORIES SOUND FAMILIAR
YOU, IF MY STORY SOUNDS FAMILIAR TO YOU, WATCH CAREFULLY
BECAUSE WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE IS, ABOVE ALL,
STORIES OF HOPE. >> NARRATOR: WHEN CHUCK JACKSON
GOES TO CHURCH EACH SUNDAY IN THE INDIANA TOWN WHERE HE LIVES,
HE NO LONGER SITS IN THE BACK ROW SO THAT HE CAN
ESCAPE WITHOUT NOTICE.

LAURA SCHY CAN NOW MAKE THE
TRIP FROM HER LOS ANGELES HOME TO VISIT HER INFANT
NIECE IN BURBANK, AND FROM HER NEIGHBORHOOD
IN THE BRONX, TAMMY HOLLAND CAN ONCE AGAIN CONFIDENTLY
TAKE A CROWDED BUS TO WORK. LAURA, AND CHUCK,
AND TAMMY HAVE NEVER MET, BUT EACH VIVIDLY
REMEMBERS THAT FIRST CONFRONTATION WITH
THEIR SHARED ENEMY. >> IT WAS AT HOME,
LATE IN THE EVENING, IN WHAT I THOUGHT
WAS A RELAXED SITUATION >> CLOSE TO MY HOME,
AND JUST OUT OF THE BLUE. >> THE LAND WAS COMPLETELY
FLAT WITH NO TREES AND NO SHADE. IT SEEMED TO ME,
I GOT THIS FEELING THAT THE WHOLE WORLD WAS
CLOSING IN ON ME. >> I STARTED
HAVING PALPITATIONS.

I STARTED SWEATING AND WHAT
WHAT HAPPENED WAS I THOUGHT I WAS HAVING A HEART ATTACK. >> I COULDN’T
GET MY BREATH. I FELT LIKE I COULD
GET A HEART ATTACK. I STARTED TO GET NAUSEATED. >> AND IT STARTS TO
ESCALATE AND I GET LIGHTHEADED AND JUST LIKE, I’M GONNA DIE. >> AND THEN I GOT
REALLY, SCARED. I DON’T REMEMBER EVER
BEING THAT SCARED BEFORE. >> NARRATOR:
THESE EPISODES, PANIC ATTACKS, WERE FRIGHTENING ENOUGH. BUT AS THE ATTACKS CONTINUED,
IT WAS WHAT HAPPENED NEXT THAT HAD THE MOST PROFOUND
IMPACT ON THESE PEOPLE’S LIVES. >> EVERY TIME IT WOULD OCCUR IN
A SITUATION, THAT WOULD BE THE NEXT THING I WOULD AVOID.

>> NARRATOR: AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR
IS THE MOST DISABLING SYMPTOM OF PANIC DISORDER. PSYCHIATRIST
DR. FREDA LEWIS-HALL EXPLAINS. >> PANIC DISORDER CAN CAUSE FROM
VERY LIMITED IMPAIRMENT TO VERY, VERY SEVERE IMPAIRMENT. MUCH OF THE IMPAIRMENT COMES
NOT FROM THE PANIC ATTACKS THEMSELVES, BUT WHAT
HAPPENS BETWEEN ATTACKS, IF THEY HAVE A
PANIC ATTACK ON THE BUS, THEY STOP RIDING THE BUS. IF THEY HAVE ONE
IN A GROCERY STORE, THEY STOP GOING
TO THE GROCERY STORE. AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT,
THEIR WORLD BECOMES SMALLER AND SMALLER AND SMALLER. >> AS LONG AS I AVOID,
I’M I’M OK. BUT MY RADIUS IS SO SMALL.

