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“Around  3:00 a.m. on a red eye. Still half asleep, I suddenly felt suffocated. I noticed my hands were trembling. I was fighting with myself to inhale more oxygen. Actually trying to breathe deeply. It didn’t help. I looked down to find my legs shaking terribly as well. Not wanting to disturb my husband sleeping next to me, I got up and locked myself in the other room. I thought I was having a seizure. I puked . Felt numb. Those few minutes were like days. Anyhow they passed while praying to god to grant me with a long life.  Well I don’t want this to happen again . Ever! “ One of the core features of panic disorder is recurrent, unexpected panic attacks. A panic attack is an abrupt surge of physical symptoms such as chest pain, palpitations, sensations of shortness of breath, feelings of choking, and dizziness/unsteadiness, which can be accompanied by intense discomfort and/or fear of dying/fear of losing control. People with panic attack may have/feel: • Sudden and repeat...

Is giving punishment Okie or Not ?  Where did we ever get the crazy idea that in order to make children do better, first we have to make them feel worse? Think of the last time you felt humiliated or treated unfairly. Did you feel like cooperating or doing better?” –Jane Nelsen There are many myths related to parenting, but perhaps the biggest myth is that punishment changes the behavior of children. No one wants to raise children who don’t listen. When our children defy us, we want to stop their bad behaviour as fast as possible. And when we punish children, we typically see the behaviour stop. When we achieve our desired outcome temporarily, all seems well. And the next time when our child misbehaves we punish him again. We repeat our behavior the same way our child do. This reoccurrence of his misbehaviour is because we didn’t replaced his misbehaviour into the acceptable one! We usually forget that change in behaviour can’t be done in just one go but takes time.  Do You kn...