Comments on: panic at williamsburg bridge!

By: arlynnpresser

arlynnpresser — Mon, 21 May 2012 12:29:50 +0000

i’m very glad for you that you have gotten free of your barriers. truly, love is a wonderful thing!

By: arlynnpresser

arlynnpresser — Sat, 19 May 2012 14:49:23 +0000

i totally understand. the first panic attack is always the one we remember perfectly. i didn’t expect to be that scared on the bridge. but i’m glad that you have been able to move beyond panic attacks. i haven’t yet, but i try every day!

By: shakezilla

shakezilla — Fri, 18 May 2012 18:00:52 +0000

Arlynn, when i saw an email from a blog i subscribe to that posted a youtube link to f2fb trailor, all i needed was to read the description. I then said WOW subconsciously out loud…the whole office looked at me.

I am a New Yorker and I suffered from agoraphobia. Last April on my Birthday I was stuck in my house, If i walked outside my door I would get gripping panic, but i did anyway.

Eventually I met someone special and she helped me overcome my barriers. All medication free, just sheer power of will, motivation, practice and patience.

I now get stuck in traffic on a daily basis coming from work. I fall asleep in tunnels and have no problem on bridges. I’ve gone on ski lifts and snowboarding trips. Stayed at hotels and a house in the middle of a snowed in forest.

All of this within one year.
I can’t live life in fear.

It really is all about stepping over that boundary, because when you do, you teach your brain something new.

I am very motivated and inspired by you.

By: CarlyBeth's Blog

CarlyBeth's Blog — Fri, 11 May 2012 18:39:08 +0000

yw! love your blog! (i am a mild agoraphobe myself )

By: arlynnpresser

arlynnpresser — Thu, 10 May 2012 21:42:58 +0000

that’s adorable and true about the statue of liberty! thanks carlybeth!

By: arlynnpresser

arlynnpresser — Thu, 10 May 2012 21:42:32 +0000

weird thing is that i didn’t realize i was going to be scared on the bridge until i was already there. and those new yorkers are just tooling along like it’s perfectly normal to be on a suspension bridge that was, until 1924, the longest suspension bridge in the world! over a highway of cars. next to a train track. over the water. i admire new yorkers!

By: arlynnpresser

arlynnpresser — Thu, 10 May 2012 21:40:49 +0000

that’s basically what my day is like every day. there’s usually something that makes me panic and it’s incredible to me that there are lots of people who are exactly like i was on that bridge every time they leave their houses. i was like that.

By: carolynquinn

carolynquinn — Thu, 10 May 2012 17:47:31 +0000

I just wanted to add that it’s awesome you put this up here to educate the rest of us. Hearing that people are having panic attacks is one thing; seeing it happen to a friend is something else entirely and packs a wallop! Bravo again that you kept going forward!

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You’re Richer Than You Think | Pink Ninjabi — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:59:35 +0000

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By: howardlovelyjr

howardlovelyjr — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:57:19 +0000

Arlynn,…

I appreciate that you shared your [feelings] in this post.
You talked about how you got stuck on the bridge three times and at first I thought that you were talking about being [stuck] in traffic but after I watched the video clip,…I realized that you walked across the bridge and got mentally and physically “frozen” on the bridge due to panic….!!!

Thank you Arlynn for sharing this real-world emotional experience,….the kind of experience / panic that can derail a relationship, employment, dates, social activities,..etc.,..when it happens on a regular impromptu basis.
Believe you me,….I’ve personally had all of these situations derailed due to arbitrary anxiety.

Howard Lovely, Jr.