I MEAN I’M HIGHLY
FUNCTIONAL IN A VERY SMALL AREA. >> NARRATOR: LAURA SCHY
IS HIGHLY FUNCTIONAL. A SINGLE PARENT,
SHE SUPPORTS HERSELF AND HER NINE-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, LISA,
IRONICALLY, AS A TRAVEL AGENT. PLANNING A ROUND-THE-WORLD
TRIP FOR A CLIENT IS EASY. BUT GETTING HERSELF AROUND TOWN
REQUIRES EXTRAORDINARY PLANNING. SHE LAYS OUT HER ROUTE IN
TEDIOUS DETAIL TO KEEP HERSELF FEELING SAFE, FREE FROM ANY
SITUATION THAT SHE THINKS MIGHT TRIGGER A PANIC ATTACK. BECAUSE THE PROSPECT OF A PANIC
ATTACK IS SO TERRIFYING, AND THE SENSE OF DANGER DURING AN ATTACK
IS SO REAL, SHE MAKES SURE SHE KNOWS WHERE TO FIND EMERGENCY
SERVICES ALONG HER ROUTE. >> I’LL GO THROUGH MY
ROAD MAPS AND LOOK AT THE ROUTES THAT I’M MOST LIKELY TO TAKE. I WILL FIND EVERY FIRE STATION,
BECAUSE THEY ARE LABELED, AND I HIGHLIGHT THEM. >> NARRATOR: DR.

JACK GORMAN,
A SPECIALIST IN TREATING PANIC DISORDER, EXPLAINS THAT
THIS EFFORT TO STAY IN SAFE PLACES IS TYPICAL. >> AS PEOPLE CONTINUE TO HAVE
THEIR PANIC ATTACKS, IF THEY’RE NOT TREATED, SOME PEOPLE BECOME
AFRAID TO GO PLACES WHERE THEY MIGHT HAVE A PANIC ATTACK AND
IN WHICH THEY FEAR THEY CAN’T GET HELP RIGHT AWAY. >> LAURA SUFFERS FROM THE LIMITS
PANIC DISORDER PLACES ON HER LIFE AND SHE ALSO WORRIES
ABOUT THE EFFECT HER PANIC DISORDER WILL HAVE ON LISA. >> I FEEL BAD WHEN
SHE’S FRIGHTENED. I FEEL BAD WHEN I KNOW SHE’S
FEELING LIKE SHE WANTS TO TAKE CARE OF MOMMY, IT’S NOT
SUPPOSED TO BE THAT WAY. MOMMIES ARE SUPPOSED
TO TAKE CARE OF LITTLE GIRLS. >> NARRATOR: LAURA WORRIES
ABOUT LISA FOR ANOTHER REASON. EXPERTS SAY THAT
PANIC DISORDER RUNS IN FAMILIES. LAURA RECALLS FEELINGS OF PANIC
WHEN SHE WAS HER DAUGHTER’S AGE. >> I NEVER LIKED
AMUSEMENT PARK RIDES. I DIDN’T LIKE ANYTHING
UPSETTING AT ALL, MOTION, AS A CHILD, THE TEACUPS
AT DISNEYLAND, YOU SPIN. IF I THINK BACK NOW,
I HAD A PANIC ATTACK.

>> NARRATOR: THIS MAY LOOK
LIKE CHILD’S PLAY, BUT IT’S PART OF A TREATMENT, CALLED
COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY. IT’S CAREFULLY DESIGNED
TO HELP LAURA TAME THE DEMONS THAT HAVE PLAGUED HER
SINCE SHE WAS A LITTLE GIRL. >> FOCUS
ON THE SENSATIONS. >> NARRATOR: DR. MICHELLE CRASKE
MEETS WITH LAURA WEEKLY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
AT LOS ANGELES. TOGETHER, THEY ARE TRYING TO
EVOKE IN LAURA THE SENSATIONS, DIZZINESS, OR SHORTNESS
OF BREATH, THAT ARE THE HALLMARKS OF HER PANIC ATTACKS.

