I bought this book in audio form when I was enclosed in the iron grip of severe panic attacks, so severe that I was unable to leave the house or to travel anywhere. I had no idea what to think, and was clutching at straws as did the drowning man. This was not an immediately palliative book, in my eyes it came at you hard, putting all the feelings that a person with severe panic attacks may feel, making a person feel uneasy, uncomfortable and for me, very afraid having to relive the feelings I would give anything to be able to lose. Yet again, this was part of the learning curve it gave, at least in my eyes, it made you stand to attention, take on board all these negative and very frightening feelings and face them, however hard it may be, and those who have had panic attacks know exactly how frightening it is to have to relive the very fear which places you in a panic in the first place. At first I found it very hard to listen to, in fact, I didn't want to, I did not want to listen to someone tell me how awful I felt,to make me listen to those intense fears which were decimating my life, but you have to, something keeps you listening in. I was not keen on on the author's accent, it jarred a little, but in time that was forgotten as you became lost in the narrative. There were illustrations of people in situations beyond their control and how to survive these, self help advice and lots of good commonsense. I will not say that it was easy for me to listen to, I felt uneasy and it reminded me too much of myself, the life I was living at that time and what I may have to do to overcome this eventually, if ever. It made me sit and look inwardly and see some things I didn't much like, but that is very clever psychology!! I am now back to normal, I know that there is no sure cure, some highly stressful situation could start a relapse, this comes through on the tapes too, but so far so good. I feel that it helped me to see myself and realise what I needed to do, whether this applies to others, is down to their own persona, but in the dark world of panic attacks, anything that helps is clutched at. I would suggest these tapes are listened to just for their ability to make you sit up straight and face reality, it hurts, but it works!!!!