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Hello, I'm Erica and anxiety no longer controls my life!

I suffered through anxiety for years...

For over a decade, my life revolved around anxiety... and hiding it. I tried everything. Multiple therapists, medications, exercises, books, apps... and even EMDR. I'd spent many years and thousands of dollars...

... and NOTHING WORKED!

I'd wake up at 3am gasping for breath. I'd avoid my elevator where I worked on the 5th floor. I avoided vacations and even stopped shopping at some stores!

“I can’t breathe, I think I’m dying,” I'd stuttered before running out the front door into pitch darkness in a frenzied effort to catch my breath.   

“I can’t keep living this way,” I’d tell my husband after each episode.

I was one year into my marriage at this point, and this 3am ritual was becoming a regular occurrence for us. But I was also panicking during the day. I was constantly panicking, usually in silence and even in the comfort of my own home.

Most of my friends and family had no idea what I was suffering through. This constant fear affected everything in my life.

My profession as a radio host (and the elevator I needed to take just to get to my studio on the fifth floor); the vacations that had to be canceled because they required flying; and later the job interview I couldn’t get to because there was an elevator involved. I feared that if I got stuck, I’d panic and humiliate myself. 

During this time, I saw several psychologists and an MD that prescribed an anti−anxiety medication for me, but nothing helped. I decided then that something was uniquely wrong and that nobody could help me. 

I was a special case, I told myself. I was too far gone and nothing could help.

LIFE HAD BECOME A SERIES OF EXCUSES

Even simple things, like going to social gatherings traveling out of town could cause anxiety. I can't count the number of times I came up with excuses for why I couldn't do something. Even when I wanted to do something, I feared what would happen if I panicked.

I COULD NEVER LET MY GUARD DOWN

Even in my calmest moment, anxiety and panic lurked in the shadows. "My, what a wonderful time you're having... It'd be a shame if something were to happen to it," Anxiety would whisper in my ear on a constant basis.

NO ONE COULD POSSIBLY UNDERSTAND, SO I HID IT FROM THOSE CLOSEST TO ME

How do you explain to someone that you are at war with your mind and body every moment of every day? I knew it didn't make sense, even to myself, so how could I possibly try to explain it to my family and friends? I knew they could NEVER understand what I was going through. Or worse, they'd say...

"YOU JUST NEED TO GET OVER IT" or "I'M SURE IT WILL BE FINE"

In my mind, I knew everything would be fine and that I SHOULD just "get over it." But that was an impossible task. And every time that thought entered my mind, I felt waves of embarrassment wash over me.

AND... NOTHING WORKED!

I tried everything over the course of a decade. Books, medication, meditation, MANY counselors and therapists, yoga, prayer... no matter how much I tried and no matter how many thousands of dollars I invested, I never found the relief I craved.

When I suffered my first panic attack, I set off on a decade long journey to "cure" my illness. I knew that there was something terribly wrong with me. I worried I was "crazy." At times I was sure I was dying. 

I spent countless hours doing talk therapy, EMDR, meditation... later I was prescribed anti-anxiety medication. 

But none of that brought lasting relief, because the truth is: 

Anxiety and panic isorders are too often treated as a mental illness!

Yet something in me wouldn’t give up on the idea of beating this thing. Looking back, I know now that my faith in God kept me hopeful for a better life. 

What was the secret?

The CHAANGE Anxiety Treatment Program... 

...the same program he had used to beat his own anxiety in 1988.

In the first few weeks, I learned that I was NOT broken! But more than just learning this, I accepted it. My mind and body had simply learned to respond to situations in a fearful way.

BUT, I could unlearn and relearn new productive responses. With these tools, I no longer needed to be afraid of being afraid.

After many, many years of saying "no" to and avoiding everything that might possibly, maybe have any  chance of being stressful, I could LIVE MY LIFE AGAIN!

And, I learned that I was NOT alone! Anxiety and panic attacks affects millions of people every day. That I couldn't find relief put me in the VAST MAJORITY of anxiety sufferers. 

But, the secret of the CHAANGE Anxiety Treatment Program is its proven, systematic, week-by-week approach that gave me the learnings I needed to take action and spur growth and healing.

This isn't a new secret, the CHAANGE Anxiety Treatment Program has helped over 200,000 people overcome anxiety through its effective, proven system... 

It was pure luck that I met Dr. Charles Barr, and from that point on, I knew that I had to help you, fellow sufferer, reclaim your life.

I almost didn't take the chance. If I hadn't, I'd still be the same anxious Erica, waking up each night at 3am and avoiding anything that might cause me to be fearful.

Because nothing had helped, I was sure that nothing ever would. I know what it's like to be a skeptic. I was sick of wasting time and money.

I was newly married, money was tight... then Dr. Barr made a very strange recommendation: "If you can only afford to meet with me OR do the CHAANGE Anxiety Treatment Program, do the program. Because that's how you get better."

To this day, I'm so grateful that I met Dr. Barr and that he cared more about me getting better than keeping me as a long-term patient, which would've made him far more money.

So, with some urging from my new husband, I took a chance on the CHAANGE Anxiety Treatment Program.

I'm so glad I took that chance and have begun to live my life again.