>> ALL RIGHT NOW, STOP. WHAT ARE YOU FEELING? SEE IF YOU CAN MOVE
AWAY FROM THE TABLE. JUST WALK AROUND. LET YOURSELF FEEL
THAT WEAK, DIZZY FEELING. KEEP MOVING. >> WELL, YOU KNOW, IF I HAD
DONE THIS SOMEPLACE ELSE, I WOULDN’T BE
TOO HAPPY RIGHT NOW. >> BECAUSE THE SAFETY OF
THE ENVIRONMENT HELPS YOU. >> COGNITIVE THERAPY,
WHICH WAS INTRODUCED FAIRLY RECENTLY, TRIES TO
TARGET THE NEGATIVE THOUGHTS, THE NEGATIVE IMAGES, THAT GO
THROUGH THE PERSON’S MIND, THAT IRRATIONAL QUALITY TO FEAR. >> NARRATOR: EXPERTS POINTS
THAT TREATMENT FOR PANIC DISORDER INVOLVES MEDICATION,
OR COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY, OR BOTH. >> I’D LIKE YOU TO
SPEND A COUPLE OF MINUTES, WE’LL JUST LEAN
AGAINST THE WALL HERE AND PRACTICE DOING SOME
OF THE SLOW BREATHING.

>> NARRATOR: WORKING WITH
DR. CRASKE, LAURA PUTS HER NEW SKILLS TO THE TEST,
RECLAIMING TERRITORY THAT SHE HAD LOST TO PANIC DISORDER. EXPOSURE TRAINING, CONFRONTING
SITUATIONS THAT SHE HAS AVOIDED FOR SO LONG, IS AN
ELEMENT OF LAURA’S THERAPY. >> WATCH THE DOORS OPEN. >> I’M NERVOUS, A LUMP. >> GOOD, YOU’RE NOT
LOOKING AT THE LIGHT. >> I’M DELIBERATELY NOT,
IS IT MOVING? >> NARRATOR: LAURA CONTINUES
HER THERAPY TO MANAGE HER FEAR, SHE ALSO TAKES MEDICATION TO
KEEP HER PANIC ATTACKS AT BAY. IF THE ROAD BACK
FOR LAURA SEEMS TEDIOUS, SHE REMINDS US THAT HER
IT’S FILLED WITH VICTORIES. >> THERE WAS A TIME
WHEN GETTING TO WORK WAS A BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR ME. I WAS HAVING PANIC ATTACKS GOING
BETWEEN HERE AND MY OFFICE, THREE MILES AWAY. IT’S A BIGGER EFFORT,
WHAT DID I JUST READ RECENTLY, THAT THE TEST OF SUCCESS
IN ONE’S LIFE IS NOT WHAT YOU ACHIEVED, BUT THE OBSTACLES
YOU OVERCAME TO ACHIEVE IT.

AND I DO IT EVERY DAY. >> THAT’S GOOD!
GOTTA KEEP DOIN’ IT. >> NARRATOR: CHUCK JACKSON IS
ALSO DOING THINGS THESE DAYS THAT HE HASN’T DONE IN YEARS. CHUCK AND HIS WIFE KAREN LIVE IN
THIS FRAME HOUSE THEY DESIGNED AND BUILT FOR THEMSELVES IN
THE GREEN INDIANA COUNTRYSIDE. THEY HAVE BEEN MARRIED
FOR ALMOST THIRTY YEARS. SHORTLY AFTER THEY WED,
CHUCK SERVED A TOUR OF DUTY IN VIETNAM. HE SAYS NOTHING HE SAW IN
SOUTHEAST ASIA INSPIRED THE SAME TERROR HE FELT DURING
HIS FIRST PANIC ATTACK ON A HOT SUMMER DAY NEAR KOKOMO. CHUCK STILL HAS THE CAR
HE WAS DRIVING WHEN HE HAD THAT FIRST PANIC ATTACK,
AND ON A SUNNY DAY, HE WILL TAKE IT FOR A DRIVE. BUT FOR YEARS,
TO AVOID THE HEAT HE THOUGHT MIGHT TRIGGER AN ATTACK,
HE LEFT HOME ONLY TO GO TO WORK.

