UnAgoraphobic, Hal Mathew
UnAgoraphobic, Hal Mathew
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Un-Agoraphobic
Overcome Anxiety, Panic Attacks, and Agoraphobia for Good: A Step-by-Step Plan

Author: Hal Mathew

Narrator: Hal Mathew

Unabridged: 6 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/01/2014

Categories: Nonfiction, Psychology


Synopsis

Un-Agoraphobic offers a comprehensive, step-by-step self-help program for overcoming agoraphobia and panic attacks. Since overcoming his own disorder twenty years ago, Mathew has been leading support groups and recovery programs for people with agoraphobia. He understands what agoraphobes need and how to deliver it.No one knows exactly what causes agoraphobia or panic attacks, but it clearly involves some misfirings in the brain. The good news is that recent neuroscience research suggests the brain is retrainable—at any age.The basis for any recovery plan for anxiety disorders is a highly structured approach each day. Mathew provides a daily schedule that lays out a clear set of steps and considerations for conquering this affliction, including:• writing every day
• cultivating present-moment thinking
• taking a new approach to food and eating
• choosing a therapist
• starting a peer support group
• using visualization techniques specifically designed for overcoming anxiety and panic
• taking medications, if appropriate
• dealing with children, spouse, parents, friends, coworkers, teachers, bosses, and more
• taking your first trip out of the houseMathew includes FAQs, general survival tips, and a special chapter on tips for spouses and loved ones.Un-Agoraphobic is candid, funny, prescriptive, and spot on for panic disorders—by an author with a lot of life experience under his belt.

About Hal Mathew

Hal Mathew was born and raised in Billings, MT. He began his writing and editing career at The Billings Gazette. Despite being plagued by panic disorder and agoraphobia, his journalism career included several other newspapers and a wire service. With Un-Agoraphobic he has created a way for those suffering with continual anxiety and panic attacks to reclaim their lives. He makes pottery, gardens, and writes in his adopted home of Salem, Oregon.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jill on April 23, 2018

Not a clinical book in the slightest, but i gave it 4 stars because it was relatable and a lot of it was good, commonsense advice......more

Goodreads review by Yuliy on April 20, 2025

The book positions itself as helpful and silly. I found it to be less helpful and a lot more silly that it needed to be. Also, at times it felt like I'm reading a book about everything but how to overcome agoraphobia. It felt like I'm reading a companion book, which focuses on secondary, additional......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on June 22, 2024

I have thought about this book and if I liked it or not, I decided to give it three stars but thought about maybe two because I think there were some parts that could be harmful. He makes it seem "normal" to have your partner leave you while you are going through this situation and I think that coul......more