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False Alarm
Overcoming panic attacks with CBT
Panic is a false alarm — a healthy fight-or-flight response firing without danger. This program decodes the sensations, puts the catastrophes on trial, and then retrains the alarm directly, using the same treatment panic clinics use first. Ten to fifteen minutes a day, guided by your own log.
Con el coach ElenaPanic has a shape, too
- Out of nowhere: pounding heart, tight chest, can't-catch-your-breath — and the certainty that something is badly wrong.
- Dizzy, numb, or unreal — like you're watching yourself from outside.
- The fear of the fear: scanning your body for the next one before it's even started.
- Avoiding the places it happened — the store, the highway, the meeting room.
- It's been more than one attack, and the shrinking hasn't stopped.
Your panic log drives the program
Not a course you watch — a loop you run. False Alarm reads every wave you log and prescribes your next step, the same way a panic clinic would.
Measure
A ninety-second panic log whenever a wave hits — plus a thirty-second evening check-in. Late is fine; logged beats unlogged.
as it happens · 90 secLearn
Short sessions with Elena teach the method — the panic cycle, the catastrophes on trial, why we invite the sensations on purpose.
10–15 min · most daysAdjust
The weekly review reads your fear ratings and prescribes your next rung on the sensation or exposure ladder.
weekly review↻ the loop runs weekly — six times
A rung on your sensation or exposure ladder clears once your fear rating hits 4 out of 10 or lower, on two separate attempts. Clear it, and next review prescribes your next rung — built from your own ladder, at your own pace.
Six weeks, one method
Seventeen sessions and six weekly check-ins. The first week is free — including your baseline panic report.
Week 1Understand the AlarmThe machinery, and the loop3 sesiones
Week 2Defuse the SymptomsEvery sensation, decoded4 sesiones
Week 3Retrain the ThoughtsThe catastrophes, on trial4 sesiones
Week 4Meet the SensationsThe week that does the heavy lifting4 sesiones
Week 5Reclaim the MapEverywhere panic fenced off4 sesiones
Week 6Keep the GroundYour plan, your drill, your map3 sesiones
Elena
Anxiety & exposure · guía 4 programas
The exposure specialist. Calm-under-fire, precise, gently confident — the voice you want when your alarm is screaming. Her warmth is in her steadiness.
“Hi, I'm Elena. Over the next six weeks we're going to retrain your alarm — not by avoiding the sensations, but by meeting them on purpose, until they stop meaning danger.”
The first-line treatment, faithfully built
Panic control treatment is the protocol panic clinics reach for first — before medication — and it works by decoding the sensations, testing the catastrophes, and then meeting the sensations on purpose until the alarm stops firing. False Alarm implements the standard multi-component protocol, in order, with the same measurements a clinic would use.
- Psychoeducation on the panic cycleClark
- Cognitive restructuringBarlow's PCT
- Interoceptive exposure
- Situational exposure
- Relapse prevention
We screen before we start
Panic sensations can mimic real medical emergencies, so we start carefully. If cardiac symptoms haven't been medically evaluated, the program opens in an education-only track until that clearance is confirmed — and the interoceptive exposure workouts are individually screened, so anything with a contraindication for you is hidden from your plan.
This program is not medical advice. We'd rather confirm you're safe first than let you push through the wrong protocol.
False Alarm, frente a la competencia
| False AlarmResiliens | HelloBetter Panichellobetter.de | |
|---|---|---|
| Precio | $99 pago único (antes $149): el programa es tuyo | Fully reimbursed via German statutory insurance when prescribed (DiGA); self-pay price not published |
| Estructura | 6 semanas · 17 sesiones + revisiones semanales | 12 weeks, 6 units, roughly 45–60 minutes per unit |
| Personalización | Panic log + evening check-in → ladder advancement → next rung | Online journal plus recurring weekly symptom checks |
| Apoyo humano | Autoguiado · filtros de referencia a clínicos incorporados | An assigned licensed psychologist gives personal written feedback after each unit, via async messaging |
| Acceso | Autoservicio, comienza hoy | Insurance-prescription (Germany-only DiGA reimbursement) or self-pay |
| Amplitud | Catálogo de 70+ programas · combina 2-3 programas relacionados y ahorra | Panic/agoraphobia-specific |
| Plataformas | Web · iOS · Android | iOS · Android · Web |
Fuentes: precios de la competencia y páginas de programas — cada valor de producción incluye una URL de origen y fecha de acceso, y los datos no publicados se etiquetan como "no publicado", nunca se adivinan.
Por qué lo construimos de forma diferente
- The clinic's ladder, not an audio library. Your sensation and exposure ladder advances from your own logged fear ratings — the interoceptive-exposure mechanism that does the heavy lifting, not an open-ended library of calming audio.
- One price, available everywhere. $149 once, self-serve from day one — no insurance prescription, no country restriction, no waiting on a health system to offer it.
Comienza gratis. Continúa si está funcionando.
Primera semana
- Onboarding + two full sessions
- Panic log + daily check-in
- Your baseline panic report
Programa completo
- All six weeks of False Alarm, yours to keep
- Every session, review, and exercise
- Web + Untangle app access
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Antes de comenzar
Do I need a diagnosis to use this?
No. False Alarm is built for the panic pattern, not a chart code. The onboarding screen checks whether the full protocol is right for you — and routes you to an education-only track first if cardiac symptoms haven't been medically evaluated.
How is this different from breathing or meditation apps?
Breathing helps in the moment; it doesn't retrain the alarm. False Alarm tests the catastrophes and then meets the sensations on purpose, on a ladder built from your own fear ratings — the mechanism with the strongest evidence base, not just a technique for right now.
What if I've never had my symptoms checked by a doctor?
The safety screen asks directly. If cardiac symptoms haven't been medically evaluated, the program opens in an education-only track until that clearance is confirmed — panic and cardiac symptoms can look alike, and we'd rather be sure.
How much time does it take?
A ninety-second panic log whenever a wave hits, thirty seconds each evening, and ten to fifteen minutes most days for the session. The real work happens in the ladder — a few minutes of meeting a sensation on purpose.
Retrain your alarm
Start the first week of False Alarm free — onboarding, two full sessions, your daily log, and your baseline report. Continue only if it's working.
Sin tarjeta para la primera semana. El programa completo cuesta {price}, pago único, no es una suscripción.