>> WHEN I WASN’T WORKING
I WAS SPENDING MY DAYS IN THE BASEMENT WHERE IT WAS COOL. HEAT WAS A TERRIBLE THING,
AND IN SOUTHERN INDIANA WITH THE HUMIDITY I DIDN’T
WANT TO GO OUTSIDE AT ALL? >> NARRATOR: AS THE FEAR
PANIC ATTACKS BEGAN TO RESHAPE HIS LIFE, EVEN THE
FAMILIAR THREE-HOUR DRIVE TO HIS PARENT’S HOME
THANKSGIVING DINNER WAS TOO TERRIFYING TO COMPLETE. >> I SAID, “I CAN MAKE IT.” WE TURNED AROUND AGAIN. AND THIS TIME WE MADE TEN MILES
AND I COULDN’T MAKE IT SO I HAD TO GO BACK AND CALL MY PARENTS
AND TELL THEM THAT WE WEREN’T GOING TO MAKE IT, COULDN’T
MAKE IT TO THANKSGIVING. >> WE WOULD GO A WAYS
AND THEN WE’D TURN BACK. THEN WE’D GO A
WAYS AND TURN BACK. I THINK IT WAS MORE THAN TWICE. I THINK IT WAS MAYBE THREE,
FOUR, FIVE TIMES WE TRIED IT, YOU KNOW, AND GETTING
MORE UPSET EACH TIME.

AND OF COURSE NOTHING
PREPARED AT HOME SO WE HAD A DISMAL THANKSGIVING DINNER IN
A RESTAURANT WHILE THE WHOLE FAMILY WAS ONE HUNDRED
FIFTY MILES NORTH OF US. >> NARRATOR: CHUCK
REPEATEDLY SOUGHT HELP. WITH APPROPRIATE MEDICATION,
HE WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE WORKING AND SUPPORT HIS FAMILY. BUT HE STILL AVOIDED
ANY PLACE HE THOUGHT MIGHT TRIGGER AN ATTACK,
AND HIS PHOBIAS, AS MUCH AS THE ATTACKS
THEMSELVES, DIMINISHED HIS LIFE. >> WE’RE PRETTY SURE THAT
IF YOU LET THAT GO ON, IT GETS HARDER AND
HARDER TO TREAT, THAT IS, THAT PEOPLE BECOME SO ACCUSTOMED
TO THESE PHOBIAS EVEN IF YOU CAN BLOCK THEIR PANIC
ATTACKS, THE PHOBIAS MAY GET A LIFE OF THEIR OWN, AND
THE PERSON MAY CONTINUE TO HAVE A HARD TIME GOING PLACES.

>> NARRATOR: FOR ALMOST
FOR TWO DECADES, CHUCK NEVER LEFT THE STATE OF INDIANA. AND, WHILE THEIR TWO CHILDREN,
JENNY AND ADAM, GREW FROM BABIES TO TEENAGERS TO YOUNG ADULTS,
CHUCK AND KAREN FELT CHEATED BY THE LIMITS THAT PANIC DISORDER
IMPOSED ON THEIR FAMILY LIFE. >> THERE WAS A LOT OF GUILTY
FEELING ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO TAKE OUR CHILDREN ON TRIPS
THE WAY OTHER FAMILIES DID. OTHER KIDS WOULD
GO TO DISNEY WORLD AND THINGS LIKE THAT
AND WE COULDN’T DO THAT. >> I WAS AFRAID I’D BE
LIVING THIS WAY ALL MY LIFE BUT I DIDN’T WANT TO. I WANTED TO FIND RELIEF. >> NARRATOR: FOUR YEARS AGO,
KAREN JACKSON LEARNED ABOUT A NEARBY PSYCHOLOGIST
WHO WAS TREATING PEOPLE WITH CHUCK’S SYMPTOMS. >> HE GAVE US SOME TOOLS
HE SHOWED US HOW TO DO IN VIVO TRAINING WHERE YOU
WENT INTO A SITUATION JUST A LITTLE BIT AND THEN PULL BACK,
AND THEN A LITTLE BIT FARTHER AND PULL BACK.

