★Simplified Chinese and Croatian language copyrights have been sold!
★A super best-selling book in Slovenia, reprinted twice within four months of publication, has been reprinted three times, and has won the Slovenian book sales list for six consecutive months!
★As of now, 4500 copies have been sold. In Slovenia, where the average first print run of books is only 300-500 copies, this book is a success!
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★An inspirational story about overcoming severe anxiety and panic disorder. The author speaks out and uses her own experience as a script to bring you back to the original simplicity and learn to be appropriate.
★Full-text English translation is available!

　　Anything is possible if you want. What we need to realize is that power is hidden within us. Once we stop playing the victim role, things start happening that we don't even dare to dream of. The occasional difficult moment still comes -- but only as a moment, not a long period.
　　If you're feeling anxious and panicking, it's your body's warning. You can take it as a gift and start being kind to yourself and listening to your own heart; it will tell you that you are not on the right path. Don't run away from your anxiety, running away will only make it worse, scarier, more frustrating, just accept it bravely and let it be your friend.
　　After that, your life will be better, turn your anxiety into inspiration, be active in life - live according to your heart, don't be trapped by people's eyes and ideas, and be brave and active in your own way.
　　Good luck!

　　In the past 15 years, working hard, racing against others, 15 years of perfect image. In everyone's eyes, she is a strong woman. Struggling for the future, she always recalls her past life, but she never fully appreciates the present time, nor does she face her own heart properly. Busy, she never stops, no matter when, she needs to do something. What the hell is she doing? Is it for the approval of others? Or just to find a sense of belonging in a place or a field? Or does she not love herself at all? She was nervous, exhausted and confused until everything got out of hand. As a journalist and a single mother, she couldn't believe what had happened to her. After her career and life collapsed completely and uncontrollably, she suffered from anxiety and panic attacks, her life has changed beyond recognition, and she doesn't know how to deal with it.
　　An inspirational story about overcoming severe anxiety and panic attacks, telling readers to face the same situation, don't give up and don't think it's the worst thing to do (although in that situation you might think you're being Abandoned by the world, almost despairing of life), but in fact this is a precious gift from God. When you don't treat yourself well, when you don't take care of yourself, your body will give you a timely warning to stop those unconscious, horrible behaviors.
　　After that, your life will be transformed for the better, turn your anxiety into inspiration, and be active in life - live as you want, without being bound by people's visions and ideas. Live bravely and actively in your own way!

Damjana Bakarič

Born in 1975, she graduated in Communications Science in 2001 and has worked for 15 years as a TV and newspaper reporter, as an editor for a magazine and as a consultant for a PR firm. Author stress usually comes from her husband or her attitude towards work, competing, chasing, catching deadlines. Currently, she is passionate about writing and is dedicated to studying people's lives and inner worlds. Now hosts a show called "Mind Night", inviting a lot of interesting guests and members of the public to discuss various topics about self and relationships with them. The author advocates reading, and believes that reading is a very healthy behavior, because it is the book that gives her a chance to be born again. The author hopes that everyone can find themselves and bravely face their true self. At the same time, she also hopes that she can help others get out of their psychological shadows and rediscover the beauty of life.

CONTENTS

A note from the translator
A word from the author
Preface

1、BEGINNINGS
A network of anxiety
First escape
ANA: "Anxiety turned my life upside down"
Morning coffee
A period of peace that wasn't one
An official diagnosis
SANJA V.: "To realize that somebody took away your life as you knew it is the worst thing"
Panic attack in director's office
2、REALIZATION
Becoming my own worst enemy
Anxiety expands its field of activity
When you don't dare going to work
ANDREJ: "We find it normal and acceptable if we break an arm, yet we never admit a broken soul. But it hurts just as bad, if not worse"
Anxiety, who are you?
Love and anxiety
When a hug eliminates a panic attack
A time of love with new perceptions
A glimmer of hope
MAJA: "I need to put myself first and love myself"
A turn for the worse
When you are certain that you are going mad
The panic attack which forced me to start living a new life
FRANC: "We feel open to anxiety but we are too reserved on what is happening between four walls"
3、TREATMENT
Confrontation
First sick leave
A repose in my prime
Changes or when it's not you anymore
ALINA: "Life is a gorgeous fight"
Insomnia
Retreat into infatuation
Fear
LUKA: "Considering the society we live in, I would sooner be surprised by the non- anxious people than by those that are anxious"
We become that which we contemplate
First steps of self-cognition
Relationships
MARKO PREŽELJ: "I live my life day by day without any mental overtaking in the sense of 'I'm waiting for Friday, the weekend or the summer'"
Psychotherapy
Beginnings of a new life
My methods
DAŠA J.: "Depression and anxiety have seriously interfered with my life so my life is very difficult, although I am getting treatment"
Sunny with scattered clouds
Eternal opposites or the inner conflict
Establishing relations
People with higher level of consciousness
Money makes the world – and my anxiety – go round
Why do we neglect our mental well-being and our soul?
ANDREJ T.: "I have not yet freed myself of all anxiety, but it has become manageable"
Whose fault is it actually?
Some basics to help you feel better
Several final insights

Afterword
Just before the release …
About the author
Credits