My Turn: Don't panic — meditation can help
Saturday, April 16, 2011 - 19:31
in Health & Medicine
By focusing on breathing, you can wake up from the anxieties of everyday life.My little bit of a nervous breakdown started 10 years ago, when my daughter — then five — was diagnosed with epilepsy. After six weeks of smiling through neurologist appointments, EEGs, blood tests and boatloads of worry, I started having panic attacks, which are aptly named. They feel like total, uncontrollable panic.