>> NARRATOR: WITH THE HELP
OF THE TRAINING AND CONTINUED MEDICATION, CHUCK’S
THE WORLD BEGAN TO EXPAND. HIS BIGGEST CHALLENGE
CAME WHEN HIS DAUGHTER JENNY DECIDED TO GO TO
COLLEGE IN PENNSYLVANIA. CHUCK DIDN’T KNOW UNTIL
THE SUNDAY MORNING SHE LEFT, IF HE WOULD TRY TO MAKE
THE DRIVE WITH HER AND KAREN. >> I WENT TO CHURCH BY MYSELF
AND I HALFWAY HOPED THAT THEY WOULD BE GONE WHEN I GOT HOME. I HALFWAY HOPED,
AND THEY WERE. SO I CLIMBED IN AND I KEPT
THINKING, EVERY PLACE WE WENT, WELL, LET’S SEE, I CAN STOP AND
STAY HERE UNTIL THEY GET BACK. I CAN STOP AND STAY HERE. AND THEN WE GOT TO OHIO
AND I WAS IN THE BACK WITH MY EARPHONES AND THE CURTAINS
PULLED INTO THE VAN AND WE GOT INTO OHIO AND ALL OF A SUDDEN
I STARTED FEELING, I’D MADE IT. I’VE MADE IT THIS FAR. MAYBE I CAN MAKE IT FARTHER. AND AFTER THAT,
THE TRIP JUST WAS A DREAM. >> NARRATOR: CHUCK IS
NO LONGER IN THERAPY. HE STILL TAKES MEDICATION
TO CONTROL HIS FEAR OF HAVING A PANIC ATTACK. AND HE SAYS EVERY DAY
HE WORKS A LITTLE AT COMPLETELY TAMING HIS PANIC DISORDER.

THIS MORNING IN CHURCH,
FOR INSTANCE, HE SAT ONLY SEVEN ROWS FROM THE FRONT,
CLOSER THAN EVER BEFORE. >> ANOTHER THING THAT WE DID
TODAY THAT I HAVEN’T DONE IN YEARS AND THAT WAS
SIT ON THE AISLE. I ALWAYS SIT ON THE FAR SIDE
BY THE WINDOW BY THE SIDE AISLE SO I WON’T MAKE A STIR IF
I HAVE TO GET UP AND LEAVE. SO TODAY WAS A GOOD TEST FOR ME.

>> NARRATOR: CHUCK MEASURES
HIS PROGRESS IN WHAT MAY LOOK LIKE SMALL STEPS, EVEN AS SMALL
AS THE DISTANCE BETWEEN PEWS IN A COUNTRY CHURCH, BUT TO CHUCK,
THOSE SMALL STEPS ADD UP TO A WORLD WITHOUT BOUNDARIES. >> I GOT MY LIFE BACK, YES. THE FACT THAT
I’M FREE TO TRAVEL, AND I’M FREE
TO GO WHEREVER I WANT TO. IT’S LIKE BEING BORN AGAIN. >> NARRATOR: TAMMY HOLLAND
LIVES A WORLD AWAY FROM CHUCK JACKSON, BUT SHE SOUNDS
REMARKABLY LIKE HIM WHEN SHE TALKS ABOUT HER VICTORY
OVER PANIC DISORDER. >> I FELT LIKE
I HAD REGAINED MY LIFE. MY LIFE WAS UNDER CONTROL AGAIN. AND IT WAS MINE. >> NARRATOR: TAMMY AND WALTER
COBBS LIVE IN THE SOUTH BRONX. >> HEY WALTER.
IT’S STOPPED SNOWING. WHY DON’T WE GO OUT,
GO FOR A WALK? >> NARRATOR: NOT TOO LONG AGO,
A WALK IN THE PARK AWAY FROM THE SECURITY OF HOME,
HER SAFE PLACE WOULD HAVE BEEN
FULL OF HIDDEN TERROR.

