Many people call two very different experiences an anxiety attack. A panic attack is a sudden surge of fear that peaks within minutes, while anxiety builds slowly around something that might happen. Here is what the research and the diagnostic manual say, and where a self-paced course like Anxiety 101 fits.

After a first panic attack, the biggest change is often not the attacks but the life that narrows around them. CBT for panic works by testing the body's alarm readings, and the places that have been given up, step by step. Here is what the research shows, and where a self-paced course like Anxiety 101 fits.

The habits that get people through a feared situation are often the ones that keep the fear in place. CBT works by testing the fear's predictions, step by step, instead of obeying them. Here is what the research shows, and where a self-paced course like Anxiety 101 fits.