Linden Method

I've been trying the Linden method and have quit all meds (thank God).
Let me sum it up. You know how you feel when you watch a scary movie. You might check under the bed, make sure all the doors are locked, or have trouble sleeping for a night or two. But you keep telling yourself, "this is silly, it was just a movie, there is no reason to be scared". That is anxiety, but we deny it by telling ourselves its not real (which its not). Basically, the Linden Method is centered around that principle. We have self created (maybe by one event or maybe by an accumalation of a lifetime) anxiety, the fear of fear. Its not real, its only real in our head and thats what causes all of the anxiety symptoms. Meds just mask this and it will never get better. WE have to convince ourselves that it is not real and FACE IT head on to conquer it. We have to reprogram our brains to realize that these responses (the anxiety reactions) aren't normal. You should check it out on the internet, it really has been a revelation for me in just days!

i've been thinking about trying the linden method myself. so it really does work? i really don't want to take any medicine and my doctor is really pushing me to. i also don't respond AT ALL to cognitive behavioral therapy. do you think i should give it a shot? what else does it tell you to do?

I thought I'd have to wait until I got my own credit card to buy it but my friend is going to let me use his! Woohoo.

I did the whole cognetive thereray thing and all it did was get me more anxious b/c it wasn't helping and my co-pay was $40 a session! The Linden Method says that those types of therapies don't help with anxiety b/c you need to unlearn anxious behaviors and store them somewhere they can't be found. The therapists (at least mine did) constantly try to pull up past events and make you "relive them" over and over. All that's doing is empowering your anxiety reaction! If you have already addressed your past (which I'm sure you have by now) accept it and move on. Don't constantly remind yourself of things that might have been influential in causing your condition. Everytime you start to have an anxious sensation or start to think about your anxiety you are supposed to distract yourself by doing something that takes all of your focus. This is what I'm having the worst time with. I find myself thinking about my anxiety (mostly my anxiety symptoms like nausea and the sensitivity to light and foods) b/c they are always with me and always on my conscious. I constantly have to throw my mind else where but little by little it's easier to do. Working out is really helping b/c all I think about is the workout. If I can give any advice from the hell I've been going through it is to "STAY OFF MEDS" completely. Good luck.