>> LISTEN TO THE TREES. >> NARRATOR: TAMMY HAD HER
FIRST PANIC ATTACK ONLY FOUR YEARS AGO,
WHEN SHE WAS TWENTY-NINE. >> IT SEEMED AS IF
I WAS HAVING A HEART ATTACK. AT THAT MOMENT,
I BECAME KIND OF FRANTIC AND I COULDN’T CALM DOWN. I COULDN’T CALM DOWN AT ALL. AND IT GOT BLOWN OUT
OF PROPORTION TO THE POINT WHERE I THOUGHT I WAS DYING. >> NARRATOR: WALTER CALLED AN
AMBULANCE AND WENT WITH TAMMY TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL. >> THEY TOLD ME THERE
WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH ME. THEY TOLD ME JUST TO CALM DOWN
AND THEY COULDN’T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH ME. AND THAT MADE ME A LITTLE
MORE UPSET BECAUSE THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT
I KNEW WAS WRONG WITH ME, I WAS HAVING PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS,
AND I COULDN’T ACCEPT WHAT THEY WERE TELLING ME, YOU KNOW, THAT
ALL I HAD TO DO WAS CALM DOWN. MAYBE I WAS STRESSED
OUT, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND THEY JUST SENT ME HOME. THEY JUST SENT ME HOME. >> NARRATOR: TAMMY WITHDREW
INTO HER APARTMENT, SEEING IT AS THE ONLY SAFE
PLACE IN THE WORLD.

LIKE CHUCK JACKSON,
TAMMY FELT HER LIFE SHRINK INTO A MONOTONOUS
ROUND OF HOME AND WORK. >> I WAS AT MY WIT’S END
WITH EVERYONE TELLING ME, “THERE’S NOTHING
WRONG WITH YOU.” >> NARRATOR: FINALLY,
TAMMY FOUND DR. JACK GORMAN. HE KNEW EXACTLY WHAT WAS
WRONG WITH HER AND HOW TO HELP. >> WHEN HE EXPLAINED TO ME WHAT
THE COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY WAS GOING TO DO FOR ME AND WHAT
KIND OF EXERCISES WE WERE GOING TO GO THROUGH AND THINGS LIKE
, I STARTED CRYING BECAUSE I WAS JUST SO HAPPY THAT I
FINALLY GOT TO THE POINT WHERE I SAID, “HEY THIS IS IT.

THIS IS WHERE I NEED TO BE, THIS
THAT IS WHAT I’VE BEEN LOOKING FOR. I JUST DIDN’T KNOW THERE
WAS A SPECIFIC NAME FOR IT.” >> NARRATOR: TAMMY
CONTINUED ON THE MEDICATION SHE HAD BEEN TAKING,
AND BEGAN COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY
WITH DR. GORMAN. HER LIFE TURNED AROUND
ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. EXPERTS SAY THAT IT CAN TAKE
SOME TIME TO FIND THE RIGHT TREATMENT, MEDICATION,
OR THERAPY, OR A COMBINATION. TAMMY’S MESSAGE,
AND DR. GORMAN’S, KEEP TRYING UNTIL
THE RIGHT TREATMENT IS FOUND. >> THE FIRST STEP IS TO
MAKE SURE YOU’RE WITH A DOCTOR OR A THERAPIST WHO IS
OPEN-MINDED AND DOESN’T SAY, “I DON’T BELIEVE
IN MEDICATION,” OR “I DON’T BELIEVE
IN PSYCHOTHERAPY.” THESE ARE NOT RELIGIONS AND ARE
NOT SUBJECT TO BELIEF, THEY’RE SUBJECT TO SCIENTIFIC
STUDIES AND ALSO WHAT WORKS FOR AN INDIVIDUAL PATIENT. >> THERE’S NO REASON,
I FEEL, THAT ANYONE SHOULD HAVE TO LIVE LIKE THAT. THERE’S HELP OUT THERE. WHETHER IT’S PSYCHOTHERAPY,
WHETHER IT’S MEDICATION, WHETHER IT’S COGNITIVE
BEHAVIORAL THERAPY, THERE’S DEFINITELY
HELP OUT THERE.

AND THEY SHOULDN’T
FEEL HOPELESS. THEY SHOULDN’T
FEEL HOPELESS AT ALL. >> IF YOU RECOGNIZED YOURSELF,
OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW, IN ANY OF THE PEOPLE WE HAVE JUST SEEN,
OR, IF YOU, OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW, HAS EXPERIENCED SYMPTOMS LIKE
THEIRS, CALL THIS NUMBER: YOU’LL RECEIVE INFORMATION
ABOUT TREATMENTS THAT CAN HELP. PANIC DISORDER IS
REAL, AND TREATABLE. CAPTIONED BY
GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF TELEVISION
FILM AND PHOTOGRAPHY.

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