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🗓️ 28 May 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Dr. Laura offers Julie a remedy for the panic that overcomes her when she feels criticized. Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my call of the day podcast. You can hear my live radio program Monday through
0:06.3	Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph 11. Julie, welcome to the program.
0:13.8	Thanks, Dr. Laura. I'm so happy to talk with you. Thank you. What's happening? Well,
0:20.3	about two years ago, I have a high-level job, and about two years ago, I have kind of a what I would call a mean boss. He's from Eastern Europe, and he's got this harsh voice, and he came at me for and berated me for a solid 45 minutes.
0:38.2	And after that, I started having some panic attacks in the morning, especially if I knew I was going to, you know, have a call with him.
0:46.4	Well, I thought I was going to be fired.
0:48.8	I had all this stuff, crazy stuff in my head, and it went away.
0:52.8	And now fast forward two years, and here we are again, but this time it's because I have a mean client.
1:00.2	So now the panic attacks are starting every morning again.
1:04.1	So it seems to be a connection of some person in power that's mean to me, throws me into panic attacks.
1:11.1	Logically, I know none of it's true.
1:13.1	The voice in my head is just, you know, you're going to be fired.
1:15.9	I'm sorry.
1:16.7	You know what's not true.
1:19.0	You could have been fired.
1:20.2	I know.
1:20.8	Okay, may I just interject for a moment?
1:24.0	Yes.
1:25.0	It's your weakness that's resulting in panic attacks. Yeah.
1:31.0	After an attack, as you just, after an attack as you described for 45 minutes,
1:36.5	I would have gone to HR or an attorney? Yeah. I did go to HR, but, you know, not an attorney.
1:49.9	But I took more than I should have taken.
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